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The McLaren F1 is legend, widely considered the last great supercar built for drivers, not obscenely rich showoffs. Every detail of the car was painstakingly considered—including the owner's manual, a hand-illustrated, coffee table hardbound book that's as gorgeous as the car it details. Mark Roberts penned those achingly beautiful technical illustrations in his first job working for McLaren. Watch as he takes us through how the world's greatest owners manual was created.

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The hand-drawn illustrations detail every aspect of operating the McLaren F1, from the dashboard and engine compartment layout to the proper way to mount and dismount the central driver's seat. And the book holds some subtle humor of a decidedly British variety: The speedometer illustration nods to the car's 231 MPH capability, then a world record, and the CD loading diagram features Bob Dylan's Street Legal as the disc of choice.

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It's artfully fitting that the McLaren F1, the last "analog" supercar, features an owner's manual illustrated by human beings rather than CAD computers. As tomorrow's hypercars seemingly continue to outpace each other and their human pilots on a trajectory toward land-based rocketry, what Gordon Murray and the McLaren F1 team accomplished will only become more impressive with age.

Originally published at Road & Track.

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