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Here’s Why Mr Bean Is Selling the McLaren F1 He Crashed Twice

When the insurance company learnt they have to pay $1,44 million to get Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 fixed at McLaren’s workshop in Surrey, it turned out to be UK’s biggest repair bill. Mr Bean had crashed the car once before, only that was nothing in comparison, just some minor scratches. The famous British actor now decided to sell it and let us tell you this, it won’t go for cheap.
Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 1 photo
Photo: www.grrc.goodwood.com
Back in 1997, the 60-year old actor dropped £640,000 ($960,000) to get it, but now Atkinson decided it’s time to go on a different path. The one of only 63 ever built model (in standard specification) is extremely valuable not only for that, but also because it had one owner since it was bought, a famous one at that. The actor is a great car enthusiast and owns quite an impressive fleet, but in an interview he gave to auto journalist Andrew Frank, Rowan said it wasn’t that easy to say goodbye.

Probably my best moment in the car was just a few months after I took delivery. I remember driving down to Cornwall for a holiday with my two then very young children. We packed all our bags without problem, I put their child seats in the car, strapped them in and set off on the five-hour journey. I can remember looking at them a few minutes later and both were already fast asleep. And I thought to myself what kind of car was it that could seat three in such comfort, carry enough for a week away yet also do 240mph? There was no other ten, and there is no other now

Yet Atkinson believes it’s time somebody else enjoyed the sound of that beautiful 635 bhp, 6.1-liter V12 BMW engine. As we're sure you already know, driving the F1 is something that is rather more different than most modern supercars, since it appears once you’re in it you need to take part of the whole experience.

It’s a car for the ones who know one or two things about racing. Oh, and for the ones with really big pockets, since rumors are Taylor & Crawley are selling it for a whopping £8 million ($12 million).
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