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McLaren F1 GTR Records Auction Price
Written by: SPEED Staff
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11/01/2008 - 12:30 AM
London, UK
 
A 1997 McLaren F1 road car has achieved the record price of 2.53 million pounds sterling ($4.1 million) at the Sotheby's/RM Automobiles of London auction.

The car was one of 64 examples built by McLaren, and was the actual model that was on display in the McLaren F1 showroom in London's Park Lane for some years. It is therefore a very low-mileage example.

McLaren's Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ron Dennis, said: "With all
the current talk of recession, it's heartening to have it confirmed that the McLaren F1 production cars, which we designed and built nearly 15 years ago now, remain among the very few automobiles that are still strongly appreciating in value. But, more than anything else, I'm delighted for the McLaren F1s’ owners, whose automotive assets are clearly very solid investments indeed.”

When new, the cars retailed at 634,500 pounds.
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