Am really cross with myself as I was too busy sitting in the sun and missed this :mad: but my boss tells me he watched it - and the SLR rocked :devil: :bannana: It is now apparently top of the TG table :bannana: I only need £318k :p
http://www.tagheuer.com/basel2004/slr.lbl
Maybe some people's taste but it looks to me like a classic 'Monaco' thats fallen out of the ugly tree and hit all the branches on the way down :crazy:
The price - getting on for 5 figures...
I was reading Auto Express today and it seems Mercedes SLR's are becoming rarer even before there launched! It seems at the South African Press Launch one got smashed by a Golf,
But the Italians as always have to do it with more style. An Italian Motoring Hack ran into a stationary car while...
Just read this:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20031119015143625C721559&set_id=1
R4m Mercedes supercar damaged in smash on eve of launch
November 19, 2003
By Nadine Christians
Of all the cars in Cape Town to be involved in a collision with, the driver of a...
Mercedes owners mag has the SLR in
0-62 mph 3.8 secs
0-124 mph 10.6 secs :eek:
0-186 mph 28.8 secs
Puts it comfortably ahead of the CL65 13.3 secs 0-124 mph
There is also a design picture of the CLS 4 door coupe
:crazy: not my cup of tea
:crazy: :crazy:
exactly two years from the prototype...
626BHP !!!
0 to 62.5 mph in 3.8 seconds
http://www.germancarfans.com/News.cfm/NewsID/2030819.003/mercedes-benz/1.html
Blimey!