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An immaculate McLaren F1 sold for £2.5 million last night at RM Auction’s flagship sale in Battersea, London.

The 1997 example of the iconic McLaren – an ex-Park Lane showroom car with just 270 miles on the clock - fetched £1.1 million more than its estimated value. Money experts described it as a sound investment in times when even the banks seem unsafe.

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Looks like Uncle Ron has found the perfect present for his little darling, Lewis, when he lifts the F1 title this weekend.

Funny that they were struggling to sell the F1's at the time and only ever made something like a hundred of them.  Six hundred-odd thousand pounds seems like a bargain now.

Greg1:

Looks like Uncle Ron has found the perfect present for his little darling, Lewis, when he lifts the F1 title this weekend.

I thought uncle Ron already had one to give him!  Allegedly he's supposed to be getting the one that is sat at the McLaren factory.

May be this one's the replacement!

I remember a chassis guy who worked on the F1 told me that he thought they were selling them too cheap, that they should have been £2m new - I guess because they would have sold nearly as many, but made far more money. This would tend to support his view.

270 miles in 11 years in one of the most focussed driving machines of all time!?!?! Gordon Murrey didn't pour his soul into this car so it could sit in a bloody warehouse.