With the growing number of geek gearheads who have too much time and technology in their hands, you just have to make two takes or more whenever there’s an alleged spyshot or rendering that surfaces on the Internet.

Slovenian automotive site avtmanija.com just released a set of photos that just might be the McLaren F2 - the supposed successor to the famed classic, the McLaren F1.

Details are shaky about this but looking at the car and comparing it to the old F1, I’m not too sure I dig this design. I think the car looks too flat and the raised mirrors make them look like Shrek ears.

Right now, the development codename for the car is the P12 with the P11 designation going to the supposed successor to the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren which ended after Merc and McLaren went their separate ways.

As for the F2 successor, the power output seems to make anticipation rise for more details. So far, we only know that the car will be sporting a V10 dishing out around 600 bhp and will be stripped down for lightweightedness to give it better performance.

Via WorldCarFans

With the recent end of the McLaren-Mercedes run, McLaren now starts a new phase to its existence. If there’s one car that Propelled McLaren to the lime-light, it’s the famed McLaren F1 - its first and only proper supercar to solely bear its name. After that, it has been a series of tie-ups and F1 runs.

News has been around that McLaren will be building its long-awaited second supercar almost a decade after seeing the F1. Early prototypes of the car (dubbed as the P11) have appeared since the middle of last month. A production version is set to debut late next year and they plan to have the car in showrooms by March 2010.

Powering the car. is a 550 hp V8 engine. It will also be available in soft and hard tops. Before the days of the Zonda, the CCR, and the Veyron, the McLaren F1 used to occupy the title of the world’s fastest production supercar. But McLaren isn’t targetting that spot with this one, obviously not with a 550 hp car. Insiders claim that the P11 will be targetting the F430 and other cars in the 600hp class. Perhaps a way for McLaren to claim a stake in the market after being always associated with Merc.

But the next car, the P12, is one to be seen. Powered by a 600 hp V10, and to be stripped down for lightweightedness, McLaren’s next car will give the old F1 a run for its money.

Source: Autocar