A jaw-dropping collection of 20 barely driven McLarens, worth more than £50 million, is up for grabs. The seller’s hoping one mega-rich buyer will scoop the entire lot in one go.
The cars all belonged to Mansour Ojjeh, the late co-owner of the McLaren F1 team, who passed away in 2021. Now, his widow Kathy is parting with the collection, calling it a tough decision but saying it’s time for someone new to care for the cars like he did.
The sale is being handled by top-end car dealer Tom Hartley Jnr. He’s the same guy who recently helped Red Bull heir Mark Mateschitz buy Bernie Ecclestone’s 69-car Formula One collection.
This time, it’s all about road cars. But not just any road cars. These are ultra-rare, mostly unused McLarens, and they’re all finished in the same one-off orange colour created just for Ojjeh.
The star of the lineup? A 1998 McLaren F1. It’s the last one ever made, painted in a unique shade originally called 'Yquem' but now known as 'Mansour Orange'. It’s only done 1,120 miles and is estimated to be worth around £15 million on its own.
Every other car in the collection follows a similar theme. Final production models, finished in the same orange, and mostly untouched. There’s a Speedtail, a P1, a Senna, an Elva, a P1 GTR, a Sabre (just 16 were ever made), and several rare Longtail and Le Mans editions. Basically, it’s the dream McLaren garage.
They were all recently photographed together in an insane shoot at the Bahrain F1 circuit, and yes, the pics are as epic as you'd imagine.
McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown described Mansour as a founding father of the brand. “His collection is very special, I´m not aware of anything else that compares with it"
Kathy Ojjeh 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. "
Tom Hartley Jnr called it the most significant McLaren road car collection ever assembled and is hoping to sell it to one buyer, just like the Ecclestone F1 cars earlier this year.
Mansour Ojjeh wasn’t just a car guy. He played a huge role in shaping McLaren. Born in Paris and raised in Saudi Arabia, he became CEO of TAG (Techniques d’Avant Garde), sponsored the Williams F1 team in 1979, and later bought into McLaren in 1984. His investment helped create the TAG-Porsche engines that dominated F1 in the mid-1980s and paved the way for what would become McLaren Automotive.
Now, his legacy lives on. In 20 orange, barely touched masterpieces waiting for their next home.
