Over the past few weeks, rumors have been swirling that the McLaren camp may be reviving their road car projects, even going as far as producing a successor to the infamous McLaren F1.

To add a little fuel to the fire, Autoweek is reporting today that not only is McLaren kicking off their road car festivities, they've even brought back the once-scrapped Mercedes P8 project.

The story is based on a statement by McLaren director Martin Whitmarsh, in which he was quoted as saying: “The level of interest in McLaren from Mercedes-Benz is higher than it has ever been...  There is a clear commitment to be in F1 in the long term and refreshed interest in road car activities. I think it is increasingly likely there will be a range of sports cars in Woking [McLaren’s manufacturing headquarters] in the future.”

Personally, I recommend taking Autoweek's story with a very, very small grain of salt.  Whitmarsh's statements are pretty vague, and implying the P8 is back in development based on those three sentences seems like a pretty big stretch to me.

Either way, we'll keep you posted if we hear anything new. You can check out Autoweek's article by clicking here.