Red McLaren F1

[MidEngine4Life]

A couple weeks ago there was a red McLaren F1 sitting in the main showroom of Silicon Valley Auto Group formerly Ferrari of Los Gatos. Its long gone now of course. Ive heard there are only 7 in the U.S. ?

Pics:
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/5890/clear13pc.th.jpg (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clear13pc.jpg) http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/704/shrunk4ix.th.jpg (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=shrunk4ix.jpg) http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1683/clear28gt.th.jpg (http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=clear28gt.jpg)

Interestingly enough now their website has a picture of a yellow one on the index page....ill have to take a trip back.

http://www.ferrari-losgatos.com/

[nthfinity]

a rare sighting, indeed :-D

i have a question about the first picture... was that taken behind glass... or real film that may have been damaged? there is some wierd ware to the color near the back of the car.

[MidEngine4Life]

Yes all the pics were definetely shot through glass. Its their main showroom they keep lit at night. I took these pics through the glass at around 2a.m.

The police station is conveniently right next to the dealership and so the cops pass by all the time. They used to hassle us a lot but now they leave us alone. Im just the local idiot with the wannabe supercar lol.

[Zot09]

Whoa! Nice! Thanks for the heads up, i'll deffinitly try to stop by tomorrow when I fly back home.

[sentra_dude]

Excellent sighting! 8) 8) 8)

Its always great to see pictures of such a rare and great car, thanks! :D

[No.1]

Not a great colour for the car, but a rare sighting of such a great car.

The DB AR1 beside it (in the 1st pic) also caught my attention, being only for the American market, and so rare, i havn't seen one before :(

Obvoiusly the pics aren't great, but its nice to know you have seen one 8)

[TT]

Too bad it is through the glass, but too rare to miss :D If you have an higher res of the first one I'd like to have it please :)

[graywolf624]

Heres a hint.. get there when they are shuffling the cars around.. Thats how I got pics inside the enzo a year and a half ago there.

[MidEngine4Life]

good idea,yea a few people i talked to around here suggested I do that. Only problem is im so nocturnal they do it early in the morning when im falling asleep lol

[nthfinity]

^^^
stay up just a tad later ;)

in any case... im sure you spot tons of cars around silicon valley, im looking forward to those ones :o

[TT]

I saw a single F1 in my live dani.. luckly it was in the wild, and sadly I had a crappy camera back then (and low battery). I am talking about the pretty special orange one I saw at the Supercar Rally in 2003. And since that car is now in the USA, I won't see it again soon :bah:

[dingo]

Great sighting, even if it is at a dealership! :D

If anyone wants to pay for my flight to Melbourne (around $600) then I will provide pics from 2 or 3 Maccas (including an LM). :P I just don't have the time and spare money to get over there at the moment, but damn it would be nice..... :D

.....but I thought you were going to say 'I have 23 in the upload queue to be posted during the next few months' :D )

LMAO!!! :lol:

[graywolf624]

Ferrari dealer... and I only see british cars there (three Astons and a Macca
That glass enclosure is the aston part of the dealership. They also have a lot full of ferraris. They also sell Bentleys, Rolls, Lotus elise, Saleen S7, Spyker, and lamborgini.

Last time I was there they had a daytona spyder inside.

I shared pics of a spyker, elise, lambo, a few ferarris, and the enzo about a year ago.

[sameerrao]

I can't believe that I have seen the same number of F1s as Mr. Papparazzo himself. :lol:

It must be a first. This day goes down in history. I saw a Silver one - posted on JW in the Pebble Beach thread in this section.

The car looks awesome in the flesh.

[MidEngine4Life]

Yea the dealership is more or less split up into 4 parts. This room is mainly Astons, there is another showroom in the back full of Bentlys, they have the covered outdoor part where most of the Ferraris and Lotus' sleep and then theres another showroom across the street with some Rolls Royce and currently a Porsche Carrera GT.
http://4thgear.mafiamods.com/out.JPG

[twboy1999]

awsome spotting
i dun think i will see mclaren f1 in my life time... so little of these car exits, and some of the cars crashed, or store awway and rotting away in Brunei's garage

i heard they go for around 1.7mill u.s. for a F1 now

[Wutputt]

Awesome sighting, I haven't seen a single one in my life. I hope I'll be able to see one once.

[Zot09]

It must be a first. This day goes down in history. I saw a Silver one - posted on JW in the Pebble Beach thread in this section.

The car looks awesome in the flesh.

I saw the same one you are talking about during the Concours week. My goodness, that car is such a beauty!

[raphaelws]

that's really rare..
but red for McLaren??? :fist:
Not my favourite!! thanks

[MidEngine4Life]

The same dealership has now had a yellow 94 for a month or so. Having more trouble selling this one I guess.
http://www.siliconvalleyautogroup.com/marques_stock/mclaren_1900/photo_1.jpg
http://www.siliconvalleyautogroup.com/new_invt.html
My god they have a Veyron! I must check it out.
http://www.siliconvalleyautogroup.com/bugatti_stock/bugatti_9999/photo_1.jpg

[dutchmasterflex]

:shock: nice dealership.. go there now and take pics!

[lorbmw69]

Veyron!!! is that the first one in the US?!! love the color combo!!! great find

i just did a little digging and the same Bugatti was at Lamborghini Las Vagas. it must be a promo car going around to all the certified dealers.

[McLaren4eVa]

The Only McLaren F1 Ive Seen Was The Silver 1 In The London Showroom It's Gne Nw N Ive Got A pretty Good Hunch That Ill Neva See One Agen :cry:

[saadie]

wtf is with parking cars on at the same place :roll:

[Drogear]

The Red my not look that great, but it is one of only two that were built in Grand-Prix Red. I saw the same car in Newport Beach CA last month:)

[yg60m]

I think that the Veyron is a demo car, there was a report on this event in Turbo 2 weeks ago. Potential customers get a ride with Stephane Raphanael and they sold 5 Veyrons in one day :P

McLaren : always a dream car :love:

[Titanboy_24]

hopefully it's still there when I go in March :D

[sentra_dude]

Wow, lots of great (but small) pictures of their cars on that dealer website, thanks! 8)

[MidEngine4Life]

I wish I could take those cars out and take better pictures for them.