The McLaren F1 is a former fastest street legal production car in the world.
It was engineered and produced by McLaren Automotive, a subsidiary of the
British McLaren Group that, among others, owns the McLaren Mercedes
Formula One team. The car features a 6.1-litre 60° BMW S70 V12 engine
and it was conceived as an exercise in creating what its designers hoped
would be considered the ultimate road car. Only 100 cars were manufactured,
64 of those were street versions, 5 were LMs, 2 were GTs and the rest were
GTR racing models. Production began in 1993 and ended in 1998.
The McLaren F1 was, until 2005, the fastest production car ever built (having

achieved a top speed of 242.14 mph, 386.7 km/h), eclipsing the Jaguar XJ220,

however since then three cars have broken this speed record.

Performance

The McLaren F1 can do 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.2 seconds and has an

official top speed of 244.54 mph (391.2 km/h) (although with the rev limiter

removed); the F1 remains one of the fastest production cars ever made.
While most car manufacturers rate their cars in terms of raw engine power,

in terms of overall performance (acceleration, braking, and agility) a car's

weight is a more important factor. The power-weight ratio is a better method

of quantifying performance than the peak output of the vehicle's powerplant.

By this measure, the F1 was one of the most powerful production cars ever

made. The F1 achieves 501 hp/ton (303kW/tonne) , or just 4 lb/hp, while the

Enzo Ferrari (even with its significantly higher raw output) measures behind

the F1 at 434 hp/ton (314kW/tonne) (4.6 lb/hp) due to its greater weight.