The McLaren P1 Swept Away By Hurricane Ian’s Floodwaters Is Up For Sale

Flood-damaged vehicles are far too frequent after a hurricane and a few of them are very particular. That’s the case right here as a uncommon McLaren P1 fell sufferer to hurricane Ian earlier this 12 months. Now, it’s about to go throughout the public sale block at Copart and could be yours for someplace within the neighborhood of 1 / 4 of one million {dollars}.

That’s solely an estimated worth after all and it may commerce palms for kind of than that determine. Irrespective of how a lot it goes for, it’ll include a wild story. The flood that resulted with it right here on sale occurred solely per week after its now-previous proprietor bought it on Carry A Trailer.

In contrast to most flood-damaged vehicles, a lot of this automobile’s historical past and harm in the course of the flood are completely recorded by social media. In a video taken in the course of the flood, we are able to see the intense yellow hybrid supercar actually floating within the storage the place it was initially broken.

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Evidently, the storm was so unhealthy that someday after that video, the door to the storage failed and the McLaren ended up floating out into the wild. One other {photograph} exhibits it almost pressed up in opposition to a tree because the water continues to batter the automobile. Photographs from Copart expose the extent of the harm.

The windshield is shattered, the passenger-side mirror has been ripped off, and there’s clear harm to the entrance splitter. The public sale home has not clarified what if any techniques on the car are nonetheless purposeful. It stands to cause that not a lot would work although. The hybrid powertrain certainly doesn’t take nicely to being submerged in water.

Regardless of that, we all know that no less than a couple of large gamers within the automotive business have an interest within the automobile. Ed Bolian from Vinwiki and Tyler Hoover from Hoovies Storage have each expressed curiosity. The previous says that he may see changing all the drivetrain with one thing from one other fashionable non-hybridized McLaren.

An public sale date has not been set at this level however we’re excited to see if this P1 makes it again into public life one way or the other. Contemplating that solely 375 have been ever made it could be a disgrace if somebody didn’t put it aside to 1 extent or one other.