McLaren F1 spotted in Melbourne!

MintEAFalcon · 05-07-2005, 10:06 AM

Just wanted to let you know that I spotted a McLaren F1 on Little Collins street on Saturday! Given that these cars are worth US$1,000,000+ and there were just over 100 built, there cant be too many of these around, especially in oz!

Its basically the fastest most power most exotic super car there is!

The driver was looking very lost, but would have to have been someone pretty damn important though.

Steffo · 05-07-2005, 10:10 AM

They actually built 350 McLaren F1's. Five McLaren F1 LM's, and I'm not sure how many McLaren F1 GTR's. And no, they're not the fastest or most powerful exotic by a long shot. But they're still damn cool, must've been an awesome thing to see.

MintEAFalcon · 05-07-2005, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

They actually built 350 McLaren F1's. Five McLaren F1 LM's, and I'm not sure how many McLaren F1 GTR's. And no, they're not the fastest or most powerful exotic by a long shot. But they're still damn cool, must've been an awesome thing to see.

lol... bloody dodgy internet sites and their false information... I was still excited though! 391kph anyone?

Steffo · 05-07-2005, 10:15 AM

Was it parked, or was there someone in it? It'd be cool to see a car with the driver sitting in the centre driving around...

MintEAFalcon · 05-07-2005, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Was it parked, or was there someone in it? It'd be cool to see a car with the driver sitting in the centre driving around...

The driver was in it, but was looking quite lost... I was about 50m away from him so didnt even notice the driver stuck in the middle! He drove into a one-way street, backed out then shot up another in the opposite direction.

Had number plates to match.

EA2BA · 05-07-2005, 10:19 AM

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Had number plates to match.

what the number plate was 'LOST'

lol

Heeno · 05-07-2005, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MintEAFalcon

Its basically the fastest most power most exotic super car there is!

: your wrong, haven't you heard of the EB befor :P

Dilan · 05-07-2005, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Heeno

: your wrong, haven't you heard of the EB befor :P

Maybe even the Koenigsegg CCR, which broke McLaren's as the fastest production car.

Steffo · 05-07-2005, 10:31 AM

Koeningsegg CCR is the most powerful supercar.. 600kW 4.7litre supercharged V8. But it's not the fastest. Porsche Dauer 962 LeMans is the fastest. Its not far behind with power either... 545kW 3.0litre twin turbo six cyl.

Dilan · 05-07-2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Koeningsegg CCR is the most powerful supercar.. 600kW 4.7litre supercharged V8. But it's not the fastest. Porsche Dauer 962 LeMans is the fastest. Its not far behind with power either... 545kW 3.0litre twin turbo six cyl.

Note I said production car!
http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=101953

Steffo · 05-07-2005, 10:37 AM

I still don't know what defines "production" car. The 962 was a factory car, a road car, and it was "produced." They have produced 62 of them so far. So what's to say its not a "production" car?

distortion · 05-07-2005, 10:42 AM

not sure about this... but check out the TVR speed 12 (only two built, both purple, so if you find others it'll be the newer, slower version the speed 12 cerbera) they have 880 hp v12's in them... weight just under 1000kg and look like an insect mated with batmans car... but damn they are quick - too quick to be properley tested!

merlin · 05-07-2005, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

I still don't know what defines "production" car.

A production car is a car that has at least 100 models built by a manufacturer (unsure of whether these have to be sold or not).

Steffo · 05-07-2005, 10:47 AM

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A production car is a car that has at least 100 models built by a manufacturer (unsure of whether these have to be sold or not).

Says who? That was my point, who regulates that. Some people say 300, others 350, some 200, some 500+. As far as I am concerned personally, anything that is produced and sold to the public as a brand new vehicle, regardless of how many they make, is a production car.

Heeno · 05-07-2005, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Porsche Dauer 962 LeMans is the fastest. Its not far behind with power either... 545kW 3.0litre twin turbo six cyl.

and just like the ford its an I6

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EA2BA · 05-07-2005, 11:01 AM

Bugatti are not a production car, they are hand built for each person.

**DJM83** · 05-07-2005, 02:50 PM

hhhmmmmmm Porcshe 9ff in motor April o5 any1 621kw?

MITCHAY · 05-07-2005, 02:57 PM

Give me a Mclaren any day. Im pretty sure these cars were built without budget in mind and dont think they made any profit either. Therefore you can expect the absolute best. And werent the cars produced for the better half of a decade+ ago. Id take one over any ferrari or porsche.

Lol just for some fun heres a school project i did about 2 years ago.

Heeno · 05-07-2005, 03:03 PM

i'd love to live in europe, no speed limit on their highway, my boss just got back from there and he couldn't believe how you'd be driving along and then see a ferrari go past only to dissapear into the horizon a few seconds later! from what he was tellin me you wouldn't even sit in the right lane with a GT-P flat stick cuz you'll just have some really ****ed off guy in a ferrari up your ***!

Axle-F · 05-07-2005, 04:17 PM

early saturday morning i saw the new laborghini diablo in double bay in sydney. mean looking car that.

M14A-Mclaren · 05-07-2005, 04:57 PM

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early saturday morning i saw the new laborghini diablo in double bay in sydney. mean looking car that.

New Diablo?

Mclaren F1 was the fastest production car until recently, the new SLR is frickin awesome too.

MRJUCY · 05-07-2005, 05:20 PM

http://www.maranellomotorsport.com.au/ down in melbourne has one for sale along with a F40, F50, Enzo & other exotics.
I remember a mechanic a few years ago crashed one in Australia when he took it out on a road test. It had to be sent back to England for repairs.
My understanding of a production car has to come of a production line (as the McLaren did) rather then being a specialist handbuilt to order limited run

galaxy xr8 · 05-07-2005, 06:03 PM

So where's all the pic's of this fine machine?.

dogbreath_48 · 05-07-2005, 06:17 PM

I think most homologation (spellings wrong, i know. probably not the right word anyway) series' require 300 or 400 road cars to be built don't they? That may be a good guide to what can be classed as 'production', if the number is consistent...
btw nice spot MintEAFalcon! I think the best i've seen is a 355 or Diablo

-Stu

2IC · 06-07-2005, 02:55 PM

didn't ford have to produce 200 RS2000's to be "production" to compete with them??
could be wrong...

fat lot of good it did 'em anyway...

dogbreath_48 · 06-07-2005, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 2IC

didn't ford have to produce 200 RS2000's to be "production" to compete with them??
could be wrong...

fat lot of good it did 'em anyway...

yeah actually that sounds about right....

SK2807 · 06-07-2005, 04:21 PM

The Dauer 962 LeMans does not qualify as "production" because it is a rework of an existing car and is not factory built - same as the Giacottolo was a re-worked Alfa, the Callaway Sledgehammer a re-worked Corvette, etc.

The CCC is the fastest "production" car, as it comes like that straight from the factory, can be registered in it's home country (the important factor), and has been verified by Guiness World Records. The Bugatti has clocked faster but Bugatti have not bothered to get verification so it doesn't mean sh!t.

Surprised you saw a McLaren F1 in Australia on the street, they are not street registerable in this country, same as a host of other super cars, Jag XJ220, Ferrari Enzo, etc.

Heeno · 06-07-2005, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by SK2807

Surprised you saw a McLaren F1 in Australia on the street, they are not street registerable in this country, same as a host of other super cars, Jag XJ220, Ferrari Enzo, etc.

Really!! wow there goes my plans

Mike Gayner · 06-07-2005, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Says who? That was my point, who regulates that. Some people say 300, others 350, some 200, some 500+. As far as I am concerned personally, anything that is produced and sold to the public as a brand new vehicle, regardless of how many they make, is a production car.

I'm not meaning to stir sh!t here, but you could then say that a company produces one single top fueler and sells to a member of the public, then you have a 500+kph "production car." I totally agree with you that it's rather subjective, but I consider 100 to be an absolute minimum.

Steffo · 06-07-2005, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SK2807

The Dauer 962 LeMans does not qualify as "production" because it is a rework of an existing car and is not factory built - same as the Giacottolo was a re-worked Alfa, the Callaway Sledgehammer a re-worked Corvette, etc.

The CCC is the fastest "production" car, as it comes like that straight from the factory, can be registered in it's home country (the important factor), and has been verified by Guiness World Records. The Bugatti has clocked faster but Bugatti have not bothered to get verification so it doesn't mean sh!t.

Surprised you saw a McLaren F1 in Australia on the street, they are not street registerable in this country, same as a host of other super cars, Jag XJ220, Ferrari Enzo, etc.

The Dauer 962 LeMans was originally a co-work project of Porsche & Dauer, which started off as a LeMans effort. Later, when Porsche abandoned it (to make the 911 GT1), Dauer kept on producing (and still does produce) the 962, you can order one today, for $853,473 USD.

First time I hear that the McLaren F1 is not street registereable in Australia, same token to the XJ220. There was a debacle over the Enzo, but I'm not sure how that turned out. And which Bugatti do you say has clocked faster? The Bugatti EB 16/4 Veyron? They claim 406km/h for that thing, but they've never seen faster then 350km/h in it, with high-speed stability issues they're still trying to iron out. It'll be a miracle if they ever release it. And CCC? Do you mean Koenigsegg CCR?

Production car or not, the 962 LeMans remains the fastest street car produced by an OEM vehicle manufacturer.