The McLaren Road Car is truly amazing. It 'still' holds the record of 240 miles per hour over any other production car. Andy Wallace (Sports car racing ace), ran this speed at the VW test facility in Germany. They removed the limiter, and the the rear elevating wing to accomplish this. Only about 53 were every built for the street. The remaining 40 odd amount were strictly built for racing.
627 HP
0-60 in less than 3 seconds
V12 normally aspirated BMW Power
The driver sits dead center, and there is a seat to his left and his right. Gordon Murray; the designer, wanted this car to be as close to a true racing car as possible. He chose the BMW V12 because he knew he could extract over 90hp per liter from this engine. Also; he wanted it to keep the car as traditional as possible - so no turbocharging or supercharging.
It is so advanced; that the entire chassis and body is carbon fiber, and it is essentially completely hand made. And yes; that is actual gold foil surrounding the engine compatrment, to keep the heat in.
Who are a couple of the owners?
Ralph Lauren (Fashion designer)
Rowan Atkinson (British comic "Black Adder" - "Mr. Bean")