The McLaren F1 is a sports car designed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer McLaren Cars and powered by the BMW S70/2 V12 engine, of which a limited number was …

Beautifully engineered and exceptionally quick, the F1 broke numerous world records during the '90s, and it remains the fastest naturally aspirated road car ever built. Only 106 cars were …

Zero to 200 mph takes 28.0 seconds. What's impressive is the figures show that above 125 mph, the F1 supercar acceler­ates faster than last year's McLaren MP4/8 Grand Prix race car.

Jan 2, 2025 · Just 106 examples of the F1 were built over its nine-year production run (a figure that includes 28 track-only F1 GTR race cars), but its development helped pave the way for …

Aug 2, 2017 · What you did get was the fastest production car in history—231 mph— and one of the least compromised road machines ever built. None of that was by accident. From general …

McLaren F1 Technical Highlights. BMW Motorsports was contracted to design and build the engine, which McLaren specified be naturally aspirated for instant response. And they …

May 6, 2024 · There weren’t any McLaren road machines until Murray’s will created the F1. It was largely Murray who convinced McLaren’s controlling owner, Ron Dennis, to expand into …

Drawing on McLaren's Formula 1™ expertise, and with an uncompromising approach to design, they stripped weight, reduced drag and increased downforce. Every millimetre of the F1 was …

He pitched the idea of creating the ultimate road car, a concept that would be heavily influenced by the company’s Formula One experience and technology and thus reflect that skill and …

The McLaren F1 has a top speed of 240 mph (386 km/h),[34] restricted by the rev limiter at 7500 rpm. The true top speed of the McLaren F1 was reached in April 1998 by the five-year-old XP5 …