Dubbed a motoring revelation upon its release, it later (in March 1998) set the record for the world's fastest production car - 231mph with the revs limited and 243mph without. Not bad for a three seater! 

Back in 1994, Autocar declared that "the McLaren F1 is the finest driving machine yet built for the public road" and two decades later its made it to the silver position in their run down. What beat it?