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|McLAREN F1 - THE SUPER CAR
It's bold, british and beautiful - but you'll need to win the national
lottery to buy it.
This is the awesome Mclaren F1, a car designed for power-loving punters
with a fat wallet and gold-plated cheque book...
Capable of 231 miles per hour, it is every bit the street racer - the
most exclusive road-going vehicle on four wheels ever dreamed up and at
634,500 quid a shot, it is likely to stay that way!
Just starting the car is an adventure on it's own, like a fighter pilot
firing up his jet, you flick up a cover and push the button underneath
as the massive 6.1-litre BMW/McLAREN V12 engine bursts into life behind
you. It is fitted with three seats - one in the centre of the car for
the driver and two passenger seats set just behind.
Rear views are not brilliant, as the huge dorsal air intake dominates
the central position, exactly where the driver is sitting. It does,
however have two interior mirrors twinned with the usual pair of wing
mirrors.
Squat, functional or just beautiful - you can make up your own mind
about the F1's shape. But it is attractive and, if it was parked for a
few minutes, we could guarantee a crowd gathering around. Cecil Kimber,
the MG sports car founder demanded that his cars should look fast even
when standing still and the F1 certainly does that...
From the centre of the car, the view of the road is superb. But it's
an unusual driving position and there are times when it feels like being
the pilot of a rocket - all that remains is to light the blue touch
paper...
At any engine speed in any gear, the F1 thrusts forward. Press the
throttle a little harder than usual and the wheels spin and the back
squirms. But the steering, heavy and uncommunicative at low speeds, is
superbly direct and correcting a slide is simple....
At the same time it telegraphs one simple message through the wheel
rim: " JUST DON'T PUSH IT, DICKHEAD."
After a McLAREN, there are on other cars. It's the supercar's
swansong.
|Now for a bit of a tech spec:-
MAX SPEED - 231mph
0-60mph - 3.2sec
BODY - 3 seater coupe, mid-engined
ENGINE - aluminium-alloy, 6,064cc, V12
MAX POWER - 627bhp
GEARBOX - transverse mounted, six speed manual
ECONOMY - 20mpg
PRICE - a snip at only 634,500 quid (I'll have two - in my dreams)
signed PANEAD/DENGUE
Late Addition - Did you all see "Bugs" on Saturday 6th May? The F1 was
featured as a future supercar with all the latest bits
and bobs, with a couple of gorgeous babes driving it as
well, the director of "Bugs" sure knows how to pull in
the red-blooded male viewers doesn't he?