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 107 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.