Twice the price and now half the exclusivity (and most likely falling further). Have to confess that the rationale is starting to escape me.
Then there were 10!
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I bet sooner or later they will make it, or something similar to it, a purchasable performance upgrade to existing owners. Again this is just my opinion, not something I have heard from a credible source or anything 
Or Pagani
No, I was more thinking of the 3 F50 Chassis #99999What, you mean there are 4 of Enzo chassis #309... not just 2???!!!
Agreed. If true, will the first 5 owners have to trade their "# of 5" plaques for "# of 10" plaques?
They can just call them "HS-R", or something, do a minor tweak, and bump the price by $50K.
The tuner story is all hearsay. these upgrades all came from MSO, if not McLaren would not have done that photoshoot circulating all over the web. These are bespoke upgrades hence the SPECIAL PLAQUE 6e mentioned
......which may need changed if 10 is the TRUTH
FWIW, I believe (relatively speaking) the MP4-12C will carry very strong long-term residuals state'side for the very reasons that...
- there's seemingly more of a genuine & refined enthusiast client base wanting an MP4-12C over other choice ~$200k+ (USD) mid-engine exotics; long-story-short: car-guys/petrol-heads (those in the know, as succinctly put my Jay Leno).
- there will be perhaps 1-2 MP4-12C's to every 25+ 458's, 20+ Gallardo's, 15+ R8's, etc.
- McLaren.
Only things I can see precluding such would be...
- petroleum-based fuel becomes a scarce luxury due to wars, embargoes, supply disruption (then there would be bigger concerns than one's mid-engine exotic)
- catastrophic failures/recalls of the nameplate akin to being "lemons" (don't see this happening; hopeful no rival conspiracy ever takes hold)
- manufacturer insolvency (again, don't see this happening... Ron, no risky investments!)
- there's seemingly more of a genuine & refined enthusiast client base wanting an MP4-12C over other choice ~$200k+ (USD) mid-engine exotics; long-story-short: car-guys/petrol-heads (those in the know, as succinctly put my Jay Leno).
- there will be perhaps 1-2 MP4-12C's to every 25+ 458's, 20+ Gallardo's, 15+ R8's, etc.
- McLaren.
Only things I can see precluding such would be...
- petroleum-based fuel becomes a scarce luxury due to wars, embargoes, supply disruption (then there would be bigger concerns than one's mid-engine exotic)
- catastrophic failures/recalls of the nameplate akin to being "lemons" (don't see this happening; hopeful no rival conspiracy ever takes hold)
- manufacturer insolvency (again, don't see this happening... Ron, no risky investments!
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