I can assure you that your eyes are not wrong. Yes, it looks very like a McLaren and is actually based on a McLaren, but is actually known as Lanzante 95-59. And for those with passionate racing knowledge and more precisely the Le Mans 24 hours should start ringing a few bells! Already in 1995 a certain legendary Supercar won the famous endurance race in his debut with a three-seater layout and a V12 in the back. The car I talk about is of course the McLaren F1 GTR. But did you know the company that the Lanzante car was actually loaned to run at Le Mans? If you have done it, great praise and if you haven't done it, do it now. The connection between McLaren and Lanzante is therefore strong that are forged in the race and are now inspired by the 95-59 using the basics of the McLaren 750s.
The history of the McLaren F1 GTR, which gains the edition of Le Mans from Le Mans, is of course well documented. It was the first time that a car had won its debut overall since 1949, the first time won a Finnish driver and a Japanese driver, won Lanzante as a team, and the last time that a production -based racing car won the strenuous endurance race. To say that it is a legend is a small understatement. But how did Lanzante get involved in all of this?
The Ueno Clinic McLaren F1 GTR, victorious in the 24 -hour Le Mans from 1995 – McLaren.com
Lanzante Limited & the McLaren connection
Lanzante is far from being a newcomer in the classic and Supercar game, as Paul Lanzante founded the company in the 1970s. First, Lanzante restored and prepared historical cars and over time a reputation for his high -quality work in this area. Until 1993, Paul's son Dean would join the company and expanded the activities into modern motorsport. The company took part in historical motorsports years earlier, but until 1995 Lanzante entered the BPR Global GT series, the forerunner of the FIA GT championship, with a Porsche 911 Turbo prepared by Race. In addition to her newly founded racing company, Lanzante also became an important service center for which you guessed, McLaren F1S!
In the same year, however, Lanzante also worked with McLaren to bring the F1 GTR to Le Mans. The F1 GTR raced in 1995 and 1996 in the BPR Global GT series and became champion in both years. But Le Mans is a completely different thing. McLaren lent one of her F1 -GTRs to Lanzante, who had teamed up with Kokusai Kaihatsu UK as the main sponsor, in a dark gray and silver Ueno clinic, which used and caused the driving services of JJ Lehto, Masanori Sekiya and Yannick Dalmas and Yannick Dalmas. What they did, thanks to the high reliability of the F1 and the blistered pace of Lehto! In a few phases of the race, he was amazing in a single round for 30 seconds than his direct competitors! The weather also helped to improve the field between the different classes that the F1 fully exploited!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOXFPM0KOCO
Since then, Lanzante has worked on a number of specialists and often tailor-made single vehicles, mainly McLaren cars as a platform. It built the McLaren P1 GTR-LM, a road traffic conversion for the only Track Hypercar, a spider version of the “regular” P1 and also a number of McLaren LM 25 editions to celebrate its 1995 victory (remember the Mansour Ojeh collection?). Lanzante then converted one of the five Pagani Zonda Revolucións into Road-Legal and built the Porsche 930-Tag turbo, which uses a Tag Porsche engine of the McLaren MP4/2,
The 95-59, more than a dressed 750s
Now, however, it returns to McLaren, the company with which it is processed the most. In particular, it used the 750s to build a spiritual homage to the Le Mans of the F1 GTR, but also a reinterpretation of the 750s. And Lanzante indicates that it does not build up with this “The Next F1”, but more something that customers have requested: a usable, somewhat practical super sports car with space for more than two and a luggage. And the name, if you ask yourself, is more suitable: 95 in terms of 1995 and 59 in relation to the number of races of the F1 GTR that has won!
The donor car is withdrawn and is completely rebuilt with a new carbon fiber monocoque for the chassis to set three instead of two. This also means that a lot of work had to be done on other elements such as the shape and location of the fuel tank, the doors, the pedal box, Scots, etc. The result is a cabin that has a central driver position, with two butterfly doors for getting in and out and a completely redesigned exterior. And fascinating it looks very like a central pod in bear wages, which is draped with a painted outer shell and is more or less dressed in a light summer dress. You see the elegant curves and everything, but it is fluid and discreet where it is important.
The front is completely redesigned, with a more aggressive, wider splinter and aerial frame, which threatens the new headlights. The lines from front to back are quite subtle and curvy instead of being angled sharply. The arch line from front to back is very low and continuously in full length and ensures an elegant and energetic design.
A detail that I really like is how the interior seems to be connected to the outer, with a visual “spine” running from the front into the cabin and the central seat, over the roof and back again. On your back you will notice the central Inconel exhaust and the large diffuser to keep it on the street. The car retains the active rear spoiler of the 750s, which can be flush with the rear body section or can be supported for additional drama (and output).
An upgrade is also received with regard to the performance. A standard 750S uses a 4.0-liter V8-V8 twin turbo V8 that starts 750 hp. Lanzante is annoyed by more than 850 that were sent by a 7-speed SSG automatic transmission. With regard to the weight, Lanzante managed to ward off about 130 kilos, since the 95-59 the scale only at 1,250 kg tips. And although no precise numbers are specified for its 0-100 km / h run or the top speed, the fact that it has more power and less weight is that it should be a little faster! As a reference, the standard 750s meets 100 kilometers per hour in 2.8 seconds and has a top speed of 332 km / h. Sounds of a climbing trip!
Lanzante will only build 59 of these 95-59 and tie it back with the Le Mans winner from F1 GTR from 1995. The price is the eyes of 1,020,000 GBP without taxes, but that includes the donor car! And compared to the prices of the McLaren F1 or even the McLar Speedtail, this seems to be the most cost -effective option of three -seater to insert our garage if you want!
For more information, see Lanzante.com.
Editorial note: The information and images used in this article come from and are used with the approval of Lanzante Limited, unless otherwise stated.
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