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Mclaren f1 lm

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Mclaren f1 lm
McLaren Automotive
aka McLaren F1 LM
Production 1995-5 made plus one prototype
Class supercar
Body Style Three seater
Length 4365mm
Width 1820mm
Height 1120mm
Wheelbase 2718mm
Weight 1062kg (kerb weight)
Transmission 6 speed gearbox with LSD
Engine BMW V12 Naturally Aspirated
Power 680hp @ 7,800rpm
Similar Bugatti Veyron, Koenigsegg CCXR
Designer Gordan Murray

This article is about the McLaren F1 LM, an English built supercar

The McLaren F1 LM is considered as the most extreme version of the exclusive and amazing McLaren F1. The LM version improves on most aspects of the already amazing McLaren F1. The McLaren F1 LM is one of the most exclusive, amazing, fastest, unique and technologically advanced cars of all time. It is considered by many as the ultimate super car of all time!

Body

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Style

All of the five F1 LM's had the same body, engine etc


Gas Mileage

The MPG of the LM is approximately 12MPG

Engine and Transmission

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Performance

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Reliability

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Safety

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Photos

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Colors

Three of the F1 LM's were painted Papaya Orange in memory of the McLaren founder Bruce McLaren, his Can-Am cars of the sixties were painted this colour, apparently because Bruce thought that colour looked best on the black and white TV's of that era, Ralph Lauren owns one of the three F1 LM's painted in Papaya Orange

Two of the Five F1 LM's are rumoured to be painted black, both are rumoured to be owned by the current Sultan of Brunei

The prototype is painted Papaya Orange

Main Competitors

The main competitors are actually more modern such as the Bugatti Veyron, the Veyron is considered as the main competitor despite the fact that it came nearly ten years later!!!

Unique Attributes

One of the most unique aspects of the McLaren F1 LM is its three seat layout, in which the driver sits in the centre slightly further forward than the seats either side of him.

Also the engine bay is lined with gold foil! this is because the gold foil is a good insulator!

Interior

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Criticisms

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Worldwide

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Design quirks and oddities

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Awards

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See Also

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