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Video: McLaren F1 vs. McLaren MP4-12C

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Another McLaren F1 Up For Sale

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1997 McLaren F1

[/caption] Either the world’s wealthiest don’t care anymore or think it’s a great time to make an investment pay off because here is yet another McLaren F1 up for sale. This will make at least three F1s changing hands within the past few months. Located in Hong Kong, it is a 1997 model listed with 6,711 miles on the clock. It comes with all the trinkets the car came with when new including full tool kit, luggage and even a McLaren watch engraved with the car’s matching serial number. A bonus if you’re in the EU, all…

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Ralph Lauren Auctioning Off Personal Tour Of His Car Collection For Breast Cancer Foundation

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Ralph Lauren's 1936 Bugatti 57SC Atlantic

[/caption] Fashion mogul and avid car collector Ralph Lauren is auctioning off more than 300 items/experiences to benefit Pink Pony, a foundation which supports programs dedicated to the early diagnosis, education, treatment and research of breast cancer. The experience we’re most interested in is a personal tour of his collection for two. In addition to the tour itself, you’ll also be taken for a ride in one of his collectibles as well as receive a signed copy of Speed, Style, and Beauty: Cars from the Ralph Lauren Collection. Ralph’s collection includes a Veyron,…

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Video: McLaren’s F1 In Action

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Excerpt: With as rare as the Bugatti Veyron is, it’s max production of 300 seems high next to the McLaren F1′s run of 100 units. (including racing versions), so it’s even rarer to see one out on the roads, much less at a clip quicker than piddling around town. Our buddies over at Jalopnik have dug up this video on YouTube of an F1 being properly thrashed. Unfortunately, our daily drivers don’t sound like this, but it might just get you through a slow news day and ready for the weekend. And luckily, it wasn’t crashed in the process of making this video. [Source:…

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McLaren Will Use Hybrid Technology Too

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[/caption] First we get word Ferrari’s Enzo successor will be equipped with a version of their HY-KERS hybrid technology and now information is leading towards a hybrid from McLaren as well. McLaren Automotive is on the hunt for an electrical engineer with an ad reading ‘[...] concept, design and development of the electrical package and wiring system for a hybrid electric vehicle’. This is not the firm’s first look at the technology and was on the hunt for a senior engineer last year as well. With the company’s recent revelation they’ll be introducing 1 new model each year for…

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McLaren – 1 New Model Every Year For 5 Years

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Excerpt: McLaren has priced the MP4-12C awfully close to the 458 Italia and it’s pricing is apparently not the only thing learned from looking to compete with Ferrari. The company announced it will introduce one new model each year for the next five years. McLaren’s plans to sell 1,000 examples of the MP4-12C in its first 12 months with a total production volume across all models of 4,500 at the end of the five years. After it’s North American debut, the company already has over 2,700 interested parties in the MP4-12C alone. Most intriguing is McLaren’s claim that these are mostly made…

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McLaren MP4-12C On North American Tour – Pricing Starts At $220,000 – $250,000

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McLaren MP4-12C

[/caption] Coming off the MP4-12C’s live North American debut in Monterey at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, McLaren is taking their all-new supercar on a tour of the continent visiting select dealership locations. This will give prospective customers and dealers alike an opportunity to get acquainted with the vehicle before it official goes on sale. Pricing has been announced at starting between $220,000 and $250,000 – putting it i n the same ballpark as Ferrari’s all-new, and universally-acclaimed, 458 Italia. We all expect the Mp4-12C to exceed even our highest of expectations, but can McLaren’s newest effort…

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Gooding & Company’s Monterey Auction – $64.59 Million, 106 Cars Sold, Six Records Broken

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1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione

[/caption] As the smell of wax and chrome polish dissipates following this year’s Pebble Concours d’Elegance weekend we’re left to reflect on all the auctions and extraordinary machines that crossed the block over the last few days. Getting our coverage first is Gooding & Company’s record-breaking event held over August 14 and 15. Gooding & Company’s event is now their most successful Pebble Beach auction ever with 106 lots sold totaling a whopping $64.59 million! Thirteen vehicles sold for more than a million dollars a piece while three sold for over…

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