Tag: SLR

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.

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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 »

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 »

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 »

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.