Sir Stirling Moss knows first-hand how much more perilous auto racing used to be. He competed in the Mille Miglia race back in 1955 behind the wheel of the open-top Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.
By: Derek Shiekhi | May 14, 2015
You probably have a long list of the Mercedes-Benz models you’d like to get. To help you better visualize your dream collection, I present to you this property for sale on Craigslist, which would help you store a good deal of your fantasy cars.
By: Derek Shiekhi | April 30, 2015
SEMA is an interesting place full of wild creations. Here are just a few we have found.
By: Jonathon Klein | November 6, 2014
It’s fitting that the man in the clip below is called Shmee. That’s probably the sound he made when he first put the hammer down in the Gemballa-modified Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The legendary tuner of Porsches tweaked the hypercar’s ECU, bumping the 5.4-liter supercharged V8’s output up to 666 horsepower. Of course, it also customized […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | April 21, 2014
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was something of an odd duck in the super car world. It was a flashy, fast car, sure, but it wasn’t built to be a track-day assassin like the Carrera GT or Ferrari’s Enzo. It was fast, let there be no question about that, but it wasn’t perfect. Which is why […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | April 2, 2014
When Mercedes first pulled the cover off the SLS AMG, I looked at and thought… “The SLR is way cooler than this.” I stand by that now. No, it didn’t have “gull wings” like the classic SL 300. It probably can’t corner as well as the SLS AMG either. In fact, AMG wasn’t even a […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | February 20, 2014
Warning: The footage you are about to see is graphic and depressing. Some lucky soul in downtown Manhattan was lucky enough to be cruising around in a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren…but so unfortunate as to drive it into a curb and rip off one of its wheels. He pushes his bad luck even further by driving […] More »
By: Derek Shiekhi | February 14, 2014
