McLaren F1 ‘LM Spec’ chassis #018 has sold at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale this weekend for a record price of £16.3 million. Last month we reported that one of just two McLaren F1s converted by McLaren to ‘LM’ spec was going across the block at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale, and we expected it to break […]
McLaren F1 ‘LM Spec’ chassis #018 up for sale – should break £15 million
McLaren F1 chassis #018, one of only two regular F1s with a retro-fitted LM spec, is up for sale at RM Sotheby’s Monterey sale. Should fetch at least £15 million. In the world of McLaren F1, the most valuable ‘modern’ hypercar, there is still a hierarchy of desirability, with the GTR cars modified for road […]
McLaren F1 Certified Programme from MSO launched with ‘New’ F1 GTR ’25R’
McLaren Special Operations has launched a new McLaren F1 Certified programme, launched with an as new restoration of McLaren F1 GTR 25R. A few years ago, Ron Dennis, then McLaren’s irascible boss, mused that he should dig out all the original tooling and parts from the production run of the McLaren F1 and start building […]
McLaren F1 #073 LM spec up for sale with RM Sotheby’s new Private Sales
McLaren F1 chassis #073 is a rare F1 with LM spec upgrade by McLaren, and it’s up for sale at RM Sotheby’s new Private Sales Division. As rare classic cars go, the McLaren F1 is one of the rarest, with just 64 road legal cars and five LM spec models originally built. And McLaren F1s […]
McLaren F1 ‘Continuation’ on the cards if Ferrari ‘revives’ the 250 GTO?
It looks like the Ferrari 250 GTO could arrive as a ‘continuation’ car in the next few years, but will McLaren follow suit with a continuation run of the McLaren F1. The current vogue by car makers with a heritage is to deliver ‘continuation’ runs of historic models, just as Jaguar has done with the […]
McLaren F1 Service Centre opens in US to cater for the 20 plus F1s in the States
More than 20 years since the McLaren F1 arrived as probably the greatest supercar ever, McLaren opens a dedicated service centre in the USA. It’s more than 20 years since the Gordon Murray designed McLaren F1 arrived like a supercar from the future, with its immense BMW-powered performance, stunning looks, carbon fibre chassis and unique […]
McLaren F1 #060 – with just Pre-delivery and Service mileage – now for sale in the UK
A McLaren F1 with just ‘service’ milage on it is up for sale in the UK, still displaying its protective interior covering from new and never road driven. How much is a McLaren F1 that’s been stored since new worth? McLaren F1 #060 is one such car, as it’s been cared for and cosseted in […]
How much did McLaren F1 #044 sell for? That’ll be £12,132,509
McLaren F1 #044 – the very first McLaren F1 to be road-legal in the USA – has just sold for an incredible £12,132,509 at Bonham’s Quail sale. Last month we revealed that a McLaren F1 was going under the hammer at Bonham’s 2017 Quail sale, and that it could fetch more than £10 million. That […]
McLaren F1 #044 – the first F1 in the USA – up for sale and could hit £10M
The first Mclaren F1 road car to enter the USA is going up for auction at Bonham’s Quail sale in August and could hit £10,000,000. McLaren F1 road cars are as rare as hens teeth, with just 64 road legal cars originally built (although some F1 GTRs have subsequently been made road-legal) plus just five […]
McLaren F1 #069 up FOR SALE by McLaren’s MSO
A McLaren F1 – chassis #069 – with only 2,800 miles is being sold by McLaren’s MSO complete with all original accessories. It’ll cost at least £10 million. There were only 64 true McLaren F1 road cars built, plus just five F1 LMs, and the prices have risen inexorably in recent years, with even Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren […]