Giant bill for fixing Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren

Published February 8, 2013 5:00am ET



LONDON (AP) — Everyone who’s had a fender bender knows the cost of repairs is going up. But few cars can be as costly to fix as “Mr. Bean” actor Rowan Atkinson’s rare McLaren F1.

It took more than a year — and more than 900,000 pounds ($1,400,000) — to get his supercar up and running after a 2011 crash in which he badly injured a shoulder.

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