Introduction

The majority of the owners prefer to keep this unique car safe over the time of their life. Later they have a desire to hand down these cars to their children. It is a rare case when F1 is available via service personnel McLaren for purchasing the new cars by new owners. New owners expect to create a car corresponding to their own detailed elaboration. This elaboration can conclude adjustment of the seat to control completely a position of the body, painting the car and everything on buyer’s demand.

Design

Today F1 is a historical legend full of glory about its triumphs during history of this car existence. If you were able to run McLaren F1 it is necessary to forget about direct position of your back. This is a result of the father-founder and Gordon Murray imagination. They presented this model with unique configuration of interior. The seat of the pilot is placed just in the middle of a cockpit. Two passenger seats are placed in each side according to the pilot seat.

Therefore any driver of McLaren F1 simply needs to be bent to creep half-and-half at his driver's place! Also owner has a little inconvenience as it is necessary to put legs in the narrow tunnel with the help of hands in every possible way. Well-known huge doors are convenient for passengers. It is very comfortable and simple to take their seats.

Engine

McLaren is equipped with the engine produced by BMW. The power of the engine is 627 horse powers and it makes 649 Nm during maximum twisting moment. This motor accelerates the car to 100 km/h for 3.2 sec.

Brakes

Front and back brakes are disc ventilated.

Other Features

Bolides of Mercedes McLaren F1 receive diamond furnishing. The emblem of Mercedes-Benz is made of these crystals. It is placed in the middle of each car helm. The famous jeweler company Steinmetz was involved in stones processing and creation. Creating this jewelry decoration the experts of Steinmetz and McLaren thought about pilot safety. They plugged in a special safety furnishing in the centre of the helm for each model.

Performance

Super car McLaren F1 costs more than one million dollars. It corresponds to the main idea of car racing. This is the road car taken to the racing line. Nevertheless there was no idea to create such a car. Designer Gordon Murray and chef McLaren Co. Ron Dennis never considered their ‘ultra’ sport car as racing one. But the pressure of the F1 owners such as Ray Balm, Lindsay Oven Johns and Thomas Basher made McLaren Cars co. to develop racing version to 3-seats super car equipped with 6/0 BMW V12 motor.

Road version of McLaren was awarded with the title of the fastest car with the maximal speed 370 km/h. beginning with the driver’s seat with side passenger seats and ending with X-Track transmission, everything was changed in this car. Gordon Murray and his racing engineers headed by Jeff Hazel made this super car to be one of the most successful in the class F1.

History Of The McLaren Cars Company

The Brand McLaren appeared in 60-s of last century. Bruce McLaren, a new-Zealand racer opened the first page of this unique car history participating in Formula 1 for Cooper team.

Creating racing sports prototypes for American championship it achieved quite a good success in construction of the sport car. From 1967 to 1970 Bruce McLaren cars won full confidence and they were practically out of the competition. And in 1968 bolide received a name of the father-founder. The representative of McLaren F1 who instantly becomes the champion does not reach the level of Formula 1 mustangs.

The technologies plugged in it become a real sensation: Carboxylic monocoque of the body power scheme, carboxylic body, doors which are opened upwards, central-motor configuration, a suspension bracket on double cross-section levers. More than 5000 details are made from black-reinforced plastic!