Replacement F1 formally announced today!

[Mousem40]

New F1 'Hyper-GT' formally announced today called BP23, and all 106 units are sold out already.


http://www.newspress.co.uk/public/ViewPressRelease...

Edited by Mousem40 on Wednesday 16th November 14:07

[johnnyreggae]

Your link didn't work but this was posted here an hour ago http://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/mcl...

Edited by johnnyreggae on Wednesday 16th November 14:09

[Mousem40]

Link fixed now. It is from McLaren's own press release.

[subirg]

106 cars? 2019 first deliveries? All already sold? This one sounds like the modern reincarnation of the Jag XJ200 with the flippers taking a monumental risk and potentially bigger bath if the bubble goes pop before then...

Aside from that, it looks very promising!

Anyone know the price?

[23AJK]

subirg said:

106 cars? 2019 first deliveries? All already sold? This one sounds like the modern reincarnation of the Jag XJ200 with the flippers taking a monumental risk and potentially bigger bath if the bubble goes pop before then...

Aside from that, it looks very promising!

Anyone know the price?

£2.4m with £300k deposit

[RamboLambo]

23AJK said:

£2.4m with £300k deposit

Shame they are all sold I would of fancied a couple at that price

[Mousem40]

subirg said:

106 cars? 2019 first deliveries? All already sold? This one sounds like the modern reincarnation of the Jag XJ200 with the flippers taking a monumental risk and potentially bigger bath if the bubble goes pop before then...

Aside from that, it looks very promising!

Anyone know the price?

The bubble may have burst by then as you say, but I think the thought of say £1m overs might ease anyone's concerns.

[subirg]

Mousem40 said:

The bubble may have burst by then as you say, but I think the thought of say £1m overs might ease anyone's concerns.

That's exactly my point. An easy £1m overs if the bubble stays inflated. Perhaps even more. Or an easy £1m bath if the bubble deflates. With interest rates going up and trump running loose, I'm not sure the flippers will be sleeping easily as we go through next year and the year after..!

[23AJK]

23AJK said:

subirg said:

That's exactly my point. An easy £1m overs if the bubble stays inflated. Perhaps even more. Or an easy £1m bath if the bubble deflates. With interest rates going up and trump running loose, I'm not sure the flippers will be sleeping easily as we go through next year and the year after..!

Nobody is going to blow £1m on them - they'll do what happened with the XJ220. Walk away from their deposits if the market turns to p00.

Having said that if you had the funds back in 1995 to take a £650k punt on a McLaren F1 KNOWING it'd cost you £300k over 3yrs just to own it would you still do it?

Now ask yourself the same question this time knowing it would eventually outperform almost any other investment you could make with your £650k no less than 15yrs later.

All depends if in 15yrs time the BP23 is revered in the same way an F1 is today but certainly wasn't in 2002/3.

[MDL111]

or maybe the 106 people paid the 300k because they really want the car and want to be the first (and only) owner ... novel thought I know

[23AJK]

MDL111 said:

or maybe the 106 people paid the 300k because they really want the car and want to be the first (and only) owner ... novel thought I know

This.

[andrew]

how can mclaren plan for 2019 ?
surely the car will have been replaced a couple of times by then ???

[DEANO87]

MDL111 said:

or maybe the 106 people paid the 300k because they really want the car and want to be the first (and only) owner ... novel thought I know

I miss the days when people purchased cars because they really wanted them and drove them for the intended use and enjoyed them without worrying about it being an investment or it's residual value.

[Yipper]

Not a particularly pretty car, but it gives McLaren a product for the ultracar segment, and will sell like hot cakes in the Mideast, China, Russia, US, London, etc.

[Pork]

MDL111 said:

or maybe the 106 people paid the 300k because they really want the car and want to be the first (and only) owner ... novel thought I know

No, no, no, no,.....cars are primarily investments. Actually, isn't everything nowadays?

Don't buy cars to enjoy anymore. Like people don't buy houses to live in.

(I'm with you though, my view is buy and enjoy)

[flemke]

Yipper said:

Not a particularly pretty car, but it gives McLaren a product for the ultracar segment, and will sell like hot cakes in the Mideast, China, Russia, US, London, etc.

The media renderings are not representative of how the car looks.
Also, the car will not be eligible for US importation via the normal route.

[subirg]

Setting aside the issues of investors etc, when are we likely to see the actual shape? Is this car a competitor to the new RB Aston?

[JCFF]

MDL111 said:

or maybe the 106 people paid the 300k because they really want the car and want to be the first (and only) owner ... novel thought I know

+1

[flemke]

subirg said:

Setting aside the issues of investors etc, when are we likely to see the actual shape? Is this car a competitor to the new RB Aston?

Shape won't be made public for some time.

In no way is it a competitor to the RB/Aston thing. It will be a GT, not a pretend racing car.

[andymc]

flemke said:

subirg said:

Setting aside the issues of investors etc, when are we likely to see the actual shape? Is this car a competitor to the new RB Aston?

Shape won't be made public for some time.

In no way is it a competitor to the RB/Aston thing. It will be a GT, not a pretend racing car.

do you have one on order?