I am a bit sick of special edition SLRs really, there seems to be an endless streak of special editions lately. We all know that the SLR is about to phased out and the upcoming speedster is the last of the SLRs, but all the special edition models seems as if the SLR is one model that just refuses to die, something like a villain in a James Bond movie who gets shot by an entire army regiment, blown-up, torched, nuked and still comes back to stab Bond with a tooth-pick, only to be shot in the head, great.

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Renderings can sometimes be misleading if done by unreliable sources, some may be good but end up being worlds apart from the real thing. Lesson? Don’t trust renderings unless they are credible! These renderings are from a Slovenian website called ‘Avtomanija’ (AutoManiac anybody?) who published these photos of what could be the prototype version of the upcoming Mclaren F2 supercar scheduled to debut sometime in 2010. Read more

We have heard this many times before and yet the rumours continue but the partnership between Mclaren and Mercedes has remained just that, a partnership. German auto giants, Mercedes who currently own 40% equity in Mclaren, have continuously downplayed the suggestion that they were to make a move to buy out Mclaren after 12 years of collaboration but things may take a turn in the next few months or maybe even years. Read more

The 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. Read more

An expensive car buys you safety and not driving skills. The 22-year old driving this Mercedes Mclaren SLR apparently learnt that lesson with his life.

This terrible accident occured sometime early Wednesday morning Qatar time. No in-depth information is available but its confirmed that the driver didnt make it. Read more

Customized Rolls-Royce? One and only in the world? Is there such a thing? Well, maybe in James Bond movies there is.

These incredible pictures show a USD1,000,000 one-off customized Rolls-Royce which is based on a 1995 Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit MKIV, is rumoured to belong to the Sultan of Brunei’s family. Read more

How did Mclaren ever come to obtain crucial Ferrari data, said to be enough to build your own F1 car? Did you know that Ferrari was running illegal parts on its cars when  it won the Australian Grand Prix last year? Why didn’t Toyota face similar charges when it too was guilty of possessing Ferrari data? Read more

As the production of the Mclaren SLR ends next year, the collaboration between Mercedes and Mclaren will also come to a close as each company moves on to create their own successor. Read more

All good things have to come to an end, thats the universal law of nature and even big, mega rich companies like Mercedes are also subjected to this law and just how we all lusted over the SLR back when it was just a concept, now before you know it, it will be no more, relegated to the past tense. Read more