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January 25, 2017 By Philip Papeman

Out of the Red

CAR Magazine, January 1997: Out of the red … into the black How the McLaren F1 became profitable Even at £634,000, McLaren didn’t charge enough for the F1. Revisit our feature from January 1997, where Michael Harvey looks at why the car didn’t do the business – and meets Derek Waelend, the ex-Ford cost-cutter who save […]

Filed Under: McLaren F1 Tagged With: 1997, car magazine

February 5, 2015 By Philip Papeman

CAR Magazine Reviews the McLaren F1 1994

CAR Magazine, June 1994: Into Orbit My mind is blown. My soul corrupted. Absolute power has cast its spell. Solo or ménage a trois, I don’t mind. Put me back in the middle, behind the central wheel of the world’s fastest driving machine. I need more, another fix. Two days on the loose in McLaren’s […]

Filed Under: McLaren F1 Tagged With: 1994, car magazine, review, roger bell

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