McLaren's->ke284 future crown jewel supercar, called the "MP4-27", hasn't been stopped in any way shape or form out on the roads - even through the lenses of some of the best carparazzis in the world.

But the latest rumblings surrounding the McLaren F1->ke1159's successor is that McLaren will be using a unique event to debut the MP4-27. And no, it won't be in any of the world's biggest auto shows.

Instead, the word going around is that the McLaren MP4-27 will be unveiled at the 2012 Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo. The event, which will take place from May 24 to 27, 2012, is the glitziest race in the F1 calendar and, when you really think about it, is an appropriate venue for the MP4-27 to be unveiled.

Nothing spells glamour and luxury quite like Monaco, and if the MP4-27 is everything it's being touted to be, then it has to makings to have an extravagant world debut.

As far as the car itself, there have been plenty of rumors going around as to what it looks like, but the safest description, albeit one that's still reaching for straws, is that it will be "bigger, angrier, and more functional-looking" than the MP4-12C->ke3514. McLaren illustrates that with a reported 5.0-liter V8 engine that produces an output of 800 horsepower with a top speed of 260 mph.

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