SLR/C199/R199/Z199: 1000th SLR Produced MBZ Press Release
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1000th SLR Produced MBZ Press Release
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In May of 2004 the world was introduced to the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a $452,750 supercar the majority of the world's population can only dream about.
Now, over one-and-a-half years later and roughly $450,000,000, the exclusive model is celebrating a new milestone. It turns out, the 1,000th SLR recently rolled of the production line at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England. The handbuilt SLR is designated for a customer in Japan, features black exterior paint and is equipped with the unique trademark carbon bodyshell only SLR owners can boast of.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
1,000th Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren produced
Woking/UK, Feb 15, 2006
Modern-classic Mercedes-Benz model celebrates production milestone at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking
The 1,000th Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has rolled off the production line at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England. The vehicle, which is painted black and equipped with its unique trademark carbon bodyshell, is designated for a customer in Japan.
In May 2004, the "Silver Arrow of the 21st century" went into production in Woking, which is located near London. Since then, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has established itself among sports car enthusiasts around the world as a fascinating synthesis that combines cutting-edge innovation with the mystique of an automotive legend.
The SLR is built exclusively by hand, and the vehicle’s manufacturing approach combines the advantages of the Mercedes-Benz Production System and McLaren’s expertise in building superb sports cars. In terms of the vehicle body, the result is a carbon structure that is unique in the world. Specially trained staff perform a series of assembly functions at each workstation in a concept that is applied during the vehicle painting process as well. The specialists who build the vehicle thus identify very closely with the vehicle they build.
The SLR embodies both the tradition and the innovative capability of the Mercedes brand. This is reflected by the fact that the SLR's body, doors and hood are made solely from carbon-fiber composites, marking the first time that high-tech materials from the aviation sector and the Formula 1 racing series are being used in production vehicles.
The exclusive environment of the McLaren Technology Centre not only offers optimal conditions for manufacturing the super sports car; it also corresponds to the expectations of the SLR’s exclusive clientele. At the heart of the sales concept for the vehicle is the SLR Experience Centre in Woking, which is designed to meet the specific needs of SLR customers.
The McLaren Technology Centre, which was designed by world-famous architect Lord Norman Foster, is also the site where the Team McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 racing cars are developed and built.
In May of 2004 the world was introduced to the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a $452,750 supercar the majority of the world's population can only dream about.
Now, over one-and-a-half years later and roughly $450,000,000, the exclusive model is celebrating a new milestone. It turns out, the 1,000th SLR recently rolled of the production line at the McLaren Technology Center in Woking, England. The handbuilt SLR is designated for a customer in Japan, features black exterior paint and is equipped with the unique trademark carbon bodyshell only SLR owners can boast of.
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE
1,000th Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren produced
Woking/UK, Feb 15, 2006
Modern-classic Mercedes-Benz model celebrates production milestone at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking
The 1,000th Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has rolled off the production line at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England. The vehicle, which is painted black and equipped with its unique trademark carbon bodyshell, is designated for a customer in Japan.
In May 2004, the "Silver Arrow of the 21st century" went into production in Woking, which is located near London. Since then, the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has established itself among sports car enthusiasts around the world as a fascinating synthesis that combines cutting-edge innovation with the mystique of an automotive legend.
The SLR is built exclusively by hand, and the vehicle’s manufacturing approach combines the advantages of the Mercedes-Benz Production System and McLaren’s expertise in building superb sports cars. In terms of the vehicle body, the result is a carbon structure that is unique in the world. Specially trained staff perform a series of assembly functions at each workstation in a concept that is applied during the vehicle painting process as well. The specialists who build the vehicle thus identify very closely with the vehicle they build.
The SLR embodies both the tradition and the innovative capability of the Mercedes brand. This is reflected by the fact that the SLR's body, doors and hood are made solely from carbon-fiber composites, marking the first time that high-tech materials from the aviation sector and the Formula 1 racing series are being used in production vehicles.
The exclusive environment of the McLaren Technology Centre not only offers optimal conditions for manufacturing the super sports car; it also corresponds to the expectations of the SLR’s exclusive clientele. At the heart of the sales concept for the vehicle is the SLR Experience Centre in Woking, which is designed to meet the specific needs of SLR customers.
The McLaren Technology Centre, which was designed by world-famous architect Lord Norman Foster, is also the site where the Team McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 racing cars are developed and built.
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If you insist, you can get me one of these instead of the S65. I will just have to make do without the S class options. I do, however, desire to have illuminated door sills installed. OEM, not aftermarket, paaaaaleeeeeeze. Thank you and have a nice day. 
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Originally Posted by can drive 55
If you insist, you can get me one of these instead of the S65. I will just have to make do without the S class options. I do, however, desire to have illuminated door sills installed. OEM, not aftermarket, paaaaaleeeeeeze. Thank you and have a nice day.
The guy doesn't even have the job yet, and he's already hitting me up for a 'raise'!!! LOL
I guess that shows 'initiative'!
One of my new GM's who came on last year wanted an SLR for his company car, and had semi-valid reasoning for the car (promotional purposes in that market, etc.) -- so I was going to authorize it(!). Then he decided that there were already too many SLR's on the road there and that he should go with a Koenigsegg CCR instead (ouch - this was going in the wrong direction!).
I asked him how he was going to take clients around in that - and out came the cheshire-cat grin; "Quickly" was his reply. We all decided that these were the customers that we were selling to...so he got his CCR.
Now I am sure that he'll want a new S65 so that he can take more than one customer at a time around in the company car.... The supercar business is an expensive one.... LOL
So yeah, Sheriff Billy Bob, we can talk about an SLR - and your justifications for needing one - when we do the job interview.
LOL
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Originally Posted by ClayJ
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
The guy doesn't even have the job yet, and he's already hitting me up for a 'raise'!!! LOL
I guess that shows 'initiative'!
One of my new GM's who came on last year wanted an SLR for his company car, and had semi-valid reasoning for the car (promotional purposes in that market, etc.) -- so I was going to authorize it(!). Then he decided that there were already too many SLR's on the road there and that he should go with a Koenigsegg CCR instead (ouch - this was going in the wrong direction!).
I asked him how he was going to take clients around in that - and out came the cheshire-cat grin; "Quickly" was his reply. We all decided that these were the customers that we were selling to...so he got his CCR.
Now I am sure that he'll want a new S65 so that he can take more than one customer at a time around in the company car.... The supercar business is an expensive one.... LOL
So yeah, Sheriff Billy Bob, we can talk about an SLR - and your justifications for needing one - when we do the job interview. LOL
The guy doesn't even have the job yet, and he's already hitting me up for a 'raise'!!! LOL
I guess that shows 'initiative'!
One of my new GM's who came on last year wanted an SLR for his company car, and had semi-valid reasoning for the car (promotional purposes in that market, etc.) -- so I was going to authorize it(!). Then he decided that there were already too many SLR's on the road there and that he should go with a Koenigsegg CCR instead (ouch - this was going in the wrong direction!).
I asked him how he was going to take clients around in that - and out came the cheshire-cat grin; "Quickly" was his reply. We all decided that these were the customers that we were selling to...so he got his CCR.
Now I am sure that he'll want a new S65 so that he can take more than one customer at a time around in the company car.... The supercar business is an expensive one.... LOL
So yeah, Sheriff Billy Bob, we can talk about an SLR - and your justifications for needing one - when we do the job interview.
LOL
