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<blockquote data-quote="Starfox07" data-source="post: 8764303" data-attributes="member: 19356"><p>Do some research?</p><p></p><p>-The F1 was originally created as strictly a road car. Sales were slow so a racing version was then created to boost sales.</p><p></p><p>-It was as near as makes no difference, $1,000,000 USD</p><p></p><p>-Aside from the aforementioned exotic materials, the F1 was a fairly simple machine. Nothing in the way of electronic aides or electrically adjustable components. Not even power steering.</p><p></p><p>-The F40 has considerable racing history</p><p></p><p>-Gordon Murray was so impressed by the NSX that it was actually an inspiration for the Mclaren F1. You have to remember, Mclaren formula one cars were powered by Honda engines at the time the NSX was created, and Murray originally asked Honda to build the engine for his car. The F1 is more similar in concept to the NSX than any other car. (Very lightweight, extremely responsive and high revving mid mounted N/A engine, 2wd, designed for the express purpose of being a drivers car, usable on the street etc etc)</p><p></p><p>Quote from Murray himself:</p><p>"The visit related to the fact that at the time, McLaren's F1 Grand Prix cars were using Honda engines. Although it's true I had thought it would have been better to put a larger engine, the moment I drove the Honda NSX, all the benchmark cars—Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini—I had been using as references in the development of my car vanished from my mind. Of course the car we would create, the McLaren F1, needed to be faster than the NSX, but the NSX's ride quality and handling would become our new design target. Being a fan of Honda engines, I later went to Honda's Tochigi Research Center on two occasions and requested that they consider building for the McLaren F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up equipped with a BMW engine."</p><p></p><p></p><p>:smmon::read:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Starfox07, post: 8764303, member: 19356"] Do some research? -The F1 was originally created as strictly a road car. Sales were slow so a racing version was then created to boost sales. -It was as near as makes no difference, $1,000,000 USD -Aside from the aforementioned exotic materials, the F1 was a fairly simple machine. Nothing in the way of electronic aides or electrically adjustable components. Not even power steering. -The F40 has considerable racing history -Gordon Murray was so impressed by the NSX that it was actually an inspiration for the Mclaren F1. You have to remember, Mclaren formula one cars were powered by Honda engines at the time the NSX was created, and Murray originally asked Honda to build the engine for his car. The F1 is more similar in concept to the NSX than any other car. (Very lightweight, extremely responsive and high revving mid mounted N/A engine, 2wd, designed for the express purpose of being a drivers car, usable on the street etc etc) Quote from Murray himself: "The visit related to the fact that at the time, McLaren's F1 Grand Prix cars were using Honda engines. Although it's true I had thought it would have been better to put a larger engine, the moment I drove the Honda NSX, all the benchmark cars—Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini—I had been using as references in the development of my car vanished from my mind. Of course the car we would create, the McLaren F1, needed to be faster than the NSX, but the NSX's ride quality and handling would become our new design target. Being a fan of Honda engines, I later went to Honda's Tochigi Research Center on two occasions and requested that they consider building for the McLaren F1 a 4.5 liter V10 or V12. I asked, I tried to persuade them, but in the end could not convince them to do it, and the McLaren F1 ended up equipped with a BMW engine." :smmon::read: [/QUOTE]
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