McLaren P1 vs McLaren F1 - which would you choose?
McLaren P1 vs McLaren F1 - which would you choose?
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g3org3y

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22,466 posts

220 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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With the most recent press release regarding the P1's specs/price, the question remains:

If you had the option of the two, which would you have? (is it possible to add a poll to this thread?)

McLaren P1


McLaren F1 (GTR)


I don't think the P1 will ever achieve the deity status attributed to the F1, it was just such a game changer when released. The current values are a testament to how highly thought of it is. For me, it has to be the F1. smile

Gun

13,432 posts

247 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1, no contest for me.

ConorE

317 posts

169 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1 for me any day. I've learned to love the attention to detail fused with the absolute brutality of the thing. No modern Mclaren hypercar could beat that IMO.

Raize

1,476 posts

208 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1, reason 1 for the exclusivity, reason 2 because the P1 is hideous.
EDIT: Reason 3 because the driving position is central and that's cool.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

225 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1

Mastodon2

14,324 posts

194 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1. I just can't see a turbocharged V8 ever being able to match that naturally aspirated V12.

Edited by Mastodon2 on Tuesday 26th February 21:26

Killer2005

20,598 posts

257 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1, mainly because its an F1

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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MP4-12C please.

Deerfoot

5,246 posts

213 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1.

I'm 42 years old but still have the CAR magazine supplement from years ago.

swansea v6

1,285 posts

254 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F1......

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

227 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Deerfoot said:
F1.

I'm 42 years old but still have the CAR magazine supplement from years ago.
Any chance you could scan that and post up as a PDF?

ultrastapler

238 posts

184 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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i'm sure the P1 is extremely good, but an F1 is a legendary car

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

227 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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ultrastapler said:
i'm sure the P1 is extremely good, but an F1 is a legendary car
One is worth what £800-1m the other upwards of £4m??? So on that alone you'd chose te F1 also one has won LeMans outright one is legendary the other yet to prove itself.



RemyMartin

6,759 posts

234 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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P1.

F1 leaves me cold in every way except the engine.

Grovsie26

1,302 posts

196 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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F40, i mean Enzo, i mean F50, i mean pagaini.

Opps i mean F1.

interloper

2,747 posts

284 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Easy.....F1 because it is a mechanical driving experience, no ABS, ESP, flappy paddles, you are operating a machine directly, this appeals greatly to me. I like mechanical things, not a big fan of electronics or electronic controls.....

PugwasHDJ80

7,679 posts

250 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Bit early to say isn't it?

Surely we need to have some reports about how the p1 drives

Amirhussain

11,651 posts

192 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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PugwasHDJ80 said:
Bit early to say isn't it?

Surely we need to have some reports about how the p1 drives
You just know that everyone's going to say that the F1 is better, that the P1 lacks 'character', 'excitement', etc. It's like some people don't want the P1 to be better than the F1.

xRIEx

8,180 posts

177 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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Definitely the F1, it was the supercar for me when I was a kid, I loved it.

Also, (I believe) it is still officially the fastest ever NA production car.

F1GTRUeno

6,512 posts

247 months

Tuesday 26th February 2013
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The P1 is chintzy. The F1 is perfect.

None of the current supercars do anything for me compared to the 80s/90s ones.