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As the speedo needle hits mph, an instant shift—so precise and mechanical it's like pulling back a well-oiled bolt on a rifle—brings fourth gear and another disorienting burst of power that thrusts me forcefully back into the tight-fitting bucket seat.

Still we accelerate. Just 5. Into fifth gear at mph. Still no lessening of acceleration thrust. The car—squat, stable, a green limpet on the road—shoots forward. Maybe there's space before the corner to grab sixth at mph. Onto the brakes. I press hard, through the pedal's inert feel before they bite to blunt forward movement. Less than 30 seconds earlier, I'd waited back up the road for an all-clear signal.

The exhaust note might be subdued, but caress the throttle and the revs soar. I can't resist. Nobody could. This engine responds so instantly it feels as if it doesn't have a flywheel, like a racing engine. The induction bellow is almost ephemeral it can be timed so accurately. The tach needle jerks savagely around the gauge, as if directly connected to the crankshaft. I'm alone at last, able to contemplate the enormity of a car so swift that it demands an utterly different mental approach.

The McLaren forces restraint because there is no way to drive it legally—except on an autobahn or a racetrack—and even begin to probe the full extent of its power and speed.

The McLaren blitzes them all. And we have the proof. Confirmed by the Datron optical test gear. The numbers do the talking: The F1 blasts to 60 mph in 3.

The Porsche , the previous production-car record holder, needed 3. We saw mph in 6. The Ferrari F40 took two seconds longer. The McLaren hits mph in Put another way, the McLaren can accelerate as hard at mph as a Ford Taurus can in first gear.

Zero to mph takes The standing quarter-mile is dispatched in a dazzling Suddenly all the usual measures of performance seem mildly laughable. We're talking about a road car that surpasses the performance of most of the racers that will line-up for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Top speed? The Fl runs into the rpm redline in sixth at mph—but it's still accelerating. Gordon Murray , the F1's designer, is convinced that with taller gearing, the car is capable of at least mph.

The motivation behind this speed is a normally aspirated, 6. It also is fitted with the original tyres. It was conceived by legendary formula one designer, Gordon Murray, and is one of the most driver focused road going cars. The McLaren F1 was the first road-going machine to use F1-style technology with wild aerodynamics and extensive use of carbon fibre in its structure.

Power comes from a 6. The F1 has a three-seat layout with the driver sitting in the middle and two passenger seats setback to either side of the front seat. With a hulking 6-liter V cranking out over horsepower, it had a top speed of mph and was described as "the first Formula 1 car for the road. While many scoffed at the high price at the time, the soaring value of the F1 makes it one of the best-performing cars of all time when it comes to price appreciation. Jay Leno once called his F1 "the best investment I ever made.

The F1 auctioned by Gooding on Friday was especially prized, since it had only miles on it, making it a "time capsule" car.