Volcano Eruption: Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Hamann Volcano – Video

October 21, 2008 by Malcolm  
Filed under Automotive, McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Video

Let’s slap a ricer-boy spoiler on this bad boy! Yea, not what you would normally think to do to a new Benz SLR McLaren but someone had to do it right?

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Top Gear – Another country wide race – SLR vs. a Boat

October 22, 2007 by Malcolm  
Filed under Automotive, McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Video

Get across 8 countries in a single day… how will you do it? In a Mercedes SLR McLaren… What about the water… in a go-fast boat of course. Why not race them against each other. Who will get there the fastest? Enjoy the Top Gear video!

Speed Kings – Road & Track Exclusive

Speed Kings

In case you missed this show down of the “speed kings” then here it is. Follow this link to Road and Track’s test of unbridled acceleration from a standing start to 200 mph. During the memorial day weekend these guys didn’t exactly bar-b-q but they had a BBQ on the asphalt at the Naval Air Station Lemoore in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

The cars included:

Lamborghini Murciélago Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Ruf Rt 12
Lamborghini Murciélago Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Ruf Rt 12
 
Lingenfelter Corvette Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper
Lingenfelter Corvette Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Hennessey Venom 1000 Twin Turbo
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Check it out at Road and Tracks website link here!

Top Gear – Mercedes SLR Mclaren – Video

May 12, 2007 by Malcolm  
Filed under McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Video

The Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren posts a new lap record.

Mercedes-Benz’s upcoming SLR McLaren Roadster

May 9, 2007 by Malcolm  
Filed under McLaren, Mercedes Benz, Video

I had to add a video to this post and re-visit it… Enjoy!

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Benz to release the 200 mph drop-top roadster and bring it to our shores as a 2008 model. McLaren’s Formula 1 factory in

Woking, England, they only plan to have a handful of these topless models available for the lusting men with the big enough bank account and waiting nerves.

 

 

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We will get to the bottom line figures here and not leave you guessing.

The new SLR convertible shares most of it’s construction with the hardtop version… carbon-fiber monocoque chassis, carbon-fiber body panels, and the famous butterfly doors. A semiautomatic fabric top which opens in fewer than 10 seconds was chosen vs. a heavier retractable hardtop, will be fitted for cost saving reasons… ha ha yea right!

 

 

This new Benz SLR McLaren Roadster is to have the 617-hp, 5.4-liter supercharged V-8 with 575 pound-feet of torque pushing it from 0-60 in 3.8 seconds and a top speed of 207 mph all complete with an AMG Speedshift R five-speed automatic transmission. Whoa, you ever seen a drop-top convertible do that kind of speed. We didn’t think so.

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Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Convertible Drop-Top Roadster