MR. BEAN MADE $11.3 PROFIT ON HIS 1997 MCLAREN F1 AFTER CRASHING IT TWICE

 

British actor Rowan Atkinson, famously known as Mr. Bean, once owned a rare 1997 McLaren F1 — and his journey with the supercar was anything but ordinary. He bought the car in 1997 for around £640,000 (roughly $1M at the time), drove it regularly, and even racked up over 41,000 miles.

Surprisingly, Atkinson crashed the car twice — once in 1999 and again in 2011. The second crash was severe, leading to one of the UK’s highest car insurance payouts, reportedly around £910,000 (approximately $1.4 million).

Despite the accidents, the car was fully restored by McLaren’s Special Operations division. In 2015, Atkinson sold the F1 for a staggering £8 million (around $12.2 million), earning him an estimated profit of $11.3 million.

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- Car Advisor