The Sultan of Brunei's old McLaren F1 sells for $25,300,000
A 1994 McLaren F1 just sold for a record-breaking $25,317,500 USD during RM Sotheby’s inaugural Collectors’ Week in Abu Dhabi.
This record-price makes chassis 014, delivered new to the Brunei Royal Family, the most expensive McLaren F1 sold publicly – vaulting 23 percent past the previous record of $20.5 million set at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach 2021 auction.
“Boasting Brunei provenance and later upgraded by McLaren with the fitment of a highly desirable High-Downforce Kit and LM-specification interior, chassis 014 still manages to stand proud even as an example of one of the greatest road car creations ever made,” RM Sotheby’s said.
The iconic 2-door coupe, which features Dihedral doors, has a centre driver seat with 2 passenger seats slightly behind and on each side. Power comes from a BMW 6.1-liter V-12 engine that gives an output of 618 hp and a top speed of 240.14 mph (386.4 km/h).