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Car Of The Day: June 10, 2008; Pioneer '95 McLaren F1
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Topic Started: Jun 10 2008, 04:22 AM (729 Views)
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Swifty
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Jun 10 2008, 04:22 AM
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Today's car of the day is Pioneer's McLaren F1.

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The McLaren F1 was formerly the fastest street legal production car in the world, holding this record from 1994 to 2005, the longest period the record has been held by any street legal or production car in the history of automobiles. It was engineered and produced by McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of the British McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes Formula One team. Today, it is still the fastest naturally aspirated car in the world.
The car features a 6.1-litre 60° BMW S70 V12 engine and it was conceived as an exercise in creating what its designers hoped would be considered the ultimate road car. Only 106 cars were manufactured, 64 of those were street versions (F1), 5 were LMs, 3 were longtail roadcars (GT), 5 prototypes (XP), 28 racecars (GTR), and 1 LM prototype (XP LM). Production began in 1992 and ended in 1998.
The McLaren F1 was at the time the fastest production car ever built, eclipsing the Jaguar XJ220. A standard version of the McLaren achieved a top speed of 371 km/h (231 mph) in 1994, holding this record for more than 10 years until it was finally eclipsed in 2005 by the Koenigsegg CCR.

For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Mclaren F1

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Chief engineer Gordon Murray's design concept was a common one among designers of high-performance cars: low weight and high power. This was achieved through use of high-tech and expensive materials like carbon fibre, titanium, gold and magnesium. The F1 was one of the first production cars to use a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis.
The idea was first conceived when Murray was waiting for a flight home back from the fateful Italian Grand Prix in 1988; Murray drew a sketch of a three seater supercar and proposed it to Ron Dennis, pitched as the idea of creating the ultimate road car, a concept that would be heavily influenced by the Formula One experience and technology of the company and thus reflect that skill and knowledge through the Mclaren F1.
Quote from Gordon: "During this time, we were able to visit with Ayrton Senna (the late F1 Champion) and Honda's Tochigi Research Center. The visit related to the fact that at the time, McLaren's F1 Grand Prix cars were using Honda engines. Although it's true I had thought it would have been better to put a larger engine, the moment I drove the Honda NSX, all the benchmark cars--Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini--I had been using as references in the development of my car vanished from my mind. Of course the car we would create, the McLaren F1, needed to be faster than the NSX, but the NSX's ride quality and handling would become our new design target. Being a fan of Honda engines, I later went to Honda's Tochigi Research Center on two occasions and requested that they consider building for the McLaren F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up equipped with a BMW engine."
Later, a pair of Ultima MK3 kit cars, chassis numbers 12 and 13, "Albert" and "Edward", the last two MK3s, were used as "mules" to test various components and concepts before the first cars were built. Number 12 was used to test the gearbox with a 7.4 litre Chevrolet V8 to mimic the torque of the BMW V12, plus various other components like the seats and the brakes. Number 13 was the test of the V12, plus exhaust and cooling system. When McLaren was done with the cars they destroyed both of them to keep away the specialist magazines and because they did not want the car to be associated with "kit cars".
The car was first unveiled at a launch show, 28 May 1991, 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; McLaren was forced to make changes on the car as a result (some cars, including Ralph Lauren's, were sent back to McLaren and fitted with the prototype mirrors). The original wing mirrors also incorporated a pair of indicators which other car manufacturers would adopt several years later.
The car's safety levels were first proved when during a testing in Namibia in April 1993, a test driver wearing just shorts and t-shirt hit a rock and rolled the first prototype car several times. The driver managed to escape unscathed. Later in the year, the second prototype (XP2) was especially built for crashtesting and passed with the front wheel arch untouched.

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Gordon Murray insisted that the engine for this car be naturally aspirated to increase reliability and driver control. Turbochargers and superchargers increase power but they increase complexity and can decrease reliability as well as introducing an additional aspect of latency and loss of feedback, the ability of the driver to maintain maximum control of the engine is thus decreased. Murray initially approached Honda for an NA powerplant with 550BHP (400 kW), 600 mm block length and a total weight of 250 kg, it should be derived from the Formula 1 powerplant in the then-dominating McLaren/Honda cars.
When Honda refused, Isuzu, then planning an entry into Formula 1, had a 3.5 V12 engine being tested in a Lotus chassis. The company was very interested in having the engine fitted into the F1. However, the designers wanted an engine with a proven design and a racing pedigree.
In the end BMW took an interest, and the motorsport division BMW M headed by engine expert Paul Rosche designed and built Murray a custom-designed 6.1 L (6064 cc) 60-degree V12 engine, which was 14% more powerful than specified and 16 kg heavier -- despite being based on the original specifications of 550 BHP, 600 mm block length and total weight of 250 kg.

Is this the only McLaren F1 in 1/64? Hot Wheels intended to make one, but for one reason or another they couldn't get the license so they modified their casting to be a generic.

The casting of this car is surprisingly decent. Too bad this is yet another diecast that suffers from the 'overtampoed with poor wheels' syndrome. Imagine this in bright red, with a matching red plastic base, and rubber wheels. Sadly, we get to suffer with generic sponsors including "Dumlop"... I guess that's the tire brand of choice for those too dumb to buy Dunlops?
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davidj94
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Jun 10 2008, 07:36 AM
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Out hunting for JL
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Dumlop, truly funny! I like it, even over tampo'ed. You are right Swifty, fix the gaps in the cast to base connection, and some new shoes, and this baby really rocks!
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james_autos
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Jun 10 2008, 10:49 AM
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A humerous car? I like that
Can't say that I know of another F1 in 1:64, so this could well be the only one.
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Jun 10 2008, 09:11 PM
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Support your local demo derby.
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How many seats are in the front? I counted three but that seems a little bit wacky. :wacko: Perhaps I'm loosing it!? Assuming this was a cheapy model to buy when it was on the shelves, it's ok in that realm.
Unique to say the least.
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Supraman
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Jun 10 2008, 09:16 PM
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- Swifty
- Jun 10 2008, 05:22 AM
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Murray drew a sketch of a three seater supercar and proposed it to Ron Dennis
Surprisingly, the three seats are indeed accurate. For a cheapie like this, its remarkably accurate!
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jedimario
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Jun 10 2008, 09:40 PM
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Nice, one of the best look "chinacars" (as I like to call them, I know everything is made there too nowadays) I've ever seen.
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Jun 10 2008, 09:56 PM
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Guess that's how well I pay attention Sean. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Jun 9 2018, 09:11 PM
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Hot Wheels has finally done the F1, so the Pioneer is finally no longer the sole example in small scale.
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Dean-o-mite
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Jun 10 2018, 12:30 AM
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Muscle Car
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Kyosho and Minichamps (the original "Microchamps" series) have offered licensed McLaren F1 models, and Dream Becomes True offered another very-nice-for-being-unlicensed F1. But the Pioneer will always hold a special place in my collection.
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Jun 10 2018, 07:42 AM
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Even with the funky tampos it is a nice looking example of the McLaren
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Jun 10 2018, 01:18 PM
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nice clean graphics,,a well done piece.
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