A jaw-dropping collection of 20 barely used McLaren road cars worth millions of pounds is being offered for sale - and the hope is that one very wealthy buyer will snap up the whole lot.
The incredible haul of British super and hypercars is from the personal garage of the McLaren Formula One team's late co-owner Mansour Ojjeh, who died in 2021.
Derbyshire-based classic car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr has been appointed by Ojjeh's family to manage the collection's sale, which is valued at more than £50million ($70m).
The luxury motor dealer recently handled the sale of former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone's collection of 69 historic grand prix and Formula One racers, which were bought as a package by Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz.
And the plan is to do the same again with this staggering assortment of McLaren road cars, most of which haven't turned a wheel and are the final example to leave the Surrey assembly line.
Kathy Ojjeh, the widow of Mansour, said: 'Parting with this very personal collection is not easy, but it is time for it to go to its new custodian, one who truly 'gets it' and will cherish owning and caring for it the way Mansour did.'
The late Mansour Ojjeh's staggering collection of 20 barely used McLarens is being offered for sale with the hopes that one very wealthy buyer can be found to snap up the lot
Ojjeh's collection is headlined by the very last version of the iconic 1990s McLaren F1 ever produced at the company's Woking factory.
The 1998 model is finished in a unique 'Yquem' colour that was subsequently renamed 'Mansour Orange' by McLaren.
It has just over 1,120 miles (1,800km) on the clock and alone is estimated to be worth around £15million, given its rarity and provenance.
Only 106 of the McLaren F1 sportscars were built between 1992 and 1998, though just 64 were road-registered while the rest were reserved for competition use.
It was recently voted fifth greatest British car ever made.
Rowan Atkinson famously owned one of the other 64 road cars - and crashed it twice, with the second collision causing extensive damage. However, despite buying it new in 1996 for around £640,000, then forking out £900k to have it repaired (in what is believed to still be Britain's highest ever single car insurance payout), he sold the F1 in 2015 for £8million - a healthy profit, it must be said.
Another example from 1995 with just 242 miles from new was bought at auction in 2021 for $20.4million (£17.4m at the time) to become the most expensive F1 to ever change hands.
Derbyshire-based classic car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr has been appointed to manage the sale, which is expected to fetch more than £50million ($70m)
Ojjeh's collection is headlined by the very last version of the iconic 1990s McLaren F1 ever produced by the Woking factory in Surrey. Given its provenance, it could be the most valuable example of all time, exceeding that of the most expensive sold, which was $20m in 2021
Only 106 of the McLaren F1 sportscars were built between 1992 and 1998, though just 64 were road-registered while the rest were reserved for competition use
Apart from the F1 and a P1 GTR, the cars are all unused. The collection features a host of iconic models from the car maker's 30-year back catalogue, including a Speedtail, P1, Senna, Elva, and Sabre plus special and limited Longtail and Le Mans editions
The remaining motors making up the 20-car collection are painted the same orange colour and all are the final chassis made of each model, increasing their significance and value.
Apart from the F1 and a P1 GTR (used occasionally on McLaren-exclusive track days), the motors are all unused and have been maintained by the manufacturer.
The collection features a host of iconic models from McLaren's 30-year back catalogue, including a Speedtail, P1, Senna, Elva, and a super-rare Sabre, which is the 16th of 16 examples ever produced. Many are of the cars special and limited-edition Longtail and Le Mans variants, which are also highly desirable among well-heeled collectors.
All 20 have been photographed - and filmed - together in a jaw-dropping display captured at the Bahrain F1 circuit.
'Mansour was a founding father of McLaren as we know it today,' said McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown in a statement announcing the sale of the cars.
'A massively passionate racer and automotive enthusiast and no bigger fan of McLaren.
'His collection is very special, I´m not aware of anything else that compares with it,' added the American, who has his own impressive collection of racing and road vehicles.
Ojjeh's wife Kathy added: 'McLaren meant so much to Mansour. It was more than business, it was pure passion and it was in that vein that he curated this unique collection of McLaren road cars.
'The ‘Last of Legends’ car collection is a treasure for our family – a reminder of the hours we witnessed Mansour designing each car to his specifications.
'He had an unusual talent for detail that stuns and impresses, a talent driven by the very passion he nurtured for so many years with McLaren.'
Ojjeh (left), a Paris-born Saudi businessman, succeeded his father as CEO of Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG) and sponsored the Williams F1 team in 1979. He then took an ownership stake in McLaren in 1984. Ojjeh pictured here in 2019 with McLaren CEO, Zak Brown
Mansour Ojjeh photographed with seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton on the grid before the Formula One Grand Prix of Austria in 2015. The businessman died in 2021
Tom Hartley Jnr commented: 'This is the most significant McLaren road car collection ever assembled, and I sincerely hope it is acquired by a single buyer, just as the Ecclestone Grand Prix collection was which we sold earlier this year.'
Ojjeh, a Paris-born Saudi businessman, succeeded his father as CEO of Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG) and sponsored the Williams F1 team in 1979.
He then took an ownership stake in McLaren in 1984, financing the development of TAG-Porsche engines that won two constructors' titles and three drivers' championships.
Ojjeh, who died at the age of 68, was a key figure in launching McLaren Automotive with Ron Dennis, the former F1 team boss who went on to become McLaren CEO until his departure in 2017.
