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The interior is an uncompromised 3-seater, center driven layout. The leather / carbon fiber Nardi steering wheel complements well with the motive of carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium and leather interior of the McLaren F1. Several details are extraordinary like the pedals, which are hand-crafted from six different piece of titanium! The radio and aircon controls (yes, it has these features) are machined individually at the McLaren plant. The hidden push-button starter and the 6-speed shifter with reverse lock lie by the driver's side. With a price tag of a cool 1 million US dollars, owning a McLaren F1 is an experience never to forget. First is a free three-year software and hardware upgrade (as in, if they were able to find better ways to make your F1 perform better, they would upgrade parts free of charge). Second, are the fitted leather luggage and a complete set of titanium tools for your car and garage that come with each McLaren F1. Third, the McLaren F1 is fitted exactly to your liking with personalized steering, petal and seat designs. Exterior and interior color schemes can be created and matched you your liking as well. The F1 also comes with a free Tag Heuer chronograph watch with the chassis number engraved on its face as well. The Legacy Gordon Murrary and his team designed the McLaren F1 to be the ultimate road car, and they were able to succeed. The performance numbers cannot be matched by anything on the road today. Even the build quality of the McLaren F1 feels like it came from another planet, with absolutely no flaws or unnecessary panel gaps. However, with a powerful engine and capable chassis, several customers wanted race-dedicated McLaren F1s, and for this McLaren launched the McLaren F1 GTR in 1995. The McLaren F1 GTR is only slightly modified (made lighter than its road cousin) but the engine has been de-tuned to create more low-end torque and less power (only 612 bhp for the racing version). In the end, the McLaren F1 GTR was able to show its feat. It won the grueling Le Mans 24 endurance race in 1995 in its first time. It made the Le Mans circuit its personal playground by placing an incredible first and third on the podium with four other McLarens in the top 10. In the same year, the McLaren F1 GTR swept the BPR endurance racing series (now the FIA GT championship), beating out cars like the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 911. It did not stop there, in the long run, the McLaren F1 GTR (modified in 1997) won first and second in the GT1 (second and third overall) in the 1997 LeMans 24 race. It also won the FIA GT championship in 1996 and 1997. In 1998, the final participation of the McLaren F1 GTR resulted in a commendable fourth place finish (behind newer and more race worthy competitors), the first ever privately entered car to finish the 24-hour race. The McLaren F1 is certainly the best car in the whole world at this moment. In this millennium, I doubt if anyone would comes even close to beating the McLaren in performance, workmanship and customer satisfaction. We only hope that the 150,000 US dollar McLaren F2 (which will battle head to head with Ferrari road cars) would have the same amount of detail and performance like its bigger brother. |
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