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Video: Nick Faldo vs. the Mercedes-McLaren SLR

Posted Fri Jun 13 2008 1:11 PM by James Martinez

Mercedes-Benz has entered a strange contest with English golfing legend Nick Faldo by pitting its McLaren SLR Roadster against Faldo’s golf swing. It may seem a little unfair, but the SLR does have a major advantage. While the golf ball decelerates as it flies through the air, the 626hp (427kW) supercar only gets faster and in fact can reach 200km/h in just eight seconds. Follow the jump to see whether it’s the supercar or the golf ball that makes it to the finish line first.

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• Mercedes-Benz SLR
• Supercars
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Reader Comments

• Fri Jun 13 2008 1:19 PM

  chris says

  top gear style comparison.

• Fri Jun 13 2008 2:57 PM

  bambam says

  looks like a great beginners track.
  its one of the best looking cars out there
  it dosn't look like a supercar.
  more of a fashion car.

• Fri Jun 13 2008 6:36 PM

  Raptor says

  And yet it was one of the fastest cars on Top Gear track. What a masterpiece!

• Fri Jun 13 2008 9:46 PM

  Gus says

  Does anyone have a can of green spraypaint?
  I need to spray myself this color so people can see how jealous I am of driving one of these masterpieces on a track in the south of France on a nice sunny day.
  
  A plague on all of those miserable sods. :)

• Sat Jun 14 2008 1:48 PM

  hahahoho says

  They shouldn't have let Faldo actually talk, or act for that matter. Just hit the ball man.. Also, which genius let him OBSCURE the subject of the video (during the various times he speaks)? Neither he nor the driver have any charisma whatsoever. Finally, that was some pretty lame cgi after all that buildup.

• Mon Jun 16 2008 10:03 AM

  Kenneth Mark Bhan says

  the golf ball does get impressive gas mileage...