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  • 243 mph gad

  • @juliano Ramirez this car is 1992 I know in 92 I bought one for £1.2 mill

  • When they're doing the top speed run do they have the fans sucking the air from under the car? or do they not use them for the top speed run? And compared to the Bugatti Veyron (forgive me for making the comparison) this car is much less stable at high speed it seems, but that just makes the Mclaren much more exhilarating to drive!

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  • Fuck! It's like a plane :D

  • @rvind92g I didn't ignore anything. I just didn't know. That's why I was wondering how it could do it so thank you for explaining. But actually, weight is negligible when it comes to top speed. Also, how would I know the rev limiter was removed for this

  • Kakav kredenac, samo 391. :P

  • 391... 391...It will not go more than 391! :)) Love that!

  • from 215 to 391 in one gear omg

  • I can't believe that car can pull so hard all the way up to its top speed with "only" 627 horsepower and yet it's not even geared for top speed because it always pulls throughout its entire rev range in any gear. There are so many cars now with way more horsepower that can't even come close to this car's top speed. And it's naturally aspirated to boot! What kind of black magic did Gordon Murray use to make this car

  • @ChevyGuy566

    the magic is 1100kilos and 0.32 x 1.79 m2 of drag. The lowest of any supercar.

  • @ChevyGuy566 You've got to be kidding me, you are only taking the horsepower statistic into account and praise this car highly and say other cars can't do this. Did you take into account the weight, which is hundreds of kilos lighter than most supercars today? Did you take into the account the rev limiter was removed on this run? Did you take into account that this car has minimum downforce? You're ignoring a lot of other factors like electronics, emissions and regulations and so on

  • lol, he is slowing down, his slowing down is still twice as fast as most cars will go!!!

  • The mclaren was at 380

    he does say 399 and then he sad 390

    he is stupid man......!!!!!

  • @AdrianoElToro i think he is also driving so making a verbal mistake is aloud

  • @AdrianoElToro no he says 389 then 390, lol idiot

  • The Ultimate Road Car.

  • what is 391 kilometers compared to mph??

  • oh theres a corner up ahead, better slow down to 300

  • according to zachary27's ehra lessein 100-340kmh GPS vid of mclaren f1, the mac accelerates in 100-300kmh in just 15.3s (= 0-300kmh of 18.5s) and 100-322kmh in 20s flat. 100-200kmh is about 4.6s (7.9s) . In this vid too the mac is vastly faster topend than any test.In the time acutocar quoted to do 300-322kmh (6s), this car is already at 333kmh.

    Mac is alot faster than any test has reviewed it so far.

  • @ASSHOLELA well your going by speedometer which is terribly wrong past 100 mph, you need to go by gps which is more accurate out to top speed

  • @rmf09024

    yes i understand what you mean, but speedoes overestimate the speed, which means that the mclaren f1 is likely to be even faster than the SS as well.

    Speedo 0-200mph 21.2s.

    GPS 0-200mph 22.2s.

  • What i would do to get an opportunity to ride in the F1... Oh man that's on my Bucket List.

  • This was so awesome, several years ago I named my Youtube account after the number plate of the F1 XP5.

  • 391 km/h without gloves?, DAMN SUICIDAL!

  • Incredible for a car that old, the most technologically advanced car that was made 15 years later only managed 20km/hr more.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 but if it was in a drag race with the mclaren it could give the mclaren a headstart to 100km/h and still beat it to 200km/h.....its not only about top speed buddy

  • @BoredLikeHelI I heard that too, but I think its just boasting on Bugatti's part. Did you see the Top Gear episode where they had a drag race with both of them? The Bugatti won of course, but it wasnt as far ahead as you'd expect.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 im sorry to burst your bubble but ive seen that and its a total set up. check out the stats for the cars: mc laren: 0-100 is in 3.2 and 0-200 is in 9.4 but bugatti: 0-100 in 2.46 and 0-240 (240 not 200): 9.8....thats not just boasting dude theres a reason that car has 4 wheel drive, 4 turbos and 16 cylinders.

    they faked the drag race to give more suspense its common knowledge among top gear fans...and dont get me wrong i like the mclaren better as an overall car

  • @BoredLikeHelI First of all, there was no bubble, Im not a fanboy arguing for either of them. Second, yes Top gear is an entertainment show, but the point im making is that the Mclaren has nothing in the way of driver aids, so its performance is going to vary hugely depending on the driver. Cars like the Mclaren and Ferrari f50 were built in a time when it was up to the driver to extract the performance out of them, unlike now.

  • @BoredLikeHelI All Im saying is, take these "written in stone" figures with a grain of salt, sometimes its like these manufacturers are claiming performance figures as if their machines were being driven in a vacuum, there are lots of conditions involved. Besides, Bugatti had its bubble busted by a few Americans who built their car in a shed practically (SSC Ultimate Aero), Mclaren held onto its crown of speed kind for more than a decade.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 now you really do sound like a fanboy your arguments make no sense. sure theres alot of variables but if the 2 cars are racing on the same damn strip of course the variables are gona be the same.

    and your argument of drivers aid also sucks since (if i recall correctly) stig was in the mclaren and one of the hosts was in the veyron.....the mclaren clearly had driver advantage

  • @ThePaulanthony62 and shelbysupercars didnt come close to bursting bugattis bubble....anyone can twin turbo charge a v8 to over 1000hp but not everyone can build a 1000hp car that is extremely reliable (a v8 pushed to over 1000hp isnt nearly as "safe" as a W16 with 4 turbos) and basicly a luxury car (you completely missed the point of the bugatti)

  • @BoredLikeHelI Lets go back to your original comment, just to prove your a fucking idiot who believes anything he's told. You said that if the Bugatti gave the mac a headstart to 100km/h, it would still beat it to 200. According to the stats, the Bug will do a quarter mile in 10.2 secs at 230km/hr, and the Mac will do it in 11.1 at 220 km/h. Does it sound like you got your facts straight know it all? Use your fucking head instead of believing everything you hear from some gushing journalist.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 you moron in my second comment i said that i went on wikipedia and i saw your stats on another page but if you look at bigattis page and mclarens page its my numbers. they dont add up and i figure yours are wrong because i remember seeing those stats in another book and on top gear they said it (not in the episode of the drag race but the bugatti episode)

  • @BoredLikeHelI And also, Bugatti would not have built the supersport if it didnt want the title of fastest car in the world back, regardless of how much better their car is engineered, they are still competing. You are too stupid to understand the idea that a Mclarens performance will depend on its driver more than in a Bugatti, with all of its traction control and driver aids. All a Bugatti driver has to do is step on the gas, a Mclaren driver has to SHIFT, get it? got it? good, now fuck off.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 lmao youre way more dumb than i thought.of course theyre competing but they didnt get their bubble burst which was your point.and i know you need 2 be a better driver to drive a mclaren to the limit i never said otherwise : i actually pointed out it was the race car driver of the show in the mclaren vs the host in the veyron so wtf dumbass? and finally even thought its paddle shifting you still gotta fucking shift in a bugatti dont fucking tell me youre THAT retarded?

  • @BoredLikeHelI I love how you made a grammatical error in the very sentence you derided me in. The proper form is "way dumber", not "way more dumb", you fucking moron. And Bugatti OBVIOUSLY has an automatic mode where you dont have to shift. Jesus christ man, leave this argument now while you still have a shred of dignity.

  • @ThePaulanthony62 man your comments are getting sad bro. this is the INTERNET. not everyone has english as a first language and nitpicking at errors is incredibly pointless and shows youve got nothing good to say. and finally of course i know its a fucking semi-auto but were talking about track results not daily driving (even though if i would have it i would never switch it to auto but wtv) so driving it in automatic would be fucking stupid....and what the hell does dignity have to do with this

  • @BoredLikeHelI Just admit you were wrong on both accounts,and no you didnt know, who gives a fuck when or where you would use the automatic mode, the point is you dont have to shift if you dont want to, so stop trying to twist it around to make yourself look like less of an idiot. You are just a fanboy who's only experience in speed is reading stats off a chart. The reason I doubt stats is because I know a guy with a Nissan GTR, who has never done 0-60 in under 3 s like they claim

  • @ThePaulanthony62 wow you call me a stat reading idiot when you cant even make the difference between manufacture claimed stats and tested stats? wtf im not wasting my time with you youre obviously to much of a retard to see facts.

    PS. i actually like the mclaren ALOT better than the veyron but i dont just flat out lie about my favourite car to make it look better

  • @BoredLikeHelI Huh?? hahahaha, that is what I've been talking about all this time, the difference between tested stats and manufacturers claimed stats. You somehow have missed the point of the entire conversation. And obviously you are too much of a retard, you cant even spell "too" properly in the context you used it in. Its spelt with two o's. And yes, I am nitpicking, cuz I cant stand people who call others retards when they dont even have a firm grasp of grade 8 grammar.

  • @BoredLikeHelI Scratch that, you have no dignity left. Here you are talking about how technologically advanced the Veyron is, and you dont even know it has an automatic mode, hahahahaha.

  • @BoredLikeHelI

    bugatti (not SS) 0-400m is 10.3 @ 142.9mph, so how can 0-150mph (240kmh) be 9.8s?

    Bugatti SS 0-150mph is ~10.3s (1/4 m 10.1 @ 147.9mph)

    Real figures more likely closer to 11.xs. only 1s faster than mclaren f1 12.8s.

    And if you see how fast this mclaren f1 accelerates from 270kmh, it beats even the veyron SS.

  • Hammond wastes 1s on a lousy launch. Boom. Mclaren f1 ahead until 240kmh. As in TopGear drag race.

  • @ASSHOLELA you took those stats from wikipedia which also lists the stats i just showed so my best guess is those drag times were just clocked at one time but the figures i showed were probably the stats taken from a full day of testing with the best time chosen or something like that

  • @BoredLikeHelI

    no. autocar is my source for both results. Their result is the data taken from multiple tests from opposite direction.

    The point is, the best mclaren f1 result is within 1s of the worst bugatti veyron test result, which meant that topgear may be possible.

  • @BoredLikeHelI which reminds me, 9.8s was from wikipedia without a secondary source (citation). there is no tesr which i know off showing bugatti standard veyron do 0-150mph in 9.8s. The wikipedia info for mclaren f1 is also from autocar.

  • @ASSHOLELA RoadandTrack tested its 0-200 time in 8.9s....it really depends on the conditions but i bet head 2 head what they said on top gear would match or come extremely close

  • @BoredLikeHelI

    which car's 0-200kmh is 8.9s?

  • Didn't he get 398 out of that first pull?

  • @YamaDuke89 it was 388

  • 6 people are driving Prius.

  • I thought for a moment I was watching a video in 1995. That's how fast and supreme the F1 is, time travel.

  • ssc ultimate aero is the world fastes car

  • @thebestjeffhardy123 no the bugatti veyron super sport is the fastest

  • @thebestjeffhardy123 lmao no its not

  • 391 Km/h in an aspirated engine. This is a perfection of the engineer.

  • @marebolgier Imagine it with the turbos of a Bugeyed Bugatii. Whos the fastest now, bitch!

  • 320mph?

    FTW!!!!!

  • @ExRaider4 Where'd you get that number?  He's speaking in KPH.

  • @ExRaider4 Kilometers not Miles

  • a snail. i have a faster car!

  • @worgulon I am sure you are aware of e=mc2. It says the mass increases with the speed of the object so greater energy is required to push it further. So in this case mass matters.

  • Why is everybody claiming the Bugatti is more practical. McLaren F1 was a drivers car and it was a road car with out any intention of being a race car. Veyron may be very fast and stuff but you have to put in a special key to lower the car in order to go to topspeed. McLaren also has a boot the size of a for fiesta, can seat 3 people, has better over all visibility and has a modem to tell the company of any problems.

  • McLAREN F1♥

    still the world's fastest naturally aspirated car =D

  • @KingVirmire absolutly ;)

  • yea i dont think any naturally aspirated car is going to pass that any time soon... It will hold fastest naturally aspirated for atleast 20 years

  • That's actually 244 mph...

  • um carro espetacular

  • THATS MY DREAM CAR!!!!

    THE (ONE THAT WAS) FASTEST CAR EVER!!!!

    I♥IT

  • powered by BMW ///Mpower 6.1 engine

  • The way it accellerates from 240kph (150mph) is astonishing!

  • best car ever!!!!

  • For anyone that doesn't know, 391kph is 242.95mph! That's a fast car, especially for being a normally aspirated one!

  • @TylerTrepidation, don't leave out the best part, it's from the early 90's! pimp shit indeed!

  • I have flagged this video, Porn isn't allowed on YouTube.

  • @CallOfDuty4Fish are you proud of yourself????

  • @KnifeCity No. I like porn. just not on youtube >:D

  • you must think the bugatti isnt made for raceexperts, it has a lot of electronic in it to control the power and also the bugatti sure isnt at its limits, i think it could reach more power easily.. BUT 1. The bugatti is made to last more than 200000km and not to blow up after only a few thousand km and 2, people who buy the bugatti arent any people who can handle to drive a 1000hp car without computercontrol: i dont like the bugatti but its made for everydaylife not for pure power

  • @DurstigerElch Yeah, the Bugatti is not a race car and is meant for rich people who cannot drive.

  • You hear that sound? It sounds like a pack of insane jet fighters raping rabid chainsaws in a huge hangar. This is the brutal engine of the ultimate road car, and it is one of the most awesome sounds I've ever heard.

  • sure its a to noisy, sure its old and has a lot of buttons ... but still i prefer a f1 to a bugatti... it's more exclusive, and much more good looking :)

  • WHY would someone think you need 4 turbos to do this?!

  • @SStarwind What are you talking about?

  • @Airlessarab bugatti veyron has 4 turbos just to do more than the maclaren f1

  • @BrunoAlexanderSilva no. Thats partly the reason but remember that the buggati veyron is 2 tonnes because, unlike the mclaren, the veyron was designed to be comfortable! Remember it has AC, sat nav, radio and 2 seats! Plus air gets thicker the faster you move so you need lots more power just to go from 240mph to 250mph.

  • @buckncowboy Yeah this is Ehra Lessien Test Track with a straight of ~ 8700 m

  • is this a private track or what 

  • A helmet wont help you when your going that fast lol

  • At the consistent top speed, I wonder what the MPG would be at that long straight alone :)

  • "We've got a corner coming up so we'll slow down", so he slows down to 300km/h yeah that'll do.

  • 280km is 30km less then the bugatti which is increadibly amazin knowing this car is much older then the veyron

  • Silly boy, McLaren F1's can't ever be driven to the limit...

  • Technically, the F1 is still the fastest naturally-aspirated car. No other car could reach 243mph without turbo/super chargers.

  • @Datty77 i think everyone forgets that my man!!!

  • i think i splooged.

  • Just 13 more stickers and my Honda can do that!

  • @maaudiosubs ha! all i need is an APC sticker on my windshield

  • If the F1 should have another gear left, it would outrun the Bugatti Veyron.

  • @Martin280967

    no, he didnt hit the gear limit, the car simply lacks power to go faster. Another gear wouldnt change a thing but only make things worse since the car would drop in RPM and thus out of its optimal powerband which would cause the car to slow down.

  • @kzruns Yer right, forgot to mention that it also needed more horsepower. The air is thick at those kinda speeds, benefit for the F1 is its weight. Much more lighter than a Veyron, for example. So this raises my question; What does the Bugatti make so fast, it's sheer power or/and the total mass to cut through the air at that speed?

  • @Martin280967

    mass is only relevant for acceleration. but more or less irrelevant for top speed (maybe aside from the friction between tires an tarmac which will be a little bit higher because of the car's weight). but the way more important thing to top speed is aerodynamic drag.

  • @kzruns sure..but 1000 hp plus aerodinamics compared to this humble m5 aspirated engine...don't need to say more do I ;) man bugatti is NOT near what it should do in such power envelope...take a look at our US cousins with only 900hp doing 415 km/h and could go faster...so in my humble oppinion, bugatti=rubbish ;)

  • isnt it? he said... of course it is! sick!!!

  • Does it only have 1 gear or something?

  • @steven21111 you're dumb

  • @stroock6394 No its just the fact it never shifted in the whole run if you listen closely.

  • @steven21111 It's because hes already in last gear when he comes of the turn.

  • @zahid194 Then thats 1 long ass gear

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  • 360....370....380....when is the take off?

  • damn 243mph...my car does not even reach 243 KM/H

  • Mclaren f1 398km/h in mph =247 the next time 391km/h in mph =242

  • The only thing louder than the engine at 243 MPH would be the sound of me shitting my pants.

  • @FSMNoodlyAppendage very funny comment indeed :D

  • @FSMNoodlyAppendage you should probably see a doctor for that...

  • i use to think it goes 231mph but 243mph is a BEAST! still my favorite sports car of all time!

  • @LuxuriousLuxembourg its actually a supercar

  • 243 mph. wow

  • holy shit its scary

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  • 'Thats still pretty fast isnt it' yeah no fucking joke mate...!

  • They tested the Veyron/SS......Now the Mclaren F1........

    The Agera R needs to be unleashed on the VW Track

  • @22Limes

    True waiting for that one. Veyron was my favourite car until koenigsegg came with the ccx and now the Agera (R). That car has similar performance to the Bugatti but looks how a supercar should be. And with lot's of drama!

  • 99999990000000000000000000000 robbs vids from others if you would like me to tell you how i no reply to this

  • 2:53 392kmh, for 0.1s.

  • autocar's guys obviosuly werent onboard in the actual run, so i wunder how they managed to sharpen the vid to such a quality, when every other vid on youtube is crappy.

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  • The McLaren F1 and Ferrari F40 will always be sought after cars as they are the last of the breed that eschewed computer aids and were light weight.

    Will we ever see cars like them again? Probably not.

  • Thats said, it pure BMW power under the hood and that just destroys shitty audi which is POS and nothing more. Give the way to M Division babe.

  • Thumb up if you want to buy that track and do this run with various cars like veyron SS reventon nissan GTR tuned :D

  • The Mclaren will always remain a legend in the automotive world and in my opinion it has no equal and never will

  • Gordon Murray is truly one of the great automotive designers of our time.

  • The McLaren F1 is still the king of supercars.

  • just wondering how fast it will go if you strap 2 turbos on it ... and probably get the gear rations a bit longer ... would it beat the bugatti ?

  • I thought the max speed is 206 mph? 391 km p/h is just over 242.95 mph, crazy!

  • @jamesjr934

    Oh never mind, thought I was watching a video of the MP4-12C.

  • what amazes me is this did this with rear-wheel drive, normal aspiration, almost 400hp less than the veryon, way ahead of its time.

  • @Dansotherutubeacount 4 wheel drive means nothing just for pussies who cant drive in the rain, really its meant for the snow or rock driving

  • Gordon Murray was sent back from the future to create this thing because even in 2011, it's still spanking most supercars. And the best thing about is that it's all naturally aspirated unlike the veyshit and the ssc ultimate shitro. Gordon Murray is in a league of his own. Mclaren F1 Greatest Supercar of all time.

  • Anyone who doesnt appreciate this car for its value and for its legendary record is completely a non car fan,this car is one of the automotive nirvanas.

  • f1 mcLaren and a ferrari f40 dream garage

  • @ruairi50 Don't forget the new Lamborghini Aventador

  • people who say it doesnt sound nice, check some other vids please with good quality, this is one of the best sounding engines ever, and not only sounding... its a BMW M engine V12 for christ sake!

  • All hail the mclaren f1! The veyron to me does not have even 10% of the appeal who, wants a car that does everything for you if its going to be a special occasion car? Raw no bullshit british engineering

  • still and is the best car-super car of all time...

  • lmao dumb yanks talking about american bullshit LOL!

  • 242 mph!! All motor!! Holy shit dude!!

  • the F1 is a timeless machine

  • Is it my fault that a stock corvette or even a vintage 60's camaro sounds better than the F1?....LOL

  • I Wonder what would happen if you slap on some turbos and tuned the engine. Reache 400+?

  • @specpinata go to hell

  • mclaren f1 is still one of the best cars ever

  • @sweetistguy it says that rounded to 243 in the description lol

  • @Zetaroth 242.42 is the exact speed. Rounded would be 242.

    391(km/h) x 0.62 = 242.42 mph

  • If you think that's a quick car the new mclaren out drags the f1 upto 180-190 mph or something and easily out performs it threw the corners,an f1 costs upwards of a million plus pounds for me I'd sacrifice the 30mph top speed difference buy the new mclaren and with the change left over I'd buy a 2nd hand veyron. You'd have cars to you can use everyday then.

  • The people comparing the veyron to the mclaren are fucking stupid. This f1 is a beast, its 15 years old and still one of the fastest. The f1 was a breakthrough in the car industry.

  • One thing people need to realize when comparing the F1 to a Veyron is that the Veyron is lugging around alot of weight considering its got a luxurious interior.

  • On top gear they did a race with the f1 and the veyron and the f1 was quicker to 140mph or something and in a race round a track do you really need to go much faster

  • Hootin heck! It's even quicker than my '72 Mini! LOL! But seriously, I love the F1. It is a perfect car.

  • "But anyways 391 is quite fast isn't it?" Probably the stupidest question I've ever heard.

    Fast as i ever drove in a car was about 180km/h. I'd shit my pants going 391.

  • @crippenfalyfe ...he is used to drive extremely fast cars you ignorant monkey, he is used to drive at those speeds and when you got experience driving these machines, you get used to their power.

  • wow, 243 mph is insane

  • Where are the flying cars?

  • Thank you for the video.

  • Is that Ehra Lessien?

  • @FISHURMOMBALL It is.

  • quite fast isn't it? lol!