Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren News
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The SLR McLaren is the other McLaren road car developed by Gordon Murray.
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Rare Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss heads to auction
One of the 75 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss speedsters is coming up for sale.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Meet the man who owns not one, but five Mercedes-Benz SLR McLarens
The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been somewhat of a forgotten supercar from the last decade. It boasted major performance credentials, but we don't hear about them too often. For American supercar collector Manny Khoshbin, it's his favorite. How much does the entrepreneur like them? He owns five...
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Michael Jordan's 2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition is for sale
Judging by his purchase, legendary basketball player Michael Jordan has excellent taste in cars. However, the basketball star has parted ways with at least one car from his collection: this Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, and it can now be yours. The extra-special SLR surfaced for sale on...
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World's Fastest Mercedes Gets Even Faster: Video
It may have taken four tuning companies, but the world's quickest Mercedes is here.
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Red Gold Dream Mercedes-McLaren SLR Up For Sale
If you’re in the market for low-mileage Mercedes-McLaren SLR, we’ve got some good news for you: Swiss designer Ueli Anliker is selling his personal labor of love, a “slightly modified” SLR that’s sure to be unlike any other at your country club. His asking price for...
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The world's fastest SLR will debut in SEMA next week..
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Kanye West Hits Up Cannes Film Festival In Mercedes-McLaren SLR Stirling Moss
Celebrities and expensive cars go hand in hand. Throw in an artsy film festival and you’ve got a Mecca for all things luxury, including diamond-studded Maybachs as we’ve already seen, and now one of the rarest cars built in recent times, the highly impractical Mercedes-McLaren SLR...
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2012 McLaren MP4-12C Mega-Gallery
Today may be the international day of love but for McLaren, February 14 marks the end of development of its MP4-12C supercar and the start of the marketing phase. The company based out of Woking, England has released today the full press release for the MP4-12C and a gallery of more than 50 images...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Beyonce Almost Earns Her Halo For Real-Real
This, friends, is a cautionary tale, and one that makes it all too clear that the world would be a better place if everyone drove supercars. Lend an ear. Last week, Beyonce and hubby Jay-Z were tooling around London in a Mercedes-Benz S-Class. (Clearly, his love affair with the Jaguar XJ has gone...
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Naomi Campbell Enjoys Some Pumping Now And Then
Yes, that's Naomi Campbell, in the photo found at the link below. Yes, she's wearing a knee-length fur vest. No, we don't know anyone who would actually buy a knee-length fur vest, though it might be of interest to wealthy amputees. No, we don't know what it's made from, but it's likely real mink...
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Mercedes-Benz And McLaren Building The Last Of The SLR Supercars
The last examples of the SLR Stirling Moss are currently being built, bringing the active era of production of the SLR supercar from Mercedes-Benz and McLaren to an end. In 2004, with the swing-wing coupe, Mercedes-Benz and McLaren jointly set out to continue the story of the legendary SLR racing...
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The value of Mercedes' involvement in F1 is still the topic of debate within parent company Daimler, board member Helmut Lense insists. Earlier this year, Lense was quoted as suggesting that Mercedes should be pulled out of the sport in favor of more worthy projects. Now, in the wake of fellow German automaker BMW's decision to withdraw at the end of 2009, he reveals that uncertainty about the Mercedes engagement is still debated internally. "This discussion will surely continue to heat up in light of BMW's withdrawal," Lense told the Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper. Immediately after the...
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Return to form for former heroes at Hungarian GP
The race for the 2009 world championship took a sharp turn in Hungary on Sunday, as the sport’s former top drivers showed a return to form. Title contenders Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel both struggled: the Brawn driver just seventh at the chequered flag with tire wear problems, and Red...
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McLaren Automotive seeking hybrid powertrain engineer
More stringent fuel economy and emissions regulations rolling in across major markets around the globe have all automakers, even ultra luxury marques, rethinking their designs and manufacturing processes in an effort to become greener. Ferrari, Porsche and even Lamborghini have all committed...
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McLaren expanding with Middle Eastern office in preparation for 2011 launch
McLaren's plans to introduce new models in the next couple of years has been met with much anticipation from fans of the brand, which is unsurprising considering the company engineered and built one of the fastest and most acclaimed production cars of all time - the McLaren F1. With three new...
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No F1 breakaway series, Mosley to step down
Max Mosley will step down as FIA president later this year, as formula one's political crisis involving eight rebel teams' threat to set up a breakaway championship ended on Wednesday. Hopes that the Paris meeting of the World Motor Sport Council would be the scene for a resolution were proven...
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McLaren boss says breakaway will quash F1 while Mosley appears unconcerned
One way or another, it appears that the core teams of what has been Formula 1 for the past 50 years will be racing against each other next year. McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh thinks the recognition will follow the teams, while FIA president Max Mosley thinks the team will be forced to return when...
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As evening fell at Silverstone on Thursday, Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) bosses headed out onto the A43 bound for Renault's nearby Enstone headquarters. After deliberating for hours, the team body has since released a statement that all the teams have confirmed to the FIA and the commercial rights holder that they are willing to commit until the end of 2012. However, FOTA also acknowledges that the wishes of the majority of the teams have been ignored. The team body is not willing to compromise on the fundamental values of the sport and have declined to alter their original...
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ACEA calls for new FIA constitution, Ferrari rejects 2010 F1 entry
Today the FIA published the 2010 Formula 1 entry list to a cold reception from Ferrari and the Red Bull/Scuderia Toro Rosso teams as all three were included when they'd submitted written notice to be left off the list. As a result, the European Automobile Manufacturer's Association (ACEA) has...
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Last batch of SLR Roadsters get ‘McLaren Orange’ paint scheme
Mercedes Benz first confirmed in July last year that its longstanding partnership with British motorsports company McLaren to build the SLR supercar will soon be coming to an end. In the lead up to the actual date, which is expected to fall in the second half of this year, a special 'McLaren...
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Lewis Hamilton to pilot Ayrton Senna’s championship-winning McLaren at Goodwood FOS
In just four weeks at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS), current F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will tackle the event’s famous 1.16 mile hill-climb in the McLaren-Honda MP4/4 turbo race car that led to Ayrton Senna’s championship win in the 1988 F1 season. Hamilton has been a...
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McLaren Automotive announces plans to build new production center in UK
Ever since news of McLaren Automotive's birth broke, fans have been eagerly snatching up any news of the car that will succeed the venerable F1 supercar. Today McLaren revealed its plans to build a new UK production center where it will build the car along with two new high-end sports cars. Ron...
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Ayrton Senna's life, and death, to receive film treatment
Few drivers in the history of Formula 1 are as highly regarded as Ayrton Senna, who despite a life cut tragically short, still managed to capture three F1 world championships. Now a movie documenting his life, his career, and his death has gotten the green light from his family. The movie will be...
Nelson Ireson