McLaren F1: how many built in total?

[Johns]

Does anyone know exactly how many F1's were built. and also how many street version GTRs?

And, are all the F1's over a mill$$$ no matter the mileage? Or the higher the mileage the less the price?

Last, if you live in the US where do you take your F1 for service? 8)

[No.1]

100

The numbers are here

http://www.mclarencars.com/content/s...infr/sales.htm

Also a lot of info about sales too.

There is usually one for sale here www.taylorandcrawley.com

[gucom]

i think ameritech for the service, or some high-profile BMW dealer.
price is mainly depending on any extra's, history and the economic situation, cos when u buy 1 it'll go to McLaren where they fully make it as new, and u get to change whatever u want (colour, options, etc.).
i believe 100 were built, but that doesn't count the prototypes, and they're also still out there.

[deth]

^^ i remember reading that all protoptyes were destroyed. one in the desert during hot weather testing, and their test rigs, edward and albert, were crushed

[sentra_dude]

You take it to a BMW dealer for minor serivicing, and for major things you have to put it on a plane back to England to go to McLaren...

Originally Posted by deth ^^ i remember reading that all protoptyes were destroyed. one in the desert during hot weather testing, and their test rigs, edward and albert, were crushed

No, there were 5 prototypes, XP1-XP5, only XP1 was destroyed...it went off the track at 180mph and cart-wheeled and landed upside down...and because the McLaren was so well built, the driver was able to just pop the door open and climb out. Unfortunately with the car being upside down oil dripped on the hot exhaust and lit a fire...the car burned while he watched helplessly, he had no fire extinguisher.

Edward & Albert (which were crushed, you are right) were the early, early prototypes, and they were built from Ultima GTR chassis. The first one had a Chevy V8 in there to approximate the power of the BMW V12, and the second one had the BMW V12 in it. They used them to test the gearbox and cooling, etc, as well as the feasibility of carbon brakes...way back in the early 1990s!

[corvette97]

i thonk only 5 LM's right?

[schnell318]

Originally Posted by corvette97 i thonk only 5 LM's right?

That´s what I know, all finished in orange and place for the driver only as far as I know. I guess somewhere in the magazine scans section there´s an article about it.

[Mopsdrops]

I have a book of the nicest cars of the last 50 years, a big book, saying a total of 300 F1 cars but I just see some say 100, don't know

[Wutputt]

Well, I would believe the McLaren website above a book. So I would stick with 100.

[martin100]

I´ve also read on some German site that there are only 100 of them. And Tiff also mentioned it in his Greatest Cars special.

[sentra_dude]

Originally Posted by Mopsdrops I have a book of the nicest cars of the last 50 years, a big book, saying a total of 300 F1 cars but I just see some say 100, don't know

That's how many they originally planned/hoped to build.

In Driving Ambition they tell exactly how many were built and what color each one was, and I believe its 108 (including XPs and longtail roadcar), although I'm not 100% sure about that.

[No.1]

Originally Posted by sentra_dude Originally Posted by Mopsdrops I have a book of the nicest cars of the last 50 years, a big book, saying a total of 300 F1 cars but I just see some say 100, don't know That's how many they originally planned/hoped to build. In Driving Ambition they tell exactly how many were built and what color each one was, and I believe its 108 (including XPs and longtail roadcar), although I'm not 100% sure about that.

Look at the second post down.

It's mine

All the info is on the McLaren site.

[RC45]

XP4 is owned by an uber-rich punter in LA-LA land USA..

And QV500 is probably the most accurate "value research tool" for prospective super-car buyer...

http://www.qv500.com/indexmclaren.htm

http://www.z06vette.com//forums/show...ht=mclaren+xp4

http://www.z06vette.com//forums/show...ht=mclaren+xp4

[SPEEDKILLAR]

^^^^^^^ Did it cost him as much as a "new" model, or.......

[Dave1]

Does anyone know whether any of the prototypes of the F1 were turbo charged? Reason I ask is I have seen a video of Mika Hakkinen taking some journalists for a drive in the F1 (XP5) and he says "you can hear the turbo whistling" . Now I would have thought Mika Hakkinen would know weather the car he’s driving is turbo charged or not. Especially when he just finished driving an F40 and an EB110.