Mansour Ojjeh McLaren car collection could fetch $70m at auction
A unique collection of 20 barely used McLaren road cars that belonged to the Formula One team's late co-owner Mansour Ojjeh is being put up for sale, with hopes a very wealthy buyer might keep it together.
Classic and historic car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr announced on Sunday he had been appointed by Ojjeh's family to handle the sale, which could fetch more than $70m (R1,242,262,000).
Hartley also oversaw the sale earlier this year of former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's collection of 69 historic grand prix and Formula One racers to Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz.
Ojjeh's collection includes the last model of the McLaren F1 to be built, finished in a unique "Yquem" colour that was subsequently renamed "Mansour Orange" by McLaren and which has just over 1,800km on the clock.
Only 106 of the McLaren F1 sportscars were made between 1992 and 1998, and a 1995 one that had done less than 390km sold for $20.4m (R362,119,380) in a 2021 auction at Pebble Beach, California.
All the other cars are in the same orange colour and all are the final chassis made of each model.
Apart from the F1 and a P1 GTR, the cars are all unused and have been maintained by the manufacturer. Accompanying photographs showed them displayed at the Bahrain F1 circuit.
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