This $20 Million McLaren F1 was driven just 8 miles per year due to its sad story

This $20 million McLaren F1, despite being an extraordinary supercar, has rather lived a sad life.

Imagine being designed to conquer the roads, only to spend years locked away in a garage, all to preserve your flawless, factory-new condition.

Renowned as the world’s first carbon fiber road car, this McLaren F1 is only driven around eight miles per year to preserve its new-like status.

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McLaren F1 driven just 8 miles per year

The McLaren F1 was the most expensive production car at the time of its launch, and it was priced at $815,000.

While the value of cars usually degrades with time, this car’s value has soared over 20 times over the years, making it a perfect collector’s item.

The specific McLaren car in focus here has chassis number 029, and it was auctioned at RM Sotheby’s.

The one-off paintwork and custom interior of the car makes it even more rare.

However, despite its rarity and uniqueness, it’s quite unfortunate that this car never had the chance to experience the thrill for which it was designed.

A supercar way ahead of its time

Just like the owner of this McLaren F1, the Sultan of Brunei was also fascinated by these rare beasts.

Only five of the McLaren F1 LMs were ever made, and the renowned car enthusiast brought three of them.

The McLaren F1 was first introduced in 1992, and it was a groundbreaking car for its time.

Designed by Gordon Murray, the famous F1 designer, it was the fastest naturally aspirated car ever made, reaching speeds of up to 240mph.

From the integrated technology to design, and speed, the car was made way ahead of other supercars in that time.

But this specific McLaren was rather unlucky – while it preserved its pristine condition, the car and the owner couldn’t experience the thrills of it.