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Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) Selling His McLaren F1 For $12 Million
Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) Selling His McLaren F1 For $12 Million
By Viknesh Vijayenthiran
Jan 23, 2015
McLaren only ever built 106 examples of its F1 supercar, and of these just 72 were designed for the road. One of these 72 road-going F1s was bought new by actor Rowan Atkinson (famous for playing Mr. Bean) back in 1997, and he’s now put it up for sale priced at a staggering £8 million, which at current exchange rates works out to be $12 million.
The car is up for sale at London dealer Taylor & Crawley, whose owner David Clark recently spoke with the U.K.’s Western Morning News (via World Car Fans). He said he expects a lot of interest for the car despite its relatively high—for an exotic—41,000-mile odometer reading and the fact that it’s been involved in two accidents, one of them rather serious.
Clark, who worked for McLaren when the F1 was launched and is an F1 owner himself, said this particular example, which features a unique burgundy paint scheme, is almost like a new car because of the restoration work done on it. The repair bill alone for the crash that took place in 2011 was more than $1.4 million and is thought to be the U.K.’s highest ever insurance payout for a single vehicle accident.
When Atkinson bought the car, the price tag was £540,000 ($810,000). But as we’ve seen in the world of classic and collector cars, prices over the past several years have soared. This particular F1 also has that celebrity factor.
The F1 was launched on the market in 1994 and remained in production for four years. The cars came with a mid-mounted 6.1-liter V-12 developing 627 horsepower. This was enough for 0-62 mph acceleration in 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 241 mph. The latter remained unmatched until the arrival of the Bugatti Veyron more than a decade later.
1995 McLaren F1 Heading To Gooding & Co. Auction For $12-14 Million: Pebble Beach 2014
By Nelson Ireson
Jul 24, 2014
While the Ferrari 250s and 275s continue to dominate the record sale prices at collector car auctions around the world, the McLaren F1 appears to be gaining ground, with this pristine three-owner example expected to bring $12,000,000 to $14,000,000 at auction during this year’s Gooding & Company auction during the Monterey Car Week ahead of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
The only McLaren F1 to be finished in Marlboro white, this 1995 example comes complete with the original manual, tool kit, and fitted luggage—and it has only 1,004 miles on the odometer. It’s practically brand new.
An extensive service by McLaren in 2008 freshened all of the things that age whether a 20-year-old car is driven or not, ensuring that the 627-horsepower, 6.0-liter V-12 engine is ready and waiting for its new owner—even though it will probably end up right back in storage somewhere.
Stay tuned for more Pebble Beach week coverage as we prepare to head out and don our finest golf wear to ogle some of the most amazing cars in the universe.
This McLaren F1 Sold For $10.5 Million
Máté Petrány
5/06/14 7:54am
This stunning red McLaren F1 (chassis #28) went from California back to the United Kingdom for a whopping $10.5 million, meaning that F1s are now worth significantly more than a year ago. Damn.
Last August, an F1 was sold for $8.47 million at Pebble Beach. Fast forward a few months, and we are way past the 10 million mark. It's only going uphill from here, making it the next Ferrari 250 GTO.
Chassis number 28 is not a GT, LM or GTR, yet is very much connected to motorsport as this 1995 car was built especially for Michael Andretti by McLaren in return for his early departure from their F1 team. Unfortunately, he couldn't use it in America at the time, so he sold it to a Japanese collector a year later.
The car retains Andretti's signature on the back of the sun visor and is one of the only two red F1s. It was brought back to the US in late 2002 by Clifford Meltzer from Los Gatos, California, who then sold it to an unknown buyer in 2005. In early 2008, the car changed hands again only to end up in McLaren's San Francisco showroom thanks to owner and well-known car collector Tom Price.
Mind you, getting an F1 in 2014 is harder than you think. It took British sales-and-servicing specialist DK Engineering (the guys supplying the two Ferrari F40 pace cars for the Goodwood Member's Meeting among other wonders) six month to secure the deal for their client, and the F1 got sold only because it was traded in for a 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.
With this F1 now back in the UK, rumor has it that another American F1 owner recently turned down a $12 million offer for his car. Was it Ralph Lauren, Jay Leno or this bloke? No matter. All they have to do is keep their cars in one piece and say no deal to anybody trying to throw lots money at them.
This investment is looking brighter than the gold it's layered with...
The only McLaren F1 to be finished in Marlboro white, this 1995 example comes complete with the original manual, tool kit, and fitted luggage—and it has only 1,004 miles on the odometer. It’s practically brand new.
that disgusts me. i fucking hate it when thousands of people work tirelessly to create one of the best performance cars of all time, only to have it sit there and never ever get used. what a fucking waste.
Yep. Car "collectors" are high on my list of things I loathe.
"I'm going to buy this so someone else can't, not because I enjoy it."
I'm prepared for all the spazzing and "your just jealous" and you'd do the same" comments.
Fact is, I can guarantee if I had a a garage full of dozens of awesome cars, the miles would be racked up by my friends and family, because cruising is more fun with your friends.
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seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
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Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
Its too bad cars like this are getting so valuable and collectible that even if you did manage to spend your own hard earned fortune on one, you'd be hung by your nuts by collectors and internet warriors if you ever drove and crashed it.
The same people saying the car should be driven, will be the same people screaming murder if you drove it and crashed it.
Meh, he crashed it twice and its still around, and now worth 15x what it costs somehow. If anything crashing it seems to somehow have benefitted him haha.
I do see where you are coming from though for sure, but the reality of the situation is driving it is better for any car enthusiast.
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seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
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Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
I wonder if we dont care so much because Rowan Atkinson seems to be such a cool character. If some douchebag venture capitalist from LA crashed an F1, or F40, etc, I think it would be a different story.
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he totaled it years ago but it was covered under his insurance (which is the crazier story imo) can't believe anyone would pay $12mil for it
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But because modern McLaren F1s today still fetch well into the millions - like this one that sold for £3.5m - it was deemed a repair job, and so the insurance company paid out to fix his beloved motor. Meaning this is the most expensive insurance payout ever recorded in Britain.
I understand that the car was worth far more than the repair bill, which is why they repaired instead of paying it out.
But at what point do they say we can no longer rebuild the car. I mean there was literally half a car left after the pictured crash. I can only assume that they ended up just building a new car for him, and just attached the VIN plate of the old one on it.
I mean the repair bill cost more than the car did originally. That's absolutely ridiculous.
that disgusts me. i fucking hate it when thousands of people work tirelessly to create one of the best performance cars of all time, only to have it sit there and never ever get used. what a fucking waste.
This is why all exotic cars should be sold to Japanese people. They use them as daily driver and modify them hard too.
I remember back in 2000 or so, the Porsche Schuppan 962 in Japan had 75,000kms because it was his daily driver. The reporter was asking why didn't he just keep in the garage and made it an ornament, the owner replied "uhh...because I bought this car to drive it".
I'm sure he has well over 100,000kms by now.
Same as all the other supercars in Japan too. They don't put in the garage like Western cultures do.
he totaled it years ago but it was covered under his insurance (which is the crazier story imo) can't believe anyone would pay $12mil for it
Why not?
it's not like car was fixed at a kingsway bodyshop. it was sent back to McLaren factory and more than half of the car was replaced inside out.
12 million is already priced a couple million lower than your average clean F1.
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This is why all exotic cars should be sold to Japanese people. They use them as daily driver and modify them hard too.
I'm pretty sure not all Japanese exotic owners are like that. Your reasoning and logic is dumb. Car "collectors" and "drivers" are spread throughout the world; they are not specific to a certain part of the globe.
If anything, less exotic cars should end up in Japan because of shit like this...
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Isn't it funny how people always know exactly how they would act in a situation that they, infact, aren't in?
I would totally drive those cars! I would totally run in to help that person getting beat up by a gang! I would totally ask out that hot model instead of sitting quietly in the corner!
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