There are car collections, and then there's this. A group of 20 McLarens so carefully chosen, they might as well have been grown in a lab. Each is the final production example of its kind. Nearly all are painted in a striking hue called Mansour Orange. And yes, one of them is that McLaren F1, the very last one ever built.
The collection belonged to the late Mansour Ojjeh, the influential shareholder of McLaren and co-owner of the TAG Group. You may remember TAG from the turbocharged days of Formula One in the 1980s. Or the 1984 championship. Or the time McLaren decided it would be a good idea to build a road car that could outrun a fighter jet. Ojjeh was there for all of it.
20 Icons. One Colour. Zero Regrets.
This is not a randomly assembled garage of exotic machinery. What's being sold is essentially a historical timeline of McLaren's road car journey. Starting from the F1 and ending with the latest hyper exotics, including a Speedtail, Senna GTR, Elva, and the hybrid P1 GTR. The only two that have seen any real road are the F1 and the P1 GTR. The rest have clocked fewer kilometres than a Mumbai autorickshaw on strike.
That F1, by the way, shows just 1,770 km on the odometer. Built in 1998, it's chassis number 106 and features all the hallmarks of McLaren's original philosophy of lightness, three seats, and a naturally aspirated 6.1-litre V12 developing 627 bhp and 651 Nm. It was capable of 386 kmph, which remains faster than most things that aren't on a runway.
Expect that car alone to fetch something north of ₹150 crore.
More Than Just a Garage
While some collectors chase mileage or motorsport pedigree, Ojjeh's angle was simple: get the last of each type. The last Elva. The last Speedtail. The last 765LT. You get the point. If there was a production line ending, Mansour was there with a chequebook and a paint sample.
All 20 cars have been maintained in museum-like conditions and will be sold by Tom Hartley Jnr in the UK. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for someone with significant disposable income and very good taste. Or at least someone who likes orange.
The Man Behind the Machines
Ojjeh's contribution to McLaren extends far beyond chequebooks and paint codes. He was one-third of the conversation, alongside Ron Dennis and Gordon Murray, that led to the McLaren F1's birth. He saw the team go from TAG-turbo V6S to hybrid V8S capable of harvesting energy like botanical gardens on wheels.
And now, nearly two decades later, the entire road-going legacy that he helped foster is being presented in a singular, breathtaking, mostly orange display.
With McLaren's Formula One team currently punching above its weight in the 2025 championship, and interest in all things Woking running high, the timing is impeccable.
Someone, somewhere, is about to buy not just a few cars, but a tangible slice of McLaren's story.
