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01/11/2008 19:29. A 1997 McLaren F1 road car has achieved the record price of £2.53 million (3.2m Euros; 4.1m USD) at the Sotheby's/RM Automobiles of London auction held in London yesterday evening.

The car was one of 64 examples built by McLaren, and was the actual model that was on display in the McLaren F1 showroom in London's Park Lane for some years. It is therefore a very low-mileage example.

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