Which of the two do you think is the better achievement? The big, brawny, super developed, money lavished, mind blowing Veyron? Or the technical, specific, precision engineered, purity of the Mclaren F1?

My choice is the Mclaren. The Veyron certainly is a respectable achievement for a road car. 8 litres, sixteen cylinders, 1000 horsepower, 254 mph, four wheel drive, supreme luxury, near-perfect aerodynamics, and yet still retaining the same driver ease as an Audi for around town driving. But the Veyron is a Veyron. There can only ever be one Veyron. It can never be copied, because it would just be too obvious, and its many derivatives (Grand Sport, Super Sport, etc) cannot really capture the original impact of the mighty Veyron. So, in essence, the Veyron is like seeing an asteriod burning up in the atmosphere. Awesome, but you will probably only see it happen once.

The Mclaren, on the other hand, is like the Aurora Borealis. It may not be the most accessible phenomenon to experience, but it happens much more often, and you can experience it many times. The Mclaren F1 was not designed just to be the fastest car in the world. Anyone can do that. Just slap a couple of big turbos onto a Corvette. No, the Mclaren was designed to be the ultimate benchmark. A car which others could work from. A standard set to show what could be done, if you tried hard enough.