The Detroit auto show has come and gone, and has left the automotive industry with a little more to chew over. As a final wrap-up to quite possibly the most important auto show in America, we chose 10 cars that summed up the best of the show. We chose based on significance and looks, which [...]
Merc’s (oh fine, and McLaren’s, I suppose) SLR supercar is going to be phased out to pave the way for the next uber Merc car (supposedly called SLC, by the way, and it’s gonna have those gullwing doors), but being the classy guys they are, Mercedes has released a bunch of special editions, 722 S [...]
In the words of Lando Calrissian, “What have we here?!” What we have is Mercedes going a little crazy time with the SLR again. This is what, the 3rd? 4th?, something like that, time that Merc has rolled out a custom version of their (and McLaren’s) uber-car, the SLR. In this instance it’s the SLR [...]
Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S Roadster The latest (and probably last) iteration of the SLR McLaren called the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 S Roadster gets a ridiculously powerful 5.5 liter supercharged V8 boasting 650 horsepower, 605 lb/feet of torque, a 0-62 mph time of 3.7 seconds, and a top speed of 220 mph, making it [...]
The run of the Mercedes SLR McLaren supercar will soon come to an end, but that doesn’t mean that Mercedes is going to let it die quietly. Oh no. This is Mercedes’ idea of refocusing attention back onto the SLR McLaren, and it works. Brilliantly. Not only is this quite possibly the last iteration of [...]
Well, looks like Mercedes is going at it again. The SLR McLaren is a fantastic supercar, combining the luxury, quality, and technical precision of Mercedes with the performance prowess of McLaren. The car can hit 208 mph, accelerates from 0-60 in 3.6 seconds, has 617 horses and 575 pound-feet of torque. That all sounds good, [...]
At one point in my life I worked with three guys who all worked in The Middle East for American oil companies. They were about as different individuals as you could get in America: One was jogger/partier, the other was a Rush Limbaugh/angry whit guy sort, and the third was about as flamboyant a queen [...]
“McLaren Readying Ferrari F430 Adversary” or so says the good folks at CarScoop. This has been in the wings, and on again/off again (depending on the relationship between McLaren & Mercedes) for awhile. My first thought was, “Yeah, McLaren wants it to build a Ferrari F430 adversary, but they got a long way to go [...]