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Originally a concept conceived by engineer Gordon Murray, he convinced Ron Dennis, the owner, CEO, and founder of McLaren Group to back the project and engaged Peter Stevens to design the exterior and interior of the car.

Gordon Murrey had always dreamed of a 3 seater car where the driver had a central driving position in the car. His idea of a fast car meant a naturally aspirated engine, low weight and a lot of power.

This meant that the McLaren F1 was built using high-tech and expensive materials such as carbon fibre, titanium, gold, magnesium and kevlar. The F1 was also one of the very first production cars to use a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis

When Murray visited the Honda’s Research center with Ayton Senna in the late 80s, he had the chance to take the Honda NSX out on the track.

This experience changed his perception of what he wanted the McLaren F1 to be completely. Prior to driving the NSX, Murray had the top of the line Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghinis in mind of what to aim for with the F1.

However, the Honda NSX's ride quality and handling would become the new design target.

Being a fan of Honda engines, he went back to Honda's Research Centre on two occasions and requested that they consider building the McLaren F1 a 4.5-litre V10 or V12.

In the end he could not convince Honda to do it, and as we all know the McLaren F1 ended up equipped with a BMW engine. The 6,1L BMW V12 had a power output of 627 PS at 7,400 rpm and 479 lb⋅ft of torque at 5,600 rpm.

The car was first unveiled at a launch show, 28 May 1992, at The Sporting Club in Monaco. The production version remained the same as the original prototype (XP1) except for the wing mirror which, on the XP1, was mounted at the top of the A-pillar.

This car was deemed not road legal as it had no indicators at the front and McLaren was forced to make changes on the car as a result . However some cars, including Ralph Lauren's, were sent back to McLaren and fitted with the prototype mirrors and who can blame them, it looks pretty cool especially with the incorporated indicators. A feature pretty much all car manufacturers would adopt several years later.

McLaren F1 Redesign - Mission impossible?

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