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Spied: Mercedes SLR Speedster Testing At The ‘Ring

K keshy
Posted onJul 21, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Updated onUpdated on Jul 23, 2008 at 1:55 AM

90807170051lThe SLR Speedster, hailed as the revival of the 1950s GullWing and as a modern interpretation of the 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SLR that Sir Stirling Moss drove to victory in the excruciating Mille Miglia race is expected to be officially revealed any day now.

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While we wait around for that to happen, spy photographers are providing us with teasers of what the SLR Speedster may look like. Caught here running the Nurburgring circuit in Germany, the special edition SLR 722 with its roofless design and low rising windscreen will be produced in very limited numbers, 75 to be exact.

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As a result of the SLR lacking a roof, it sheds a total of 440pounds or around 200kgs, making it the fastest of any SLRs with a top speed of 350km/h. Just in case you’re wondering how hard it pulls, it does 0-300km/h in 26 seconds!! You do the math.

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    egb18c
  • Jul 21, 2008
damn..........
that car got really long nose!
thats no slr.
thats speed racer's car!
lol.
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    munky
  • Jul 22, 2008
wow new trend of using black and white stickers to cover up the car instead of the all black colour. This is more effective in hiding the details IMO
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    Asri
  • Jul 23, 2008
I wonder what it could do to our face while speeding it up...
(remember how JC's faces when he was driving the Atom)
hehehehehhhh... :p
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    farique
  • Jul 24, 2008
JC's face goes woobly because he's and old chap with only skins left. :lol:

but I can assure that you might loose your eye lids while doing 300kmh run.
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