Category: SLR

It’s true that you learn something new everyday.  I just discovered that I was misinformed about commercials.  How silly of me to think that television ads are typically for products that are necessary and/or affordable to the vast majority of consumers. This mid-2000s spot from Mercedes-Benz for the SLR McLaren taught me it’s worth alerting […] More »

One of the best parts of writing for a site like MBWorld is the ability to justify watching clips of awesome vehicles on YouTube.  (“I’m not goofing off.  I’m working!”) A great source of automotive footage is Marchettino, who always seems to be around exotics with a video camera in hand.  The car porn paparazzo […] More »

Yesterday we ran a story about a super-mean rally SL500. And it got us wondering… what’s the greatest SL that Mercedes ever built? We all remember the legendary mid ’50s Gullwing and of course the ‘Pagoda’ SL. But what about more recent SLs like the McLaren collab SLR? Or perhaps an AMG tuned Black Series? […] More »

The stock model of the SLR is considered one of the best cars in the lineup of the luxury car manufacturer from Germany. The SLR was given a yellow and black color theme by Hamann. The vehicle, which was dubbed as Volcano, only has 1,118 miles or 1,800 kilometer on its odometer. It has a number of carbon fiber components while its interior was also given a similar color hue as its exterior.

Stirling Moss told women they couldn’t. It’s quite sad to read his words.  Sir Stirling is one of the greatest drivers to ever sit behind the wheel of a car. Moss’ own career was anything but easy. And that’s what makes his words all the more surprising and sad. Moss couldn’t win a world championship. […] More »

If there’s any excuse we can find to post about the SLR Stirling Moss, we’ll take it. It’s just too sexy a car to ignore. The car is a distinct rarity and a definite future classic considering they only made 75 of them. It was never really intended to be a volume model any way. Without a […] More »

This is embarassing. Imagine scooting around town in your badass Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren only to end up being handed a parking violation ticket by an officer driving a Smart car. In case you’re wondering, a new SLR McLaren held a price tag of just over half a million dollars during its time. It seems the