this is my new wallpaper, thanks!!

 

How... is the term "worlds fastest road car" determined?

Is it determined by whatever car has the highest top speed? For some reason I can see a lot of cars both exotic very limited production, and purpose built heavily modified but streetable cars being a lot faster, at least a lot faster accelarating.

Still beautiful machines though.

 

time to show the video

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...215&q=top+gear

 

Whomever tries must show proof of the feat. Its been 10 years and only recently have cars been able to meet or exceed some of the McLarens feats. Just think though, it took Bugatti basically an unlimited budget, a W16 with FOUR turbos to beat the McLarens top speed!!

9ff did it too with their modified 911 and Kosenegg (however u spell it) but they just went after that 1 aspect.

Gordan Murray stated when they built the F1, they built it to be THE best overall sports car every built in EVERY respect, handling, driver feel, low weight, and simplicity.

Notice they got the record in 1998, 3 years AFTER the car debuted. They honestly didn't know and one day went to find out.

Even today, cars breaking 200mph are rare. It takes superb aerodynamics and TONS of power to push a car through the wind at that speed.

 

Even though the McLaren F1 is one of the baddest cars on the planet (if not thee baddest) I noticed in that video that it has a lot of body roll considering the style of car that it is. Mind you I make this comparison on the videos that I have seen of the Ferrari Enzo running at speed on a circuit.

 

Remember the F1 is an old car allready.

 

I wonder if we'll ever see another car again sometime in the near future like the McLaren F1. As others have pointed out, it was built and designed to excel in EVERY aspect. It was blazing fast, handled very well, was pretty driveable daily for a super-exotic, every little detail was thought out and designed meticulously. The engine bay was coated in 24k gold i believe. And all of this in the early 90's.... hats off to McLaren.

Too bad Mercedes and McLaren dissolved their production car relationship. I would've liked them to use a monstrous AMG motor and build a new F1 road car!

 

Mike, I thought I knew the McLaren pretty well. But your info and those pics blew me away. I didn’t know there were so many variants.

Thanks for the post on this 10+ year old supercar, I learned a lot.

 

The last new F1 was just sold last year.
They never made the production goal of 300 though. From the top of my head they only produced around 100 cars. Thats including the race cars (some of them have been converted to road cars again).

 

They sold a new one last year?? Was it a race car or road car? I thought they haulted production last century.

 

It was a road car.
Sold it with a big premium too.
Yeah, the production ended some time ago.

 

I believe the one they sold was their display model they had at their showroom in England.

Edit: This is the first story about it I could find, don't mind the funny pic of the '80s dude.

 

Exactly.
Thats the one I meant.

 

Must be nice to be rich and sport one of these beauties around.

 

I've NEVER seen one with rims before.