Car of the Week: McLaren Mercedes SLR

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZlD3wVEdLbwgW84tt-yKu9u-nixOJXF12_sb9Dv70-5gDcRNZf7jcQD8NLT1seZXClbE_w7ba7iDqu32r2OPoLMAcDWPb3BwIE5ogPWPQ1y__wj1jrYxL-gvekjme3yHPQGCJKACflIq/s1600/DSC07345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZlD3wVEdLbwgW84tt-yKu9u-nixOJXF12_sb9Dv70-5gDcRNZf7jcQD8NLT1seZXClbE_w7ba7iDqu32r2OPoLMAcDWPb3BwIE5ogPWPQ1y__wj1jrYxL-gvekjme3yHPQGCJKACflIq/s640/DSC07345.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Hey Guys<br /><br />Because it's my Birthday (yai, finally 18!) today I've chosen my favourite car for todays post: the McLaren Mercedes SLR :)<br /><br />First some shots with 2 of my 4 SLR models (damn, where are the other ones :/) and later I gonna add some self-taken shots of SLR's.<br />Hope you like them! :)<br /><br /><br />Now something about the SLR<br />The SLR is a jointly production by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive. Up from 2003 they biult during their 7 years production time about 500 cars a year in Porthsmouth and in Woking, Surrey, England (McLarens Homebase). The base price was GB£295,337 (approx. US$450,000, €351,269, CHF 500,000 or C$<span style="color: black;"> 499,999c. (2009) and made it (in 2008) to the ninth most expensive street legal car.</span><br />The letters SLR stand for Sport, Liht, Racing (or, in originally german meaning "Sport, Leicht, Rennsport").<br />From 0-100 kmh / 62 mph you need 3.2 seconds, from 0-200 kmh / 124 mph 9.6 seconds and from 0-300 kmh / 190 mph 24.8 seconds. With it's 626 HP you can reach a top speed of 334 kmh / 208 mph.<br /><br />There are also some special editions of the SLR, like:<br />The <b>722 Edition</b> with 650 HP and a top speed of 337 kmh / 209 mph. The name goes back to Sir Stirling Moss' starting number '722' at his participation at the 1955' Mille Miglia with a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR. They did also some modifications to reduce some weight.<br /><br />The <b>Roadster</b> were brought to the dealers in September 2007 with a price at about £350,000 ($534 485 U.S.). It has 617 HP and, with the roof retracted, you're able to understand conversations between the co-driver and yourself perfectly up to a speed of 200 kmh / 120 mph.<br /><br />The <b>Roadster 722 S </b>was realeased in 2009 and they produced only 150 units of the 334 kmh / 208 mph as a limited edition.<br /><br />The <b>722 GT</b> is the 'Rece Version' of the 722, with a wider bodywork, a racing wing and diffuser and some more modifications. It was built since 2007.<br /><br />The last project of the nice Collaboration between McLaren and Mercedes was the to 75 units limited edition, the <b>Stirling Moss</b>, named after Sir Stirling Moss in year 2009. It's only buyable for current SLR owners.<br />It's inspired by the, now classical, 300 SLR and has 640 HP with a top speed of 350 kmh / 220 mph.<br /><br />Here's a nice soundfile (found on wikipedia):<br /><table class="metadata mbox-small" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);"><tbody><tr> <td class="mbox-image"><div class="center"><div class="floatnone"><img alt="" height="50" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/50px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png" width="50" /></div></div></td> <td class="mbox-text" style="line-height: 1.1em;"><div class="haudio"><div class="fn" style="padding: 2px 0pt;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mercedes-Benz_SLR_McLaren_722.ogg" title="File:Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722.ogg">Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722</a></div><div><div id="ogg_player_1"><div><button style="text-align: center; width: 220px;" title="Play sound"><img alt="Play sound" height="22" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/extensions/OggHandler/play.png" width="22" /></button></div></div></div><div class="description" style="padding: 0pt;">Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2009</div></div><hr /></td> </tr><tr> <td class="mbox-text" colspan="2" style="line-height: 1.1em;"><span style="font-size: smaller;"><i>Problems listening to this file? See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_help" title="Wikipedia:Media help">media help</a>. </i></span></td> </tr></tbody> </table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ewf3VLq7Xassiv_yNXrYcy4-ay05_lOSIdhcewH5m1LoZv1kaOf-ugLqcKcMQ1jVF0mZjTdEpR2pcZsayWqcSTaXdbff37qVgzsFrVZSn9w7CLdrIwQd4aEVVmUnelBqJttW5-kXNuRm/s1600/DSC07334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ewf3VLq7Xassiv_yNXrYcy4-ay05_lOSIdhcewH5m1LoZv1kaOf-ugLqcKcMQ1jVF0mZjTdEpR2pcZsayWqcSTaXdbff37qVgzsFrVZSn9w7CLdrIwQd4aEVVmUnelBqJttW5-kXNuRm/s640/DSC07334.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my SLR mousepad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Car of the Week: McLaren Mercedes SLR

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