McLaren dominates RM Sotheby's Auction in Abu Dhabi

Auctions are usually sales, but this was a challenge, past versus present. Gordon Murray versus...Gordon Murray. McLaren versus McLaren. An epic encounter-clash. To understand what happened on 5 December in Abu Dhabi, we need to travel back in time and space to 18 November (also in 2025) in Las Vegas. On that occasion, a Gordon Murray Special Vehicle S1 LM, a modern reinterpretation of the legendary McLaren F1 from the 1990s, was sold for the first time. Only five were made, and this was the last one. The price? $20,630,000. But in Abu Dhabi, the question was whether the original would exceed this figure.