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The Official Mclaren F1 Thread

Originally a concept conceived by Gordon Murray, he convinced Ron Dennis to back the project and engaged Peter Stevens to design the exterior of the car. On 31 March 1998, it set the record for the fastest road car in the world, topping at 231 mph (372 km/h) with rev limiter on, and 242.95 mph (391 km/h) with rev limiter removed.

The car features numerous proprietary designs and technologies; it is lighter and has a more streamlined structure than even most of its modern rivals and competitors despite having one seat more than most similar sports cars, with the driver's seat located in the middle (and slightly forward of the passengers seating position providing excellent driving visibility). It features a powerful engine and is somewhat track oriented, but not to the degree that it compromises everyday usability and comfort. It was conceived as an exercise in creating what its designers hoped would be considered the ultimate road car. Despite not having been designed as a track machine, a modified race car edition of the vehicle won several races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995, where it faced purpose-built prototype race cars. Production began in 1992 and ended in 1998. In all, 106 cars were manufactured, with some variations in the design.

In 1994, the British car magazine Autocar stated in a road test regarding the F1, "The McLaren F1 is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road." and that "The F1 will be remembered as one of the great events in the history of the car, and it may possibly be the fastest production road car the world will ever see."

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Sorry DJ, my site activity will be reduced dramatically now. You can find me here if you need me.

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 137857)

Sorry DJ, my site activity will be reduced dramatically now. You can find me here if you need me.

haha me 2.

Great pictures. Love the MCF1

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 137857)

Sorry DJ, my site activity will be reduced dramatically now. You can find me here if you need me.

:word:

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Originally Posted by Ryan in SD (Post 137886)

I want one.

Gimme.

+1~ in yellow please! :yahoo:

Oh my lord, I've died and gone to car heaven.

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Originally Posted by ashokn225 (Post 137905)

Oh my lord, I've died and gone to car heaven.

You and me both!

I don't think I've ever seen that red one before! It's simply stunning! Best thread in a looong time!

The silver F1 is very stunning, the car sounds great on wot and it comes exclusive as it gets. You wont see many of those on the streets, in fact I've only encountered one once in my life and it was in a showroom.

Click this link to see more pictures of the Mclaren F1
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Best modern supercar - bar none. Like the guy on Fifth Gear said, "You're still the one baby!" That video is actually my all-time favorite car video.

The red F1 is a first. Awesome.

Of the 63 standard F1 supercars produced, only 20 were sold in the U.S.

Any car with a solid gold engine case has my vote! Talk about no limits engineering and implimentation!?

Forza Gordon Murray!

Solid gold engine case? uh?

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Originally Posted by Zorro (Post 138142)

Solid gold engine case? uh?

You know what I mean - gold plated hood and various engine parts - maybe not a solid gold engine cover though. But close!! :smilie:

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:wow2:. the red one looks yummy. I also really like the green one Premier posted a few weeks ago. something about that color combo just intrigues me. esp love the interior!

for those that didn't see it:
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Originally Posted by Barrister (Post 138146)

You know what I mean

I do. Just wanted to be annoying. :D

Best car ever produced. Period !!!

ss7 great photos. I am currently trying to find more.

Found a couple more.

Do you have that last one on the right in High res?

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Originally Posted by ashokn225 (Post 138444)

Do you have that last one on the right in High res?

+1

Awesome pic!

Let me look through my photos I may have one.

Sorry don't seem to have one in High Res.

There were only 6 Le Mans edition F1s produced. Only the Sultan of Brunei has more than one. He has three. Two LM editions and a one-off LM GTR - priceless.

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Here is an article I wrote for an upcoming page I am creating on my website ranking the best modern supercars. No suspense here, F1 is #1:

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1. McLaren F1*

Produced: 1994-1998 (100 total produced)
Cost: $970,000 USD
Engine: 6.2 liter V12 620 bhp
Weight: 2513 lbs
0-60: 3.2 seconds
Top Speed: 240 mph

The greatest supercar of all time is the McLaren F1. In fact, it is not even close. Even in a world where $1 million supercars are becoming somewhat commonplace, the F1 is still the fastest, most brutal and rarest production car ever made. The only question that remains is whether or not anyone, anywhere at anytime will make a car that will surpass it.

It may seem a bit ostentatious to name a street car after the finest engineered race cars in the world. The McLaren F1, however, was cut from the fabric of Formula 1 racing and more than lives up to its name. In 1988 McLaren Cars Ltd. enjoyed one of the greatest Formula 1 seasons in history - winning all but one of the 16 races that year. After this incredible accomplishment, McLaren decided that it was time to take what they had learned on the track and build the world's finest road car. With almost unlimited resources at their disposal, McLaren set out to build an absolutely no-compromise automobile with maximum power while maintaining ultimate drivability. To reach these goals, McLaren technical director Gordan Murray and designer Peter Stevens envisioned a large capacity chassis with a naturally aspirated V12 engine. Murray believed that while super and turbocharging increase power, they also add to engine complexity and, as a result, can have an adverse effect on reliability. Murray also wanted to avoid the latency and loss of feedback that can be caused by forced air induction. Murray's goal was to give the road car driver the same type of ultimate control over engine performance that those who piloted his Formula 1 masterpieces had.

After 4 years of incredibly costly research and development, the F1 was revealed at Monaco in conjunction with Formula 1 race week in 1992. It made an immediate impression when a pre-production model reached 0-100-0 mph in just 11.4 seconds. Despite its nearly $1 million price tag, when the customer base learned that only 100 examples would be produced with only 64 of those being of the standard type, a true buying frenzy ensued.

To reach his performance goals, Murray drew heavily on his Formula 1 acumen. His elite team designed over 5000 individual parts - all made of high tech and ultra light weight carbon fibre, titanium and magnesium. Sporting the world’s first all carbon fibre single-shell (“monocoque”) design, the F1 utilized the incredible BMW S70/2 engine developing 620 bhp. Weighing in at a mere 2513 pounds, the F1 has one of the greatest power to weight ratios ever. The largest problem that Murray encountered in developing the F1 was excess heat produced from the 6064 cc (6.1 liter) engine. To combat this, the engine compartment was lined with 23 grams of pure gold. All of this extreme ingenuity definitely paid off. When flexing its muscles, the F1 will reach 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds and has a top speed of 240 mph. This makes the F1 the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world. Its top speed is only surpassed by the Koenigsegg CCX at 241.1 mph, the Bugatti Veyron at 253.2 mph and the SSC Ultimate Aero at 257.44 mph - all of which use forced induction to reach their top speeds.

Despite its technical tour de force, the F1’s most striking design element may be its seating arrangement. In keeping with its F1 bloodlines, Murray designed a cockpit that seats the driver in the center with two passenger seats on either side. Murray believed that this gave the driver the best view of the road and unrestricted access to the steering wheel as well as the myriad of driving components. Nevertheless, while the F1 interior sports more buttons and switches than most passenger jets, it does not employ a single driving aid. That means no traction control, ABS, power brakes or power steering.

Supporting the fact that the F1 is ultimately a road car meant for daily driving if desired, it came with a bevy of posh extras. This included a lightweight stereo system, a custom golf bag, fitted luggage set, and a tool box with everything a McLaren mechanic would need to accomplish the most technical repair no matter where the car was to be found. Most interestingly, the F1 included a data transfer system that would transmit car data to McLaren through an internal modem. Legends abound from McLaren about customers whose data revealed daily trips above 200 mph.

McLaren built only 64 examples of the standard F1 road car. But beyond this, it also produced five LM ("Le Mans") racing editions, three GT versions and 28 GTR road cars. This along with the 7 prototype versions accounts for all 100 examples ever made. McLaren reports that 21 of those cars were sold to customers in the United States. The single largest owner of the F1 in the world is the Sultan of Brunei who has two black F1 LM editions and an exact replica of the F1 GTR that was the victor at Le Mans. Despite not having produced the car for over a decade, McLaren still services many of the original examples. F1 owners routinely send the car back to McLaren for fine tuning or other custom modifications.

If I could have only one supercar, this would be it. In fact, if it were in my garage, I highly suspect that I would not pine for another. After the F1, everything else would be downhill.

Dana Larkin
downforce.smugmug.com/cars

*Much of my research was done on supercars.net and the official McLaren website.

Barrister what's the website? PM me man...

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Originally Posted by TTM0TION (Post 138743)

Barrister what's the website? PM me man...

It's in my signature. :smilie:

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The section with the top 10 list isn't done yet though. Thanks for the interest! :friends:

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Originally Posted by Boxstergirlie01 (Post 137898)

+1~ in yellow please! :yahoo:

You wish is my command Madam.

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Barrister great website. I spent a few mins looking through it, you got alot of nice pictures.

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Originally Posted by JonA85 (Post 138802)

Barrister great website. I spent a few mins looking through it, you got alot of nice pictures.

Thanks! :friends: It is a work in progress.

For anyone in london...

Cars International of Kensington currently have a longtail GTR for sale... their showroom is on kendrick place and the car is usually on show!

The numberplate is CIA4... does anyone know the history of this car? I swear I recognise the numberplate from somewhere but I'm not sure quite where.

I thought it was the car from this fifth gear vid...

Fifth Gear - Ferrari Enzo vs McLaren F1

but it doesn't have the same plate. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Barrister (Post 138754)

You wish is my command Madam.

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If I'm not mistaken, this is one of the cars that was rescued out of Brunei recently and is now white with black wheels and high-downforce package. Pretty sure it resides in New York now and belongs to a father/son involved in the entertainment industry.

some pics I found on my drive, have more just have to find them

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Originally Posted by Barrister (Post 138858)

Thanks! :friends: It is a work in progress.

Ya you need some GT2 pictures :HappyDance:

more is always better! I really like how this blue looks on it.