McLaren F1 Registry Released Online – None in Malaysia, but…

With just 106 units ever built, to call the McLaren F1 a ‘rare’ supercar seems like an understatement. Amplifying that sentiment further is the fact 6 of which were prototypes that McLaren reportedly destroyed, whilst a further 34 units were built as racecars – both in LM and GTR forms.

Take those out and you’re left with just 66 road cars left in existence. Given such low numbers, tracking these McLaren F1s worldwide wouldn’t be too difficult, and the folks over at Hagerty have done just that. Based on their findings as reported by Top Gear, there’s some interesting facts to note too.

We’ll break the bad news first, and that is that none of the 66 road car units can be found here in Malaysia, at least according to Hagerty’s findings.

This is perhaps surprisinggiven the fact that there are already a handful of other ‘rare’ McLaren cars that have found homes right here in Malaysia in the hands of some very prominent and fortunate owners (i.e. this one-off 675LT belonging to the Royal House of Johore, and this McLaren P1 from the JPM Museo).

Grand opening of McLaren Singapore featuring a rather rare red-painted McLaren F1. (Image: Tatler Asia)

In fact, based on Hagerty’s registry, your best bet of spotting a McLaren F1 will require a trip across the southern causeway. That’s because Hagerty recorded one unit residing in the island state of Singapore, and it’s a rather rare red-painted unit that was famously seen during the opening of the McLaren Singapore showroom some time back.

Said Singapore-based unit is just one of 13 road-going F1s known to exist in the entire Asia Pacific region. Of which, the registry recorded 1 unit in Australia, 2 units in New Zealand, another 2 units in Hong Kong, as well as 4 units in Japan.

If you’ve been keeping count, you’d already realise we’re short of another 3 units for this region. No prizes for guessing this: they belong to the Royal House of Brunei. 

Apart from these 3 road-going F1s, which also includes an ultra-rare F1 GT version, said royal house also reportedly has a further 4 racecar versions of which in their collection – 3 F1 LMs, and a single F1 GTR.

A true one-off McLaren F1 that went to auction this year. Read about it by clicking here.
(Image: RM Sotheby's)

Here’s the full list of both road-going and racing versions of the McLaren F1 and their locations as registered by Hagerty:

Aptly, the numbers don’t lie, thus explaining why anytime an example of this iconic supercar pops up for sale at auction, it commands both headlines and record-setting prices – one fetched US$20.5 million (RM90.68 million) during the 2021 Pebble Beach Concourse auction, blowing past its initial estimate of US$ 15 million (RM66.35 million).

Now, while the McLaren F1 may be out of reach to most of us, worry not as there are plenty of relatively desirable modern McLaren supercars you can consider that are listed on CariCarz.com currently.

L-R: Both the McLaren 540C and 720S pictured above are currently listed at CariCarz.Com.

This McLaren 600LT is also presently listed on CariCarz.com.

1-of-500 McLaren Senna, currently listed on CariCarz.com.

Apart from run-of-the-mill models like the 540C, 720S, and perhaps the 600LT, there’s even a rare (1-of-500) McLaren Senna currently available from one of our participating dealers. Which of these would be your pick?