Vehicle Description
The final allocation slot of the 500 Senna. It was sold by McLaren
at a London auction in 2017 to benefit the Instituto Ayrton Senna
charity, raising $2.67 million USD. The winning bidder was aviation
innovator and entrepreneur Joe Clark of Seattle, WA. An avid
collector of both cars and aircraft, Joe passed away in March 2020.
He "lived his life at full throttle all the time" according to his
longtime friend Bruce McCaw and was incredibly generous, raising
funds for countless charities during his life. The McLaren Senna is
the most track-focused road car McLaren has built, setting the
fastest lap times of any McLaren road car to date. It was inspired
by one of McLaren's greatest racing drivers, Ayrton Senna, and is
dedicated to allowing the driver to be the best he or she can
possibly be. Powered by a 4.0-liter twin electrically actuated twin
scroll turbocharged dry-sump V8 engine, making 789 hp and 590
ft/lbs of torque mated to a 7-speed seamless shift gearbox.
Weighing in at only 2,897 pounds with a full tank of fuel, the
Senna is capable of 0-60 mph in just 2.7 seconds with a top speed
of 208 mph. Like the McLaren P1, the Senna features an open
differential with brake steer technology, previously developed for
and banned by Formula 1. It slows the inside rear wheel when
cornering to achieve some of the best handling of any road car
built today. Clark ordered this Senna in Liquid Silver with lots of
gloss-coated exposed carbon fiber, red accents and a completely
bespoke interior. The extensive list of factory options totals
$200,000 and includes parking sensors, rear camera, climate
control, fire extinguisher, branded floor mats, regular size seats,
carbon black Alcantara sill panels, car cover, ultra-lightweight
9-spoke wheels, Dark Stealth exhaust heat shield, McLaren Telemetry
app, Bowers & Wilkins 7-speaker surround sound, body-color service
panel, 24-carat gold heat shield, gloss-finish roof scoop, aero
blades and all exterior carbon fiber, as well as Gorilla Glass door
panels, 6-point harness in red, red center-lock nuts, bespoke
interior, key shells and dedication plate. With 902 actual miles on
the odometer, this McLaren Senna was delivered to McLaren Beverly
Hills and was stored in Palm Springs, CA. It is the final customer
order of the 500 total Sennas built by McLaren and is likely the
only one ordered to this exact bespoke specification.
