We found out something else about the mysterious McLaren 570S parked outside a hotel in London
- This McLaren 750S has been parked outside a hotel in London for years
- There are various theories about it
- We recently uncovered a new detail about the car
Published on Dec 23, 2024 at 7:57 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Dec 24, 2024 at 1:14 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
There’s an abandoned McLaren 570S that’s been parked, abandoned, outside a hotel in London for years.
The McLaren in question hasn’t moved a yard since at least 2020 – possibly even longer.
We wanted to see if it was still there, and it is.
But there’s something else that stood out to us.
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The theories behind the abandoned supercar outside the hotel in London
We know that the McLaren 570S was first driven to the hotel and parked there in 2020, in the middle of the pandemic.
There were a lot of shelter-in-place restrictions across the globe back then, so it took a while for the car to ‘go viral’.
But when it did, various theories emerged.
St Pancras International, the hotel in question, is one of London’s most expensive hotels and, a few years ago, an anonymous person who claims to work at the hotel came up with an explanation.
Speaking to Metro, this hotel staffer said the car belonged to an unnamed businessman, from an unspecified country, who’s been living in the hotel since 2020 because he can’t go back home.
It sounds pretty thin, to be honest, and we when we saw the car in person, the mystery thickens.
What we found out examining the pink McLaren
The first thing that doesn’t really fit that theory is the pink wrap – simply because it doesn’t look particularly businessman-like.
But then, a closer inspection revealed an even more confusing element because there’s a sticker that reads ‘Yiannimize’ on the side of the car.
Yiannimize is the name of a YouTuber who famously imported the UK’s first Cybertruck, but it is also the name of a vehicle wrapping service owned by the YouTuber.
The sticker had never been mentioned before but, when we looked at older pictures of the car, we spotted a sticker that looks slightly different.
So if anybody has older images of the abandoned McLaren with the same sticker or a different sticker, please come forward.
Either way, it might provide a clue.
Alessandro is an automotive journalist with 10 years of experience covering supercars, automotive history, emerging vehicle technology, and luxury transportation. He wrote the first article published on SupercarBlondie.com when the website launched in 2022 and has since built a reputation for insightful reporting across the automotive and transportation industries. His expertise is grounded in hands-on experience. Alessandro has driven every Tesla model ever produced, from the original Roadster to the Cybertruck, and regularly covers the latest developments in electric vehicles and automotive innovation. His passion for transportation extends beyond cars, he has even flown a Boeing 787 Dreamliner simulator in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. His reporting spans everything from classic American muscle cars and rare automotive discoveries to luxury yachts, private aircraft, high-end watches, and cutting-edge vehicle technology. Known for his deep knowledge of automotive history and ability to uncover the stories behind iconic vehicles, Alessandro brings readers a blend of historical context, technical expertise, and first-hand experience.
