Before MP4- 12C, McLaren once launched a sports car called F 1, which was much higher than MP4- 12C. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a legendary sports car, which has rewritten the history of the automobile industry and even surpassed today's Bugatti Veyron.
It is the first car with an all-CF integrated body in history, occupying the throne of the speed record of mass production cars for ten years. The record of 1994 was only set by KoenigseggCCR in 2004, but none of the speed record holders of mass production cars could keep the record for ten years. CCR is only one year, Veyron is only three years, UltimateAero is two years, and Veyron is now estimated to be less than three years. Besides its fierce speed, it has a good record. It won the FIAGT championship in 1995, and it is the most dazzling three legendary sports cars in the history of automobile industry in the middle and late 1990s. Compared with MercedesCLKGTR, Porsche 9 1 1GT 1 is nothing to mention.
However, after F 1, McLarenAutomotive was silent for more than ten years, during which it only participated in the research and development of SLR, and no new models were produced until the release of MP4- 12C.