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While the McLaren F1 is one of the poster children of remarkable price rises in recent years. There's one car flying under the radar that tops even the F1s rise.
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Wind the clock back to 2010 and you could pick up a 'regular' McLaren F1 for the princely sum of £2,500,000.
The most recent 'regular' F1 to sell was in 2021 for £14.6m, prices have risen since so let's say values are in the region of £17,000,000 today.
That's a c. 600% price rise.
Strong.
But, not as strong as this car.Â
Let's see if you can guess what it is.
In 2010, you could pick one up for c. £110,000.
Today, most examples sell just north of £1,000,000.
That's an 850% price rise far exceeding the price rise of the F1 in relative terms.
Another clue: only 50 were planned, but 53 ended up being produced.
Final clue: they were produced between 1990 and 1992.
Any guesses?
The answer: the Jaguar XJR-15.
The XJR-15 and McLaren F1 actually share a lot of similarities. Here are two.
The Jaguar led the way as the first road-going car to be built entirely of carbon and kevlar composites. The F1 used similar techniques shortly after in 1992.
Famed designer, Peter Stevens, designed the body of the XJR-15. He then went on to co-design the F1 alongside Gordon Murray.