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May 25, 2013

Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 cost nearly £1 million to fix

Photo of Rowan Atkinson's McLaren F1

Rowan Atkinson pranged his McLaren F1 in 2011 in Cambridgeshire and now, after a repair bill of £910,00, it’s back. We all know what a petrolhead Black Adder and Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson is, and most of the car world knows he owns a McLaren F1, and that he had a nasty accident in [...]

Has Chris Evans bought a McLaren F1?

Photo of Chris Evans and McLaren F1

The rumour on the grapevine this morning is that Radio 2 man and Ferrari nut, Chris Evans, has traded a Ferrari to buy a McLaren F1 Chris Evans is known for many things; Radio 2 presenter, doting dad, one-time enfant terrible of TV, creator of CarFest and, perhaps most of all, the most high-profile collector [...]

New McLaren F1 (P12) Official Specs?

Tease photo for new McLaren F1 (P12)

We’ve got specifications of the new McLaren F1 (P12) which appear to confirm our earlier reports on its power and performance. Update: It seems the source of this story – an article on Jalopnik – was actually based on a spoof. So all we have is a mish-mash of best guesses and speculation and no new [...]

McLaren tease the New F1 (P12)

Tease photo of the new McLaren F1 / P12

With a debut at the Paris Motor Show on 27th September, McLaren releases the first teaser photo of their new hypercar. We’ve been anticipating the reveal of the new McLaren F1 – the McLaren P12 – for some time, and expected it to appear at Pebble Beach last month. The new car at Pebble Beach [...]

McLaren fires a shot across the bow of the Ferrari F70

Photo of Ferrari V12 engine

McLaren MD Antony Sheriff has declared V12 engines a thing of the past. Just as the new McLaren F1 and Ferrari F70 are about to be revealed. Seemingly out of the blue, McLaren’s Managing Director, Antony Sherfiff, has declared V12 engines the stuff of automotive history. “The V12 engine is a thing of the past. The engine [...]

New McLaren F1 to get 1000 bhp – private reveal at Pebble Beach

New McLaren F1 Render

The new McLaren F1 – McLaren P12 Project – will be revealed to private clients at Pebble Beach next month and gets 1,000bhp. McLaren’s successor to the iconic McLaren F1 is nearly upon us, and according to a McLaren owner we’ve spoken to it looks set to be revealed privately at Pebble Beach next month [...]

McLaren F1 debuted 20 years ago this week

McLaren F1 20th Anniversary

It’s 20 years this week since the iconic McLaren F1 made its debut at The Sporting Club in Monte Carlo. There were many reasons why we thought McLaren would preview the new F1 to a select audience at last week’s Monaco Grand Prix, not least of which was that it’s 20 years since the first McLaren F1 [...]

New McLaren F1 or MP4-12C Spider about to be revealed?

New McLaren F1

It looks like McLaren are about to reveal a new car to McLaren owners and VIPs. But is it the new McLaren F1 or the MP4-12C Spider? The rumour is that McLaren will reveal their new range-topping hypercar – a successor to the iconic McLaren F1 – at the Monaco Grand Prix in May, although [...]

McLaren F1: Ron Dennis considered building more orginal F1s to rake in cash

McLaren F1

McLaren boss Ron Dennis has confessed he considered cashing in on the current price of the original McLaren F1 by building more. The price of an original McLaren F1 is nothing short of stratospheric. Prices of £3 million, £4 million and more have been paid for one of the 64 F1 cars McLaren made in [...]

New McLaren F1 to debut at Monaco 2012?

Render of new McLaren F1

It’s reported that the new McLaren F1 – know as the McLaren P12 – will debut as a concept at the Monaco Grand Prix weekend in May 2012. We first revealed that a new McLaren F1 was being developed in Woking almost three years ago, but at that time it looked like the new F1 – codenamed [...]