SLR roadtest pics

[HaFaMaCa]

http://www.channel4.com/4car/featpics/mclaren/03slr00.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr03.jpg
::notice the words McLaren on the gauges::

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr11.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr09.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr10.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr19.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr20.jpg
::McLaren above the airvents::

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr02.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr17.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr16.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr18.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr04.jpg
::Spoiler pops up at 56 MPH::

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr15.jpg

[Rocky]

That shift know mod is interesting. I bet someone can do that. I know where to get the button engine starter too.

[timc]

That is one sweet car..... Unfortunatly i haven't taken any deposits on one yet.....

a condition of any sale of that car would be a test drive by me...

[pokerface]

Originally posted by HaFaMaCa
http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr03.jpg
::notice the words McLaren on the gauges:: **WORD** you clown.. WORD!!!!! it goes like this

:werd: :D




http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr02.jpg


Caption should read: Missile Launcher


...what's the purpose of this road test anyway? magazine preview?

and where's Comand??

dont know if this one was already discussed, but:

First, the structure. Central to McLaren designer Gordon Murray's concept is how the SLR behaves in a crash. The central monococque includes the 'roof spider': one moulding which comprises the sills, the door and windscreen apertures and the roof frame. It's possibly the biggest moulding of its complexity yet created, and it forms a vital energy path in a crash - which is why there won't be an open-topped SLR.



He explains what a joy it is to work with such a stiff structure: "You can feel a 2Nm change in spring rates straight away, while in a normal car you could change the rate by 20Nm and not notice." He's covered 10,000km around the Nurburgring's Nordschleife (north loop), and had a lot of fun running with the Porsche Carrera GTs being tested at the same time. The two cars proved to have similar lap times, but when conditions turned bad the SLRs were quicker. "Even Walter Rohrl says the Carrera GT is hard to drive," Goodwin chuckles, "and they wrote off two."
24em

Meanwhile Mercedes has plenty of advance orders, including five from one buyer who wants one for each of his worldwide houses. The owners won't be in such an exclusive club as those of a Carrera GT or an Enzo, though, because the plan is to build 500 SLRs a year for five to seven years, depending on demand. The cars will get serviced at Maybach dealerships, which will have the correct lifting ramps to fit the carbonfibre chassis.
Story (http://www.channel4.com/apps26/4car/jsp/main.jsp?lnk=220&storyid=2331) 18em 18em 18em

[C280 JR]

im really not feeling the front..it has such an ugly front that looks like a beak of some kind of a bird..other than that the car is Mad crazy looking...just looking at it at stand still makes me think that its moving at 100+mph...i defenitively like the engine starter button...o wonder how it preforms

anybody know the specs of this car/any what so ever

Elvir

[HaFaMaCa]

Here's the link to the article http://www.channel4.com/apps26/4car/jsp/ma...20&storyid=2331 (http://www.channel4.com/apps26/4car/jsp/main.jsp?lnk=220&storyid=2331)

[Ozzie Bob]

Who cares about COMAND, that thing looks HOT! :D :cool: I wouldn't mind one of those! :)

[Brabus]

That thing is going to be sooo hot. Move over Ferrari!

[MB300E87]

awwwwwesome!

[Dr. ///AMG]

WWwoooaahhh oooo!!! so nice! I LOVE IT!

[MidniteBluBenz]

I might be way of base here, but I think MB has modded the 5.4L more than what was in the concept car. I say this because the SL55 V8 is redlined at 6500 and from these pics it looks like the SLR's V8 is redlined at 7000. It might be nothing much, but I honestly believe that the SLR will have more than the 554 hp of the concept car. I suspect somewhere around 600 hp.


Also, is that the exhaust peaking out the side of the car below the side ports?

LOL, I just read the article and answered my question.

[Golden1245]

That camoflage(sp)? looks tight ass, it sorta reminds me of the camoflage the Nazi's used on their submarines during WW2. ok, that was way off topic.

[dtmcoupe]

are those black lines the "elegance" or "sport" package :P (j/k i love how they mess up the lines of the car so we dont see the "real thing" till they want us to.

[Golden1245]

actually, I like the camoflouge haha, it looks tight.

[jl88]

That car is bad ass, but you would think for the price, they would use more original parts. I can spot at least a dozen parts taken off of the R230.

Worth the $200k+ price tag.... eh... probably not

But the styling is PIMP

[pokerface]

Originally posted by jl88
That car is bad ass, but you would think for the price, they would use more original parts. I can spot at least a dozen parts taken off of the R230.

Worth the $200k+ price tag.... eh... probably not

But the styling is PIMP

well, aside from the Star emblems, what else? The engine? :confused:

5sp Speedshift R ooh a Type R version!! :D

tires.. hmm new specially designed Michellins.. you think they'd fit on the R230 too?

[holson]

Automatic?! I mean.. MB Automatics are great... but an automatic McLaren roadcar..

I guess it's a Mercedes afterall!
The styling is great however it is a little SL-like, which is not a bad thing at all!

I guess at the price it's a bargain compared to the McLaren BMW F1

[redline]

Originally posted by HaFaMaCa

http://www.channel4.com/4car/cars/fullsize/mclaren/03slr09.jpg


wow sleek and sexy!!!

Those gauges are so classy... a touch of the past.

[ScottyC190E]

Man, sorry but I don't like it. :dpress:

[Tezta]

so who did the front fenders? lorinser?

[oggle]

From the side it looks like a corvette. Hate that look. From the front and back though, it looks nice.