They say libre ang mangarap, but not when you’re wishing for a supercar.
Recently, a McLaren F1 was sold thru England’s DK Engineering for — wait for it — a cool $10.5 million. Yes, this bright red 1995 supercar that once belonged to Formula 1 driver Michael Andretti has an 8-figure price tag. In dollars.
To put that price tag in perspective, the F1 bowed in 1994, packing a 675-hp BMW V12 and commanding roughly $1 million. Values have soared since the car went out of production, topping out last August at a stupefying $8.75 million. When Road & Track’s Sam Smith drove chassis number 0001 in late 2013, its estimated value was “just” $10 million.
This most recent sale means the cost of entry will only continue to climb, parking the F1 in rarefied company of the Ferrari 250 GTO and 250 Testarossa. To the vast majority of us, that means wishing for an F1 will continue to be about as productive as searching for Bigfoot.
You think this red beast is worth it, mga Kapuso?