Despite it being outdated, I'd choose the McLaren F1 over cars like the P1, LaFerrari, GTR, etc.

@billybrooks7845

6 жыл бұрын

It's never outdated; like a Countach!

@mikea5205

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely not outdated, it's timeless.

@davidalexander5407

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats the classics!

@NippyMoto

4 жыл бұрын

A Nissan GTR is not even in the same league as these cars mentioned hahaha

@3a.m.dreaming

3 жыл бұрын

Choosing it is the obvious choice, affording one now a days now that’s the real issue.

Whoever is that dislike this video is a tasteless human, with no soul that can't appreciate the beauty and the performance of this masterpiece. people that know, know, it's not just a car, is a piece of history, and the neverending pursuit of perfection between man & machine. at least McLaren F1 is perfect in every way...

@codylee5703

4 жыл бұрын

Probably a kid that thinks the Nissan R34 is the ultimate car.

@Mykytys

6 ай бұрын

Soul and beauty with Volvo lights and VW mirrors :)

No turbo chargers. Naturally aspirated beast🔥

MCLAREN F1 IS THE KING OF ALL SUPERCARS CONGRATULATIONS GORDON MURRAY AND ALL MCLAREN TEAM.

@tadman3d

6 жыл бұрын

So true.

@imperia777

6 жыл бұрын

Mcnull3840 and because of BMW!!!

@kmcdonnell83

6 жыл бұрын

The McLaren F1 was a hyper car before they coined the term or knew what a hyper car was

@gta4crashesmods212

3 жыл бұрын

imperia777 Another idiot that thinks a car only consists of engine

BMW doesnt get enough credit for developing that engine - Their greatness also showed in their S85 V10 they made for the M5 and M6

@djisurfli

2 ай бұрын

Agreed. Everytime I hear a proper e46 m3, I almost hear ghosts of the f1s voice

@michaelomondi-gq5yh

2 ай бұрын

@@djisurfli Funny you say that - I get that feeling more with the S85 - you can still pick one up in good condition for relatively cheap - get one while you can if you havent already - preferably M6

As a car guy people sometimes ask what is my dream car. I instantly answer McLaren F1

@deeremeyer1749

28 күн бұрын

No they don't. Nobody gives a shit you're a "car guy".

That V12 BMW engine! The sound gets me every time! Still my favourite car. Also, still the world fastest street legal NA car, only cars to surpass it are supercharged or turbo boosted.

Despite Bugatti et al the F1 will never be surpassed. The S70/2 is an absolute masterpiece, probably the greatest engine ever put in a road car.

@iAmCodeMonkey

6 ай бұрын

@@jcosta79 This guy gets it.

If I had to choose one car only, I’d choose this McLaren F1. This car is still the most enthusiastic car ever built.

When Mclaren was Koenigsegg level in both size and vision....there will never be another car like the F1.

@NaKombi89

6 жыл бұрын

srinitaaigaura I agree with you, but I think Mclaren can do another car like the F1, they just have to hire Gordon Murray Design to run the project. They know how to build a pure sports car.

@srinitaaigaura

6 жыл бұрын

Let's see if Mclaren's new GT can at least match the packaging. When the F1 came out, it was miles above any other supercar - it made them all look like cheap plastic toys for adults in comparison. Just about the only thing it needed (they tried though) was today's brakes and rubber and maybe a tad more downforce without changing the looks. I mean there are videos of the XP5s record attempt out there where they moved the rev limiter out - it did a calculated quarter mile in 10.6 at 142 mph, 19 sec to 186 mph and 23 seconds to 200... kzread.info/dash/bejne/gH-Yzrt7o7zSZbg.html

@mikea5205

6 жыл бұрын

NaKombi89 - They have the blueprint to build it exactly like the original. But modern crash test and emissions standards make that impossible, which is sad.

@srinitaaigaura

6 жыл бұрын

I hear Mclaren is willing to rebuild the car rather than write it off - Rowan Atkinson's F1 got split in 2 at one point and they put it back. Then Mr. JWW had the time of his life with it.

@Dakkyun

5 ай бұрын

Well now there is :)

Gordon doesn't mess about. What a legend.

Only the car what lives in everybody's hearts....If f1 was made in 2020 how much fast it would go just think lil bit...while the legendary f1 is truely naturally aspirated car😍

@Ramsi-Berlin

Жыл бұрын

Hi, The successor GMA T50 make all things better as the F1 ❣️😅 Said Gordon Murray. I think 455 km/h topspeed it makes. I hope in the next time, they make a comparison between F1 & T50 🙏🏼😁 Love from Berlin 🇩🇪 Ramsi 🙋🏻‍♂️

The footage at 25.50, after technicians adjusted the rev limiter, that' reeeeally Awesome! Its' indescribably astonishing hearing that V12 revving so high, touching the magic quote of 8000 rpm.. It's something UNREAL, and I honestly prefer this sound with quite silent exhaust, instead of F1 race cars, so I can enjoy that gorgeous intake melody

@MrBrownos

3 ай бұрын

Hope you had a box of tissues handy when you finished writing this comment mate. Extremely MotorErotic

Greatest supercar of all time!

@atom999

6 ай бұрын

High chance that t50 will be even better. F1 way ahead of its time for decades

"to be the ultimate drivers car it had to have N/A engine..." amen!

@after_midnight9592

6 жыл бұрын

And a manual gearbox

@setonas23

6 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@aviationlba747

4 жыл бұрын

And a BMW V12.

The word "McLaren" should ~never~ be rendered in Comic Sans!

@NaKombi89

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha why not?

@humanbraininrobotbod

6 жыл бұрын

Comic Sans is suitable for an 8 year old boys birthday party invitation, or maybe a poster with a picture of a kitten. Maybe not even for those. It's kind of like wearing parachute pants and a mullet to a chic nightclub. Or clown shoes to a funeral. Don't worry! Help is available: www.comicsanscriminal.com For reals though, thanks for posting this awesome documentary. What a car!

@hiramesensei3112

6 жыл бұрын

Nothing should ever be in comic sans.

@humanbraininrobotbod

6 жыл бұрын

Correct. Not even the words "Comic Sans."

This is what the "holy grail" of automobility looks like.

AND THEY DID ALL THIS AS WELL AS WINNING 4 CONSECUTIVE F1 CHAMPIONSHIPS NUFF SAID

@BigChap222

4 жыл бұрын

ANDREW WILKINSON not really, bulk of the work shown was 92/93 when Williams were king

love the casio calc watch on the test pilot hhaha

Legend with Volvo Bus rear lights and VW Corrado side mirrors :)

It’s quite interesting to note that the cars being built today that most resemble the F1 in body design (afaik, don’t kill me if I’m not 100% right) are those built by Koenigsegg. I have always appreciated conservative and function-driven design and Christian Koenigsegg has done more with less since the company started. Now, if only the automotive community could persuade Freevalve to build camless heads for powerplants already in production or those classics that would be able to produce way more power at higher efficiencies than with conventional technology of today.

@Psychopathis

6 жыл бұрын

youre forgetting about paganis

@potatogirlcultist19

Жыл бұрын

Gordon Murray himself has no gone it alone and built a fan car that looks very similar to a McLaren F1. It even has a similar V12 engine in it. It's basically an updated McLaren F1. If he can get the money, he should totally build a car that pushes the boundaries of what is possible. Imagine a massive 7L+ quad-turbocharged V12 engine which on it's own would produce about 1,000 HP, and then add a Le Mans style hybrid system which can add another 300. They should use some of the technology that has been made since the F1, like the Koenigsegg Light Speed Transmission, the Pagani Huayra's bonkers active aerodynamics, 4 wheel steering and Rimac's torque vectoring for use on the hybrid system. It would probably cost an obscene amount of money, but it would take almost a decade for anyone to catch up, just like the original McLaren F1.

@sebastianjo752

5 ай бұрын

​@potatogirlcultist19 I don't think you need 7l, if you want to turbocharge it. The Valkyrie uses a 6.5 l engine that produces 1000hp na, köenigsegg 5l with turbo chargers for 1600hp. Also I don't think gorden murry would want to add any hybridity it just adds weight. But yes a halo car by him would be awesome

@srinitaaigaura

5 ай бұрын

​​@@potatogirlcultist19😊Bah too much weight. 😂 The T50 IS the halo car.

@sebastianjo752

3 ай бұрын

That is not what gorden murry is about.@@potatogirlcultist19

Awesome, thanks bro

Thank you much for posting & I just subscribed! Only now I watch because I am recently mesmerized at the McLaren F1. One scene that boggles me is the speed record; how stable is the engine & particularly the tires. It must have used a special tires, anyway the whole package delivers. I love Wallace comments about the F1 while he is attempting the speed record 🙏😍

God Car!❤

Oh WHOW ❣️ Awesome Documentary ❕👌🏼 So interesting... very nice 👍🏼 Love from Berlin 🇩🇪 Ramsi 😘

My favourite F1 fact is they actually planed to make more in the initial production run but stoped production early as they couldn't sell them all!

I see Ultima GTR kit car was used by McLaren team as mule car..

Amazing

impressive, still, today

Much better than the current crop of McLaren cars, the Royal Bahreini company.

I still think it is the greatest car ever built! Just perfect!

cool

Muy perfecta carrocería cuanto quisiera tener uno..😄

NOTE: The people assembling the car in suites and white lab coats. LOL hysterical

I fitted a BT mobile phone kit in a new one of these and got to do a test of the kit around Shepherds Bush in West London, UK. Still remember thinking no one will want these things with this seat in the middle😂silly me. Least I’ve driven one😊

Ohhh the 90s

What a video 🫡🏁

I wish they'd make this same car with modern tech and see how much it improves.

The one and only! The unicorn!

I’m hoping to see a McLaren F1 in person before I die.

@Jezee213

3 ай бұрын

Same! It's been my dream since I was like 6 haha...

A true beast & the fastest production hypercar 0-60 in 2.3 & counting

What is the name of this documentary ?

Should have revved higher from the factory, sounded glorious at 8K RPM!

@Jezee213

3 ай бұрын

Gordons T.50 does 12K RPM now so he learned haha...

42:14 "Fairly general stuff". Yeah .. right !! Perhaps to an automotive engineering savant, but certainly not us mere mortals ... lol.

Wowww 390km.

LOL at Big Rons sales pitch

one of the very few reasons these days to be proud be British

Still the champion. How many turbos does the Bugatti have? I seem to recall the McLaren was naturally aspirated. Apparently engineering trumps turbos.

@Jezee213

3 ай бұрын

I think the Bugatti V had a W16 with like 3 turbos or something insane!

It wont go faster than 391. but anyway 391 is fast enough isnt it? Like!

Damn, limited to 391 KmH🥺

This feels like a doc about making wine lololol

media coverage was deficient back then, if internet would have been at level it is now McLaren would have sold over a thousand units easily

@nickmagee-brown739

6 жыл бұрын

Rover Waters it was a failure, and as soon as the Veyron, the masterpiece, came out, it was dead.

@nickmagee-brown739

6 жыл бұрын

6.50 so they stole a BMW engine, BMW were not happy I guess!

@robertphelps41

6 жыл бұрын

Nick you are showing your ignorance here, McLaren consulted with and gave BMW the opportunity to participate in the F1 program. The engine design parameters were set by McLaren and BMW built it under contract for this project exclusively. You probably don't know this but in a similar collaboration the Williams F1 team designed and fitted a special one off V12 in the 1999 Chassis that won Le Mans and Sebring on its first and only attempts. The BMW V12 LMR was built by Williams F1 as a prelude to the next season in F1 where Williams partnered with BMW as their engine suppliers, ultimately to buy the team. 1999 saw Mercedes reintroduce the flying car with Mark Webber flying twice before the race and once during the race. They withdrew the other team cars as a result.

@thesunflowchannel1995

6 жыл бұрын

Rover Waters no they only made around like 136 of these that's why they cost so much. Supply and demand buddy.

@Obi-WanKannabis

6 жыл бұрын

It was never going to sell over 300 because it took way too much time. Remember these things are basically handbuilt.

30:44 this man know well what he say

believe it or not but 1984 - 1986 i did an exact painting of this car att school.

@NaKombi89

6 жыл бұрын

You mean 1994-1996 right?

@08halit

6 жыл бұрын

NaKombi89 no i say i had this car designed and painted it on paper before it was produced. I was 14 years old in school

@jordanm1186

6 жыл бұрын

08halit LOL

Murray is a goddamn genius.... This car is really still the best in 2019 and will be.

@Ramsi-Berlin

Жыл бұрын

Now the T50 can show what it all can better as the F1❣️ Gordon Murray said, it can all better.😅 Hope to see a comparison next time between F1 and T50 🙏🏼😃

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

I'll try and get one when I hit the lottery. I wonder if I'll be allowed to buy one though...

greatest car ever designed using a string.

Just exchange the lights with LED ones and it would be a car made this year 😃

ว้าว

Does anyone know the yellow car at around 56:40? Is that XP1 painted yellow? Thanks for uploading.

@CCLemon99

4 жыл бұрын

XP1 was destroyed earlier in testing. That yellow car isn't a real F1, but the Clinic Model that didn't have a drivetrain. It's the same model that you see in silver on the cover of the book "Driving Ambition". It was later scraped despite being a huge part of McLaren F1 history.

@keithreed5009

Жыл бұрын

The yellow F1 is a production car that went to a Japanese customer, I used to test drive the production F1's and drove the yellow F1 at Millbrook proving ground and on the A3.

McLaren f1...the car that wold use Chuck Norris if he was more brave...

Is that Iain Tyrell from Tyrell’s classic workshop narrating? It sounds like his voice, I could listen to him talking all day

@TheFpsStealth

2 жыл бұрын

Jim Rosenthal

Is impressive see a so ultra sophisticated modern ultrasport car in this VHS old quality video.

"At the time, I was using it (a McLaren F1!!) for work (hauling shit), not pleasure I had a Miata for that" I myself have a P1 that I use to deliver Dominos but for pleasure, I have a KIA Soul.

@NaKombi89

6 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you are like Bob Dillahunty

what is "Driveability"?

No greater car ever

Interesting about 100BHP per Litre.......BMW K series bikes were achieving that in the mid 80S.

@Sum_Ting_Wong

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Johnson ....higher rev limits.

@chrisjohnson4165

6 жыл бұрын

Well, they were actually longish stroke motors, more like car engines. Absolute limit around 8500-9000

Why has no one ever repeated the centre position? Do modern regulations explicitly or implicitly effectively prohibit it? Because it just seems the ultimate statement.

@Psychopathis

6 жыл бұрын

sadly its modern regulations

@trevorwalker2863

6 жыл бұрын

Well the truth be known! McClaren patented the arrow head driving position, which is probably why it has not been used since. Plus I've heard on the grapevine that McClaren mind repeat this position again on a future up and coming car,hopefully

@alunchisholm481

6 жыл бұрын

renault twizzy?

@ryand4533

Жыл бұрын

Its has been repeated in the new T.50 from Gordon Murray and the new McLaren Speed tail. Its is very rare and probably makes the drivetrain and transmission design extremely complicated underneath.

@deldia

Жыл бұрын

@@ryand4533 now yes. Nice to see it’s possible

So ahead of its time. So sad to see its struggling nowadays and a toxic environment to work in. I suppose thats what happens when money is tight. I honestly think if maclaren did 7 years of free servicing like ferrari people wpuldnt be so afraid of owning one. F1 is as fast as my 992 turbo 100-200kph and thats 25 years younger. Bonkers

no v12 makes a better noise dan this

@javierreyes9853

5 жыл бұрын

Ferrari 412t2

@stephanlamersdorf4565

3 жыл бұрын

@@javierreyes9853 a man of culture

Best car for the richest.

Too bad car now only belongs to rich collectors that would much rather keep the car in storage than actually driving it.

@deathaero9149

6 жыл бұрын

The Questioner there is a pro and con to that. Pro: it won't be in the streets where it can crash or get hit by another car Con: the car would rot in a garage

@codylee5703

4 жыл бұрын

For the price of upkeep for a few years, even if you never started it up once, you could buy a few modern super cars.

30:23

I heard they originally went to Honda to have an engine made...

@Obi-WanKannabis

6 жыл бұрын

Yea because they were partened with Honda in F1.

@jeremyfine1464

6 жыл бұрын

Obi-Wan Kannabis - Honda were not their F1 Team's engine supplier and they were not 'partnered' with them after '92. Production of the road car was '93-'98.

@theoriginaltoadnz

4 жыл бұрын

Correct, they wanted Honda to make an engine, possibly a v10. Honda declined. Good or bad move i dunno.

@Ometecuhtli

8 ай бұрын

Honda made a high rev 120 hp/liter engine 5 years later so I think they were fine.

@Jezee213

3 ай бұрын

Yes, in fact Gordon liked the NSX and much of the F1 was inspired off the NSX.

240mph 240mph 240mph 240mph

is that jeremy clarkson narrating this?

Is the narrator Jeremy Clarkson ?

How can a car have "organic" styling?

I cant wait until you can print one of these. And the two quiet fembots to go along side you

@jasonperdue2554

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, alright. You made me crack a smile that is hard to crack. Have a like

Starts video suggesting a CD player can play video.

28:20 " just slowing down to just over two hundred" - 125 mph is mega - boring!? lol! Amazing piece of engineering. The human race is capable of just about anything.

@McLarenMercedes

4 жыл бұрын

"The human race is capable of just about anything." Except common sense and reason.

@Dudleymiddleton

3 жыл бұрын

@@McLarenMercedes Yes- I can't disagree with that! well said lol

242.2 mph

@qasimmir7117

5 жыл бұрын

andy mandy and sheba Make that 243mph.

I'd like the keys please

very good but not sure what happened with the later P1, rear spoiler is far too large to realistically be considered a joke. A suitable car for Italians and wealthy professionals perhaps.

I dont know Corvette meets emissions standards and the new one has over 700 hp.

@codylee5703

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah its boosted too. This was an N/A car that beat prototypes at Lemans. Corvette has never been fast enough or reliable enough to do that.

@vcall6121

Жыл бұрын

lol. This is coming from an absolute corvette FANATIC, ok.. you’re comparing a car that isn’t maybe 6 months old and has 70 years of experience to a 100% hand built by a team of what? 35 guys?(And girls) from a company with zero experience in the consumer market and production sectors all based on an idea of a single man who had such unbelievable measures of perfection that this same thing probably couldn’t be replicated even today. And we’re talking about the 90s man. The late 80s early 90s corvette didn’t have even 250hp because the emissions laws and that’s GENERAL MOTORS IN THEIR ENTIRETY COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMBINE MAX HP AND STILL ACHIEVE A CLEAN EMISSION, this small team did it in weeks. You can’t compare any other automotive project to the McLaren XP project it’s just some random glitch in the fabric of the space-time-continuum that all the exact planets (ppl) aligned at the exact moment in history and maybe the only one ever at the only manufacturer that would consider this where a completely unnecessary and outrageously complex and over built vehicle that would not only be faster than any other vehicle in production but faster than their own Fkn open wheel F1 car. Unbelievable.

36:50 ?????

Nothing says serious car documentary about the greatest sports car ever build than having Comic Sans in your introduction.

the best super cars design.

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This is the best car ever ! It has only 1 default to my humble opinion : too soft suspensions and no anti roll bar ! If I recall even Gordon Murray admitted it ! And maybe slightly wider up to 2 meters would have been a bit better for aerodynamics and as well for comfort inside !

Go to 10:00 and thank me later

To Ferrari, or Bugatti, or Diablo.. ☠ Lamborghini felt that.

t.50 to replace the f1

Looks old hat and is _so_ overrated. The new (GM) one though,, woah.

F1 is a good car, but only half McLaren. With a BMW engine..

Lol, then the Veyron came along and killed this kit car, I love the brits but when it comes to engineering you guys are about as good as the Mexicans! Lol. Sorry guys, but this car is long forgotten whereas the Veyron will remembered for decades ro come!

@robertphelps41

6 жыл бұрын

Dear Nick Your sombrero is on too tight ! While the Veyron and Chiron are wonderful technology demonstrators, they are hardly useful transportation devises. At top speed the Veyron has 12 minutes in motion and 14 minutes of tire life, good thing the French didn't get it backwards. And where would you suggest using this Motorcar? McLaren and indeed the entire British Formula One paddock has a combined knowledge base on par with NASA or ESA. 90% of this group is British even if you check the names (James Allison Chief Chassis designer) of the Ferrari team you will find a huge integration of the best of British engineering. As for the US talent, you need to look no further than the Tesla and Elon Musk. You can buy a grocery getter that out accelerates any Hypercar on Street tires that don't cost 3000 euros each as on the Veyron that last 12 minutes. Just look at the McLaren Senna and try to remember what you thought was cool about the Veyron. Again not trying to be unkind, but marshal your facts, have a think, and then comment. Included new source material for you kzread.info/dash/bejne/dY2rudiTod3fpNo.html Robert

@dannyr2976

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry to break it to ya bud but the McLaren F1 legendary status has spanded decades (if you include early staged development) and is still remembered as one of the most iconic supercars in history, employing revolutionary design and engineering solutions, a record lap holder for 10 years or so, and a 90s body design that is still contemporary today AND worth millions. What more could you ask for?

@mikesmodels2830

6 жыл бұрын

Nick Magee - Brown. This car is still and always will be the fastest naturally aspirated road car in history.

@dannyr2976

6 жыл бұрын

DAMN STRAIGHT. And stunning to boot!

@srinitaaigaura

6 жыл бұрын

The more I find stuff on it, the more amazing it gets. What a concept and execution for those times!