1995 McLaren F1 sold for a record USD20.465 million at Gooding & Company’s auction

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This 1995 McLaren F1 is the most expensive example of the legendary supercar ever to be auctioned, setting a record USD20.465 million (around RM86.8 million) at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction last Friday. The …

This 1995 McLaren F1 is the most expensive example of the legendary supercar ever to be auctioned, setting a record USD20.465 million at

For starters, chassis 029 is the only one to receive a Creighton Brown paint finish, which isn’t shared with any other F1. There is some history to the colour, as it honours the name of McLaren Cars’ commercial director then, who, together with Gordon Murray, Ron Dennis and Mansour Ojjeh, was part of the famous 1988 Linate airport meeting in Milan that served as the foundation for the F1 road car project.

As a result, this time capsule of a car is in exceptional original condition, with the factory-applied paint, identification plates, labels and even the Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres remaining intact. The same can be said of the interior that is upholstered in light tan leather and Alcantara, with contrasting Brazilian Brown leather accents and brown carpeting.

 

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