You have to laud the creativity
Designed for the tired huntsman, the Range Rover Rapport Excelsior has an electrohydraulically operated rear bench that elevates passengers through the open roof. You simply spot something alive, press a button, shoot its face off, then retreat into the Rangie without leaving
by TopGear.com
Question is, will it remain a garage queen?
Remember the lightly infuriating McLaren F1 with 391km (243 miles) on the clock that was scheduled to cross the block at Gooding & Company's Pebble Beach sale?Well, we're here to report that someone ended up paying $20.465 million (P1.
by Greg Potts
We dig it
The McLaren F1 comes from a simpler time-when electrification was still in the back of most people's minds, touchscreens were reserved for science fiction films, and supercar manufacturers weren't as trigger happy with special releases.If that last bit
by Drei Laurel
Trivia time
McLaren is named after Bruce McLaren, the New Zealand racer who never won the Formula 1 championship, but set up a team that has managed exactly that 12 times so far. As well as a driver, he was a gifted engineer, which
His first supercar
Elon Musk, the tech genius with an itchy Twitter finger, is now the world's richest individual. Musk's massive leap in wealth comes following some ridiculous jumps in stock price for Tesla that allowed his fortune to surpass that of Facebook'
by Drei Laurel
Which one’s your favorite?
A few weeks ago, we brought you news of Lanzante's tribute to the McLaren F1 GTRs that finished first, third, fourth, fifth, and 13th at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995. Now here's McLaren's-a run of
by Tom Harrison
The pandemic has triggered a slump in sales
British supercar brand and Formula 1 team McLaren is reportedly selling and leasing back its global headquarter in Woking, Surrey. According to The Guardian, the carmaker is seeking to "shore up its balance sheet" after the slump in sales because of the
The designer names eight things he hates about the car
Some things in life are universally accepted as the truth. Pineapple is an unacceptable pizza topping, for example. Christian Bale played the best on-screen Batman. The McLaren F1 is perfect. Of these things, there can be no argument.We don't
by Vijay Pattni
Even by classic supercar standards, that's very high
Most '90s supercars are worth more now than they were when they were new. Substantially more, in some cases. But none has skyrocketed in value quite like the McLaren F1.Back in 1992, a brand-new McLaren F1 cost £540,000. According
by Tom Harrison
Not all of them are found in expensive exotics
A starter button on the dashboard? Snore. Somehow, it's more interesting-more Italian-to locate it on the steering wheel. Audi does that in the R8 V10. Lots of Ferraris do the same. But the Alfa Romeo Giulia brings a slice
by Ollie Kew
Some of these names are quite esoteric
No surprises here. Overseen by Gordon Murray and powered by a 627hp 6.1-liter V12 created by BMW's engine genius Paul Rosche, the F1 is regarded as one of the greatest sports cars ever built. It remains one of the
Who would have thought?
If you had to sum up a Huracan in a sentence, you could do worse than 'an Audi R8 made pointier and more impractical in every single way.' The Lambo takes the same ingredients and mixes in worse visibility, a less user-
by Ollie Kew
Created by artist Jaykee Evangelista
My iPhone says I pick it up an average of 172 times a day. But that pales in comparison to the 392 notifications I receive daily. My point is, we look at this slab of glass, metal, and silicon a lot, more
by Dinzo Tabamo
Recognize any of these?
What made the Lotus Elise so light? Aluminum. Specifically, the process of aluminum extrusions, which basically involves squeezing a big block of the metal out of a smaller hole, then chopping up the squeezed result and bonding it together with adhesive.Result?
by Ollie Kew
Ever heard of the Bertone Freeclimber?
Time for an inconvenient truth. No, not that one, with impossibly large global consequences-just a smaller, regularly inconvenient one: BMWs aren't good-looking anymore. Sure, there's a few exceptions in the muscular M2, the reserved 5-Series, and brutish
It's all about the airflow
Won the Swedish GP in 1978, and was then voluntarily withdrawn by team boss Bernie Ecclestone (to the fury of designer Gordon Murray) to keep the peace before Formula 1 turned into a civil war. Capable of massive downforce even at slow
by Ollie Kew
Beginning 2021 until at least 2024
From 2021, the McLaren F1 team will switch from Renault to Mercedes power, reviving a partnership that lasted from 1995 until the end of 2014.Lewis Hamilton began his Formula 1 career at McLaren Mercedes and won his first World Championship in
by Tom Harrison
It's better than new
This isn't just any old McLaren F1, but one fresh from an 18-month restoration undertaken by the good people over at McLaren's Special Operations division. Welcome then, to number #63.The first step was to completely strip the body
by Vijay Pattni
Talk about appreciation
That incredibly rare McLaren F1 LM that threatened to disrupt the global economy with an astronomical price has sold for... an astronomical price. $19.8m (a little over P1 billion), in fact. Admittedly a little off the estimated $23m, but still comfortably
by Vijay Pattni
That’s a lot of McLarens
McLaren has announced that it has built its 20,000th road car at its production center in Woking. The factory was completed only in 2011, so that number discounts the 106 iconic F1s that were built between 1992 and 1998. Impressive stuff.
by Greg Potts
