.A Mercedes has always been a status symbol, associated with wealth, power and a sense of class. The
SLR McLaren is the flagship of the Mercedes line of cars. Mercedes-Benz has gone on record stating that they would limit the production to 3500 SLRs over a span of 7 years. The idea is to keep a level annual production of 500 cars. I understand that qualifies as a "limited- Production auto, but with the car's base price at $495,000, and the realization that we are in a World-Wide recession, that seems like a sufficient quality.
The more a car weighs, the greater the power needed to move the auto forward. The idea is to join a powerful engine with a lightweight body, to ubtain the greatest BHP to Weight ratio. The SLR uses carbon fibre for its entire body construction in an attempt to keep the weight to 3,898lbs.
With 600 + Horse-power, the SLR has proven can achieve a 0-100 km/h (62 mph) under the claimed 3.7 seconds and climb to a top speed of 334 km/h (208 mph). If fact Car and Driver achieved a quarter-mile time of 11.6 seconds.
I think most people would find the half a million dollar SLR qualified as a "Status-Symbol" with-out any customizing; but what do you do if you need to turn the status control up to eleven?
Build the car out of White Gold
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This Mercedes Benz,SLR is owned by an Abu Dhabi oil billionaire.
Featuring the newly developed V10 quad turbo with
1,600 horsepower and 2800nm of torque, it does
0-100km/h (62.1mph) in less than 2 secs, or 1/4 mile
in 6.89 secs, running on
biofuel.
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One could ask why an Oil Sheik is searching for alternative fuels, You could also use this car as an example proving that cars, yes even "Fast Cars" can run on just fine without the use of gasoline.
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Just like in the Wild-West there was always a man with a "Faster-draw", well I guess there is alway some nut willing to spend more money on a car.
