MacLaren F1 in the classifieds

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

Does anyone know anything about this? Im not in the market for one or anything, just v v curious.

I wonder what they go for now?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/299665.htm

[Freewheeler]

Stunning!! Was that the car at Silverstone for the LMS event in September?

[trickywoo]

Looks like someone has fallen fowl of the credit crunch

[Lucas]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

Does anyone know anything about this? Im not in the market for one or anything, just v v curious.

I wonder what they go for now?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/299665.htm

For sale by another company in Kong Kong

http://www.sps-automotive.com/sps_index.htm

So in short nothing to do with "boys toys" like the murcie GTR they are 'selling' on the PH classifieds. Why PH lets ads like that still run is beyond me.

[TonyHetherington]

Surely every prestige car sales company will have that car on their site?

[shadowninja]

How do you mean?

[elms]

Car isnt in the UK at all.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

so a commission based sale then.

wonder how much?

always loved them ,as I am sure have many people.

[johnfm]

What's the depreciation like for an F1?

[Harsh]

an f1 is still worth more now than when it was new, due to the very small numbers (ever decreasing) i cant see values really falling.

i sooo want one, it's my all time dream car....but oddly enough i cant afford to buy and run it.

my guess is that it's up for around £1.25m purchase price was about £650k+vat iirc

i've set a 3 year target to get one....just hope they dont rise in value too much!
although i'd prefer an orange one.

[shadowninja]

Oh, commission. Well, I might as well set up a flipping car showroom that way!

[hurstg01]

Freewheeler said:

Stunning!! Was that the car at Silverstone for the LMS event in September?

No, that was owned by one of the owner/drivers of a car in the LMS race. This car is for sale in Hong Kong's SPS showroom.

Harsh said:

my guess is that it's up for around £1.25m purchase price was about £650k+vat iirc

When I saw the one for sale in a Ferrari showroom in Exeter this year - http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showpost... - the salesman said it was up for £1.35m (IIRC)as requested by his MD but he didn't think it would sell at that price. It turns out they sold it to AutoSaloSingen in Germany.

[Bebs]

When I was working for Christie's the car department sold one for £450,000!
I had a good look around it - awesome.

[Harsh]

Bebs said:

When I was working for Christie's the car department sold one for £450,000!
I had a good look around it - awesome.

:sigh:

[dealmaker]

I wonder what the "bottom" was and when i.e I wonder what the cheapest road version ever sold for??

(Might as well depress ourselves!)

[hurstg01]

dealmaker said:

I wonder what the "bottom" was and when i.e I wonder what the cheapest road version ever sold for??

(Might as well depress ourselves!)

For the road cars, I believe the lowest price paid was for one of the early cars now residing in America; the price was approx 2/3 of the original. If it was a GTR then again I believe the price was fairly low, around the £400k figure.

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[jonny5]

Slightly less thought involved here than our friend the Crown Prince of Strangeways advertising toy cars

[The Tea Boy]

dealmaker said:

I wonder what the "bottom" was and when i.e I wonder what the cheapest road version ever sold for??

(Might as well depress ourselves!)

are you thinking of investing in this instead of another pub then will?

matt

ps give me a call to play some snooker/beer

[360boy]

More exclusive and more expensive than a Veyron.
While we are on the subject of McLaren F1s.
Does anyone know what became of the wreck of the Essex F1 that sadly killed all occupants.
Was it trash or could it be rebuilt?

[hurstg01]

360boy said:

More exclusive and more expensive than a Veyron.
While we are on the subject of McLaren F1s.
Does anyone know what became of the wreck of the Essex F1 that sadly killed all occupants.
Was it trash or could it be rebuilt?

The police report stated that it burnt very strongly and the magnesium in the build exacerbated the heat; all occupants died and the car was beyond salvage