The McLaren F1, as its creator Gordon Murray would first say, was made to drive and not left idle for most of its 26 years in a secret collection in Japan, as was the case with this example. It was bought new by its first Japanese owner and was part of his private collection. The car has rarely been seen in public.
So it’s no wonder that Gooding & Co, which will be auctioning it in the USA in August, says it is still in mint condition. The current US-based owner has continued to leave it in its time capsule state, according to the auction house, which is valued at over $ 15 million, or about £ 10.5 million.
McLaren F1s aren’t often offered for sale in public anyway, but the ones that now routinely cross the £ 10 million mark are. In 2017, Bonhams sold a 1995 model for $ 15.6 million (about 11 million today. Since then, the 240 mph F1 has held the crown as the most valuable British car ever sold at auction, as well as the most valuable supercar in the world .
Will this exceptional example of what was once the fastest car in the world and Le Mans winner be able to surpass that? One thing that could help the angel number 29 thing is its unique color. The bodywork may appear brown, but this is Creighton Brown, a special shade named after the man who co-founded McLaren Cars with Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh and put Gordon Murray’s “F1 Car for the Road” into production. The body color in the three-seater, central driver’s cab is matched to light brown and dark brown leather.
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