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industrial engineering 2011
The SLR Stirling Moss could be the last supercar collaboration between McLaren and Mercedes.
SLR Stirling Moss
Cars that cause real excitement are rare. The variety in modern car manufacturing means a machine needs to be special to get noticed, and outstanding to become adored. But when you’re driving the SLR Stirling Moss, heads turn. Even around Saint-Tropez, where supercars are as common as sun tans, people point and stare at this mechanical marvel.
This model is inspired by the car in which British racer Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia, the 1,500-kilometre Italian road race, in 1955. In winning, he set the record time, with ten hours, seven minutes and 48 seconds. Just 75 cars will be produced, and to accentuate the model’s links to the racing of a bygone age, each one will do without a roof, side windows and windscreen.
However, before ordering one, you should realise that all this power comes at a price. A price of some €900,000, to be precise. Current SLR owners, however, were permitted a sneak preview, and have been involved in the development of this new toy, evaluating its design since 2008, then excitedly taking the first road tests. As a result, many of the 75 new cars have already found their buyers. The rest of us can just watch and wonder.
Source: http://holland-herald.com/2010/03/ultimate-drive/
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