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The McLaren F1
was formerly the fastest street legal production car in the
world, holding this record from 1994 to 2005, the longest period
the record has been held by any street legal or production car
in the history of automobiles. It was engineered and produced by
McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of the British McLaren Group
that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes team. Today, it is
still the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world.
The car features a
6.1-litre 60° BMW S70 V12 engine and it was conceived as an
exercise in creating what its designers hoped would be
considered the ultimate road car. Only 106 cars were
manufactured, 64 of those were street versions (F1), 5 were LMs,
3 were longtail roadcars (GT), 5 prototypes (XP), 28 racecars (GTR),
and 1 LM prototype (XP LM). Production began in 1992 and ended
in 1998.
The McLaren F1 was at
the time the fastest production car ever built, eclipsing the
Jaguar XJ220. A standard version of the McLaren achieved a top
speed of 371 km/h (231 mph) in 1994, holding this record for
more than 10 years until it was finally eclipsed in 2005 by the
Koenigsegg CCR.
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