1995 McLaren F1 from UK and Ireland - Comments

Why are you all fighting about this? He did own the car and he did crash it, so who cares if it was him writing it OK.

I own a Fisher Fireblade, It cost me £4000GBP second hand. It is a fibre glass kit, not so practical but I have managed to get to 60 in 3.85 seconds. That's about 0.75secs slower than the Mcclaren F1. It is a lot of fun, rear wheel drive, gets so many looks (cross between E-type AC cobra) beautiful 6 foot bonnet. You don't have to be R.A to have something that performs like a supercar.

Whats Insurance premium like after a ding in an F1? Please don't say "if you have to ask you can't afford one ".

Well as far as I remember from the press articles about R.A's crash, the repairs cost approx £30.000, and looking at the pictures, all the damage seemed concentrated on the front bumper and above the left light.

What a way for an old Metro to go out though, being crashed into by a McLaren.. it's the stuff cheap cars dream of!

I also remember the article regarding the McLaren crash, and as far as my memory serves me, the car was a deep red type colour and the front bumper, left wheelarch/light cluster section appeared to be shattered (no doubt due to the material the car is made from). I'm not sure of the cost that was quoted, but front prangs often cause lots of unseen damage, often jolting the doors back, breaking hinges, creasing bodywork etc.

Hey Whats up?, I'm writing from London Ontario and about this whole Rowan Atkinson wrecking his McLaren F1, IT'S TRUE, I did a lot of research on this and it turns out that he did wreck his McLaren F1, I found his wrecked McLaren F1 on this amazing site called wreckedexotics.com, check it out yourself!!!

From Aawez Bhatti

OK, first of all, the writer of this review signed it 'B'. Only after everyone started talking about Rowan Atkinson, did he later CHANGE his initials to R.A. There is about as much chance as this being Rowan Atkinson as pigs plying past my window right now. Although, I have to admit, it would be pretty cool if it was him.

Secondly, I highly doubt anyone could drive at 200 mph + on the Autobahn. I frequently drive across Germany, and although the fast lane is very quick, it is full of cars, and 120 mph will see you on the bumber of the car in front in no time.

I doubt this is Atkinson. I've read some of his other reviews on cars and he talks much more sophisticated than whoever wrote this.

Rowans car is chassis #061, the color is dark burgundy.

(I'm the same guy that's posting in all the other mclaren f1 reviews with chassis numbers) :- D.

...well, I think you're wasting your time in here if you're trying to find a real owner to tell you about his chassis number...

Hi, I am a big super car lover (I'm 14) but I have to admit that my best car in the whole world has got to be the ferrari enzo. I wrote to ferrari UK and they sent me an info package. It has 660bhp and goes exactily 217.5mph!

Rowan Atkinson still owns the Mclaren in question - so the reviews are fake.

The review is fake as the car that crashed was burgundy red, and I have seen RA driving his Mclaren F1 near Heathrow, and it was drk blue. I have also spotted a silver F1 whilst driving. Only 50 Mclaren road cars were ever sold, 3 of them crashed. I have read publications where RA is a contributor and his style of writing is particular to make me 100% confident that this review is a fake. But please I hope that one true Mclaren F1 owner, maybe Jay Leno, Keith Flint from Prodigy, or the real RA write a review of this dated supercar.

I am Napoleon, if he says he is R.A.

Firstly, how many cars really were sold. As I have read 70, 50, then 110 and so on. Does anyone really know what they are talking about?

Also, would Mr. R. Atkinson have made spelling mistakes and used such appalling grammar in a review that he knew so many green-eyed lunatics would be reading and taking apart to analyse?

I'm going to have my supper now. Good evening, gentlemen.

Nice try to the original author, I was almost convinced it was genuine until he said he sold it to an elerly chap who lives overseas. If you read last months EVO magazine, Rowan Atkinson writes a brilliant article testing the new Porsche Carrera GT against a McLaren F1 (which the McLaren creamed by the way) Although it wasn't his McLaren he was driving, he still owned his original F1. I can't blame you for dreaming though, the McLaren F1 is my favorite car of all time and even 10 years on is still to be beaten!