Mclaren P1 Spotted

[cc8s]

There were 10 cars there in all. Two left for some reason. But the most I have seen in one picture, for a photo call, is 9.

Many owners have taken their P1 to track which is great. I have seen numerous pictures from all around the world: Spa, Circuit of the Americas, Laguna Seca, Donnington, Silverstone, Fuji, Paul Ricard, Sentul International Speedway in Indonesia, Sonoma Raceway, Nurburgring, etc.

Having been in a P1 on a few occasions on public roads I can say that there is no way that you can even begin to have fun on the roads without getting into a lot of trouble. So I am not surprised to see them on track so the owners can have some fun!

[isaldiri]

cc8s said:

Having been in a P1 on a few occasions on public roads I can say that there is no way that you can even begin to have fun on the roads without getting into a lot of trouble. So I am not surprised to see them on track so the owners can have some fun!

That could arguably be said for a lot of other high performance cars but one does not really see anything like as many laferraris/enzos/918s/CGTs or similar cars on track though? It's a good thing at any rate to see the cars being run on track as that is really what they are designed for.

[cc8s]

I 100% agree. Even then, comparing it to other high league cars, the P1 feels like it is not trying.

[systemsinclair]

cc8s said:

Apologies I was deliberately vague. Essentially the car is at the disposal of the factory until such time as the arrangement ends.

This is my friends car and he was lucky to get it as they had all been sold at the time.
This is the first one off the production line and comes with a Mclaren package which my friend agreed to.
Which includes Mclaren to keep the car for special events and shows for a set amount of time.
As well as been on show at MTC.

[systemsinclair]

cc8s said:

Apologies I was deliberately vague. Essentially the car is at the disposal of the factory until such time as the arrangement ends.

This is my friends car and he was lucky to get it as they had all been sold at the time.
This is the first one off the production line and comes with a Mclaren package which my friend agreed to.
Which includes Mclaren to keep the car for special events and shows for a set amount of time.
As well as been on show at MTC.

[Nom de ploom]

there was a black one on the leeds to harrogate road the other day - looked awesome, Weds about 5:30 ish

[5.0ltr]

Black one M40 today. *MJD.

[11110111]

First P1 accident?

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/accident/16963

[cc8s]

That was the second of three known accidents.

An early white car (I won't say the car number) had a small amount of damage to its front bumper and wheel.
The Japanese car had the accident above
And, now famously, a silver Texas car was all but written off.

[0llie]

There's an article in the Telegraph visiting MSO.

They've published a pic of a primer grey P1 with orange details, it looks absolutely stunning

[cc8s]

It looks like it will be a stunning spec. It is not often that pictures are taken in MSO and, when they are leaked, they tend to be redacted quickly. Ironically, there were some leaked pictures floating about the other week with this car, a deep blue one and a light blue one ready for delivery. Shouldn't be long now.

[cc8s]

There are now 21 UK registered P1s with another few waiting to arrive.

Meet Pacific Blue:

Via Definitive Wax.

[moochofun]

Eeeek - reminds me of the colour applied to Micra's in the late 90s/early noughties... But to be honest, the P1 looks good in any colour, even the primer grey example above!

[Don1]

Another flip painted one? Interesting.

[Cheib]

0llie said:

There's an article in the Telegraph visiting MSO.

They've published a pic of a primer grey P1 with orange details, it looks absolutely stunning

Another one with orange details !



Apologies if posted before. More here http://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/glori...

[Macboy]

If anyone hasn't seen one and is in the Northwest, there was a showroom car in Mclaren Manchester (in Knutsford) when I was there at the weekend. Volcanic Orange and on the turntable for a proper 360.

[mattf93]

cc8s:
That isn't blue at all it is Cerebal Pearl and is owned by CJ Wilson, An American football player as far as I am aware and it was recently at Topaz detailing for a protective film to be applied.

[hurstg01]

mattf93 said:

cc8s:
That isn't blue at all it is Cerebal Pearl and is owned by CJ Wilson, An American football player as far as I am aware and it was recently at Topaz detailing for a protective film to be applied.

Different cars.... I saw the one at Topaz and it's has euro spec lights. CJwhatshisname has his on the other side of th pond.

[cc8s]

mattf93 said:

cc8s:
That isn't blue at all it is Cerebal Pearl and is owned by CJ Wilson, An American football player as far as I am aware and it was recently at Topaz detailing for a protective film to be applied.

As Greg says, they are different cars and have very different specs.
CJ Wilson's car is Cerberus Pearl, silver brakes, standard exhaust package, orange seat belts, gloss carbon contrast.
This car is Pacific Blue, orange brakes, stealth exhaust package, black seat belts, matte carbon contrast.

CJ Wilson's car has much more colour in it. Photo Credit: cjwilsonphoto


The Pacific Blue car. Photo Credit: Definitive Wax


Let alone the fact that the British car is a British spec whereas CJ's car is US-spec with the associated lights package.

Edited by cc8s on Monday 9th February 19:07

[Shmee]

Having seen both cars, they are definitely different!

The UK car does have orange in it when the light hits in a very particular way, whereas the US car is much, much more orange.