$19.eight Million McLaren F1 LM-Spec: The Most Costly F1 Ever Bought at Public sale
Although it was projected to make something between $21 million and $23 million, the McLaren F1 LM-Spec was the Pebble Seashore star this week with a $19.eight million profitable bid.
The Monterey Automotive Week public sale held by RM Sotheby’s noticed an ultra-rare McLaren F1 with LM-Specification rolling off the block with a record-breaking ultimate bid of $19.eight million. Whereas the ultimate determine was barely lower than the public sale home’s estimates, it’s nonetheless an enormous sum of money and file for McLaren F1 supercars bought at auctions.
The automotive was acquired by its first proprietor in Midnight Blue Pearl with black inside and 627 hp of energy. The second proprietor demanded a bit extra from the supercar and despatched it to the McLaren facility in Surrey so as to add some extra type and substance.
The particular fee remodeled the usual McLaren F1 into an LM-Spec empowered masterpiece. Platinum Silver Metallic exterior, cream leather-based inside, an unlimited rear wing, entrance finish revisions, aspect vents, racing-spec suspension, 18-inch GTR rims, further radiators, a brand new exhaust system, and an influence enhance which made the V12 churn out 680 hp.
Bearing the chassis quantity 18, the 1994 manufacturing mannequin has an excellent service historical past with all the upkeep carried out by MSO throughout all the course of the supercar’s 13,352-mile odometer studying. It additionally occurs to be certainly one of simply two McLaren F1s to obtain the LM-Specification improve.
Supply: RM Sotheby’s
