im just curious to what you guys think about the mclaren f1?

[dashers]

yeah,he wrote a couple of articles for Evo magazine,that one and one about the new bentley i think

[6'bore]

I think, or would like to think it would be around the 1.19.5 mark

[McReis]

Originally Posted by nopassn

yep - Mr. Bean...

He has a McLaren F1 - or at least he did... I don't know if he fixed it and kept it after he sacked it...

He still has the car and still loves it after almost destroying it.
He's not only a reasonably fast driver as it is one hell of a potential car journalist. I love reading the articles he wrote for EVO. The review of the SLR and also the test od McLaren an CGT made me laugh a lot. I guess noone ever made laugh so much as himself in Mr. Bean's skin...

[:Exige:]

Surprisingly the Top Gear track is a fast circuit .. and although top speed doesnt matter, maximum it would be able to reach on track does. I really think this argument is void though .. the Enzo goes fast in an ass achingly stripped out manner .. the Mclaren F1 can be driven fast while sipping a nice cocktail with a pair of friends, a few sets of golf clubs and without being shouted "post twat" at. Even though popular beliefs within this forum is that Ferrari is called .. 90% of the modern world would probably disagree. But personally I think the Mclaren would win because of the nice straights .. and the Mclaren doesnt handle bad .. just has a bit more body roll because its also made for Luxury unlike the Enzo which is made to go fast without caring for the driver.

Edit : Put the Mclaren F1 GT against them and the F1 would trounce them. Its has the F1 luxury with updated dynamics. It sacrifices the ease of driving in town which the XP4 had so it can increase downforce and power. Shame they didnt put it into production .. only a few were made, some were destroyed for production purposes.

[Mustang]

Originally Posted by Spastik_Roach

It definitly should be faster than Enzo, Enzo is heavier and it has a lower top speed.

and enzo is top on the top gear test track so if it beats it on there it will of beaten the CGT

[d-quik]

Originally Posted by :Exige:

some were destroyed for production purposes.

what purpose does destroying them serve? were they defective in some way and the only solution was to destroy them?

[Coventrysucks]

Originally Posted by d-quik

what purpose does destroying them serve? were they defective in some way and the only solution was to destroy them?

The perpose served was madetory crash testing.

If you have to do crash testing, you'll need to crash some cars. Usually quite hard.

[F1_Master]

Originally Posted by PsychoChimp22

I dont know about you guys, but im much more interested in the "hotter zonda's" (zonda f ?) time around the track.

I like to see the new Zonda C8, and the one after it, the Zonda C9.

[islero]

Mclaren would be fastest by a mile. Stig is a good driver, and dosen't need electronic aids for fast lap times, so it would blitz the others.

[quattro_20v]

clarkson said the older cars are faster in a straight and the new ones on the track, he also said the old ones were more fun. I think I'll agree on that my car is from same year as mclaren f1 and its more fun to drive then new cars for sure.

[Mdbgtft]

Mclaren will beat the Enzo. But i wish the Koenigsegg CCR will show up one day...

[Cyco]

Koenigsegg has promised top gear a CCR to run arond the circut, but want conditions to be comparable to those the Enzo had - a warm, dry track. They want the competition, but expect it to be fair.

[092326001]

The mclaren f1 is the fastest sports car
It's better than the ferrari enzo

[Nogger]

Originally Posted by Cyco

Koenigsegg has promised top gear a CCR to run arond the circut, but want conditions to be comparable to those the Enzo had - a warm, dry track. They want the competition, but expect it to be fair.

ok. Do you have a reliable source?

well

I think the McLaren is slower than all of them. It has been said to handle quite poorly, in comparasin to the cars in its' class. I don't think It is so fast as everybody is believed to think.

[Niko_Fx]

Originally Posted by 092326001

The mclaren f1 is the fastest sports car
It's better than the ferrari enzo

Better on a straight but this thread was made to compare it to the cars mentioned in the poll above when racing on top gear's track.

In that track your beloved F1 wouldn't perform quite as good as the Enzo.