Awesome McLaren F1 vid....
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02-07-2005 | 08:11 AM
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Awesome McLaren F1 vid....
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02-07-2005 | 09:12 AM
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Originally posted by KJM3
I'm sure McLaren sold every McLaren F1 they ever made, so I'm always curious as to why they still haven't made a "sequel" to it a decade later?
- KJ
I'm sure McLaren sold every McLaren F1 they ever made, so I'm always curious as to why they still haven't made a "sequel" to it a decade later?
- KJ
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02-07-2005 | 09:30 AM
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Originally posted by ben, lj
they did, but screwed up by partnering with a luxury auto maker to produce it.
they did, but screwed up by partnering with a luxury auto maker to produce it.
The original F1 was slated to sell roughly 400 units McLaren barely got 1/4 of those orders. It was a resounding commercial failure. They canned the project when they realized that they would never got the orders they thought they would.
FYI Murray missed a lot of the targets he set for the F1 and dont forget the superbly expensive maintainence bills that come with the F1.
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Interesting to read a rumor that the Ferrari Enzo successor could go the McLaren F1 route and place the driver front and center with two smaller seats to the side. Easy to homolgate /reallocate a small production run car for the whole world .
Ain't gonna happen - aging arthritic boomers can't deal with it and younger burgers/burrito/fries- raised "supersized" buyers will never fit .
Ain't gonna happen - aging arthritic boomers can't deal with it and younger burgers/burrito/fries- raised "supersized" buyers will never fit .
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02-07-2005 | 12:00 PM
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Originally posted by ben, lj
they did, but screwed up by partnering with a luxury auto maker to produce it.
they did, but screwed up by partnering with a luxury auto maker to produce it.
- KJ
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02-07-2005 | 03:05 PM
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Originally posted by KJM3
I'm sure McLaren sold every McLaren F1 they ever made, so I'm always curious as to why they still haven't made a "sequel" to it a decade later?
- KJ
I'm sure McLaren sold every McLaren F1 they ever made, so I'm always curious as to why they still haven't made a "sequel" to it a decade later?
- KJ
edit - the video is awesome!!! My jaw dropped when Tiff floors it!!! Superb car ... the price tag today still makes me cry! lol
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I had a chance to sit in a McLaren. The view out the front is unbelievable. It feels like there's nothing in front of you. That view, with the great acceleration, makes the car very thrilling.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
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02-07-2005 | 03:20 PM
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Originally posted by Bill S
I had a chance to sit in a McLaren. The view out the front is unbelievable. It feels like there's nothing in front of you. That view, with the great acceleration, makes the car very thrilling.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
I had a chance to sit in a McLaren. The view out the front is unbelievable. It feels like there's nothing in front of you. That view, with the great acceleration, makes the car very thrilling.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
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02-07-2005 | 03:21 PM
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Originally posted by Bill S
I had a chance to sit in a McLaren. The view out the front is unbelievable. It feels like there's nothing in front of you. That view, with the great acceleration, makes the car very thrilling.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
I had a chance to sit in a McLaren. The view out the front is unbelievable. It feels like there's nothing in front of you. That view, with the great acceleration, makes the car very thrilling.
Few people know that the car performs relatively poorly around turns. The video shows the body lean. R&T magazine measured the skid pad and slalom at .86g and 64.5 MPH. Many cars are faster than that. For example, a stock 996 TT is .96g and 67.8 MPH.
Lou