This black beauty, rarer than hens’ teeth, is a racing icon that was converted for street use in the 1990s.
The McLaren F1 is a special car that anyone with even a little automotive knowledge can appreciate. It still holds the record for fastest production car powered solely with a naturally aspirated engine. It seems unlikely that it will ever lose this title, even though EVs and forced induction are taking over. Unless the Gordon Murray T.50 has something to add about it. This car is not an ordinary F1 car, it’s a race car derivative.
McLaren made only 28 GTRs, but only 10 were built under the Longtail specification. This car is even more rare when you consider that it was converted by Lanzante, a British shop. It would be considered sacrilegious to put a license plate on an BMW-powered hypercar.
We can only say that the black beauty looks absolutely stunning in London, where high-end cars are paraded. It’s becoming harder to stand out in London, but the F1 GTR Longtail is road legal makes it seem easy. Although the three-seater machine was loud and impractical and too large for narrow streets, someone braved enough to take it for a walk.
A small bump in the road can cause damage to the bumpers or underbody. This is despite the fact that these cars are rare and unique. It takes some time to get used the F1 GTR Longtail’s turn signals to work. The license plate also has a negative impact on the car’s stunning rear-end design.
It will be impossible to make cars like the McLaren F1 GTR or Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR or the Porsche 911 GT1 Strassenversion again. We are hopeful that the LMDh class will spawn road cars, even though regulations do not require companies to make street-legal alternatives.