McLaren F1 (1993 - 1998)

The McLaren F1 was designed as the ultimate analogue road car, not simply the fastest car of its day. Gordon Murray’s central driving position, carbon-fibre structure, naturally aspirated BMW V12 and obsessive weight control produced a machine that still feels extraordinary decades later.

Its 1995 Le Mans victory added a layer of motorsport achievement that few road cars can claim. The F1’s importance comes from purity: minimal driver aids, exceptional packaging and engineering discipline at a level that made it a benchmark for every hypercar that followed.