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Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
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Overview
Manufacturer McLaren Automotive
Production 2003–2010
Assembly Woking, Surrey, England
Designer Gorden Wagener (1998)
Body and chassis
Class Grand tourer (S)
Body style 2-door coupé
2-door roadster
Layout FMR layout
Doors 2
Powertrain
Engine 5.4 L supercharged M155 SLR V8
Transmission 5 speed automatic
Dimensions
Wheelbase 2,700 mm (110 in)
Length 4,656 mm (183.3 in)
Width 1,908.5 mm (75.14 in)
Height 1,261 mm (49.6 in)
2006–08: 1,252 mm (49.3 in)
Curb weight

1,743–1,768 kg (3,843–3,898 lb)

1,791.5 kg (3,950 lb) (SLR Roadster)
Chronology
Successor Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
McLaren 12C

1,743–1,768 kg (3,843–3,898 lb)

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is a grand tourer car jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive, built in Portsmouth and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England and sold from 2003 to 2010. When it was developed, German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz owned 40 percent of the McLaren Group. SLR stands for "Sport Leicht Rennsport" (Sport Light Racing), homage to the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR which served as the McLaren's inspiration. Both coupé and roadster versions were offered.

The SLR McLaren was succeeded by the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

At the 1999 North American International Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz presented their Vision SLR concept, inspired both by the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé of 1955, which was a modified Mercedes-Benz W196S race car, and the design of closed-wheel Formula One cars, a field in which Mercedes had prior experience, providing engines for McLaren bodies. The car was presented as "Tomorrow Silver Arrow" in a clear reference to the Silver Arrows of the golden age of Mercedes in competition during the fifties. Later that year, during the Frankfurt Motorshow it was presented the roadster version. The concept car was presented with an AMG 5.5 litre V8 engine supercharged with a mechanical compressor able to deliver 557 HP and 720 Nm at 4,000 rpm, mated with a 5-speed automatic gearbox with Touchshift control.

Wanting to bring the concept to production, Mercedes joined with their Formula One partner, McLaren, thus creating the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. The final production model was presented on 17 November 2003 featuring some minor design adjustments respect the initial design, like a more complex vents in both sides, a redesign of the front part, with the three pointed star plunged in the nose and red tinted rear lights sets.


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