McLaren F1

Overview

The McLaren F1 is a former fastest street legal production car in the world. It was engineered and produced by McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of the British McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team.

The car features a 6.1-litre 60° BMW S70 V12 engine and it was conceived as an exercise in creating what its designers hoped would be considered the ultimate road car. Only 100 cars were manufactured, 64 of those were street versions, 5 were LMs, 2 were GTs and the rest were GTR racing models. Production began in 1994 and ended in 1998.

The McLaren F1 was, until 2005, the fastest production car ever built (having achieved a top speed of 242.14 mph, 386.7 km/h), eclipsing the Jaguar XJ220, however since then three cars have broken this speed record.