Monaco’s Forgotten Supercar Rocked A V12 And Carbon Chassis Years Before The McLaren F1

A little-known Monaco-built supercar is back in the spotlight, and collectors are paying attention. The MCA Centenaire, a machine so obscure that only five examples were ever assembled, is expected to command as much as $1.4 million when one of the surviving cars changes hands. For a model most enthusiasts have never seen in person, that figure says a lot about how the market treats genuine rarity.

What makes the Centenaire notable is its recipe. It paired a Lamborghini V12 with a carbon fibre chassis at a time when that combination was closer to aerospace thinking than showroom reality, and it did so years before the McLaren F1 arrived and rewrote what a road car could be. The McLaren tends to get credit for