Jensons Mclaren MP4 - 12C
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Looks great in Black. No real interest in the story and the Daily Mails £500k valuation. Just love the pictures
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-20277...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-20277...
The car looks great in black - like the shape of the 458, I think it looks better in darker shades personally. I note it's a LHD model - was he too impatient to wait for RHD? I'm pretty sure it would probably be a freebie anyway - like when Alonso drove for Mclaren and hated the experience, yet still got an SLR 722 for his troubles!
As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
The car looks great in black - like the shape of the 458, I think it looks better in darker shades personally. I note it's a LHD model - was he too impatient to wait for RHD? I'm pretty sure it would probably be a freebie anyway - like when Alonso drove for Mclaren and hated the experience, yet still got an SLR 722 for his troubles!
As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
BelfastBoy said:
I note it's a LHD model - was he too impatient to wait for RHD? I'm pretty sure it would probably be a freebie anyway - like when Alonso drove for Mclaren and hated the experience, yet still got an SLR 722 for his troubles!
Given it's almost guaranteed to be a freebie from McLaren I guess it doesn't matter whether he waits or not. He'll probably get a RHD one as a replacement when available anyway.BelfastBoy said:
The car looks great in black - like the shape of the 458, I think it looks better in darker shades personally. I note it's a LHD model - was he too impatient to wait for RHD? I'm pretty sure it would probably be a freebie anyway - like when Alonso drove for Mclaren and hated the experience, yet still got an SLR 722 for his troubles!
As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
He lives in Monaco so LHD would make sense.As for the £500k price? Either Daily Mail incompetence, an assumption that an F1 driver would have to drive a car that costs that much, or perhaps in some way a garbled confusion over the price of the original Mclaren F1? (I know it was £634k back then, so it seems unlikely - more probably just lazy journalism.)
fulham911club said:
But its not on Monaco plates...
I noticed that too! I also noticed that the Daily Mail has amended the value of the car in their article to £170k.Is it just me, or from certain angles and in that colour, the MP4-12C not only looks great but is also somewhat reminiscent of the shape of the legendary F1? Want one!
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