Erik
February 25th, 2004, 20:53
$2 million to spare? McLaren to sell final F1 road-car
McLaren is set to break a record, but this one won't happen on the F1 circuit.
The team's road-division is releasing a final version of the world's fastest sports car, the McLaren F1, at a never-before-seen price of nearly $2 million.
Ahead of spring, when McLaren will start delivering the all-new Mercedes SLR sports car, the division has decided to sell the final five-year 'chassis 65.'
Never before has a new road car been priced so high, reported Autoweek
CHASSIS 65
'Chassis 65' sat in a window in McLaren's showroom on London's Park Lane for many years until it was replaced by the speed-freak XP5 a few seasons ago.
'It's like something frozen in time,' said McLaren Cars' head of customer care, Harold Dermott. 'Here is an F1 with delivery mileage only - never sold.'
The McLaren F1 is powered by a 6-litre BMW engine that can propel the carbon-fibre monocoque chassis from zero to 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds.
Dermott defended the huge price-tag.
'We think it's reasonable,' he said. 'There is no requirement to sell it quickly. The right people know it's for sale.'
http://www.rs6.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=355&highlight=london+park+lane
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McLaren is set to break a record, but this one won't happen on the F1 circuit.
The team's road-division is releasing a final version of the world's fastest sports car, the McLaren F1, at a never-before-seen price of nearly $2 million.
Ahead of spring, when McLaren will start delivering the all-new Mercedes SLR sports car, the division has decided to sell the final five-year 'chassis 65.'
Never before has a new road car been priced so high, reported Autoweek
CHASSIS 65
'Chassis 65' sat in a window in McLaren's showroom on London's Park Lane for many years until it was replaced by the speed-freak XP5 a few seasons ago.
'It's like something frozen in time,' said McLaren Cars' head of customer care, Harold Dermott. 'Here is an F1 with delivery mileage only - never sold.'
The McLaren F1 is powered by a 6-litre BMW engine that can propel the carbon-fibre monocoque chassis from zero to 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds.
Dermott defended the huge price-tag.
'We think it's reasonable,' he said. 'There is no requirement to sell it quickly. The right people know it's for sale.'
http://www.rs6.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=355&highlight=london+park+lane
http://www.rs6.com/pics/Various/London-F1.jpg