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
[nggallery id=2334 template=customlinks] 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 […]
McLaren F1 #073 with LM spec up for auction – possibly the BEST F1 there is
A McLaren F1 – chassis #073 with factory LM upgrade – is up for auction at RM’s Monterey sale in August, and should hit the highest price yet for an F1. Most petrolheads would agree that the McLaren F1 is the greatest supercar ever built, still able to show even the most modern of elite […]
Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 for sale – at £8 million
Blackadder and Mr Bean actor Rowan Atkinson is selling his beloved McLaren F1 after owning it from new and two nasty prangs. He wants £8 million. As McLaren F1 owners go, Rowan Atkinson is in a league of his own as an owner who’s owned it since new and drives it rather than keeping it […]
Still saving for a McLaren F1? You’ll need to try harder as they’ve hit £6.2 million
A McLaren F1 road car has been sold to a British buyer for a reported £6.2 million, making it the most expensive McLaren F1 sold to date. The price of the McLaren F1 keeps on rising, and just last year F1 chassis #66 was sold by Gooding and Co in the US for a then […]
McLaren F1 GTR Longtail sells at Gooding & Co for $5.28 million
A McLaren F1 GTR Longtail, one of just 10 GTR Longtails built, has sold at the Gooding & Co auction in Scottsdale for $5.28 million (£3.2 million). Even with the arrival of the new McLaren P1, the ultimate supercar is still the McLaren F1. The McLaren F1 is one of rarest of the more modern supercars, […]
McLaren F1 LM & F1 GTR to join P1 at 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed
The McLaren P1 is at Goodwood FoS this year and will be joined by the F1 GTR and F1 LM as McLaren celebrates its 50th anniversary. [nggallery id=1428 template=customlinks] This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed is turning in to a proper treat for McLaren fans. As well as the McLaren P1 making its driving debut […]
Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 cost nearly £1 million to fix
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?
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 [nggallery id=643 template=customlinks] 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 […]
New McLaren F1 (P12) Official Specs?
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 […]