The 1994 car was part of the inaugural Epic New Zealand Road Tour, which pays tribute to the brand's Kiwi founder Bruce McLaren. The McLaren F1 supercar. Photo: suppliedIt is one of only 106 McLaren F1s built - a car which redefined performance. It has a central driving position, an engine bay lined with gold-foil to reflect heat, and was the first production car to use a carbon-fibre monocoque chassis. British comic Rowan Atkinson famously crashed his burgundy McLaren F1 into a hedge in Oxfordshire, England, in 2011.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 04, 2016 03:24 UTC