By Steven on Aug 19, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Supercars | 2 Comments
A little bit more than year ago we got the news that Mercedes-Benz and Mclaren were going to split. Some time later the end of the McLaren SLR was announced aswell. That was a lot of bad news in less than a year. Luckely it didn’t take long before we got some [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 3, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Mercedes, Spyshots, Supercars | 9 Comments
As a follow up on yesterdays McLaren SLR Speedster article, we now have pictures and video to prove that Mercedes and McLaren are working on this stripped out, limited edition SLR Speedster. The pictures were taken somewhere in the middle of Germany and show a heavily disguised and heavily chopped version of the SLR Roadster. [...]
By Lawrence on Jul 2, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Mercedes, Supercars | 0 Comments
To mark the end of the relationship between McLaren and Mercedes, a special edititon of the McLaren-Mercedes SLR will be build. The final model will be a McLaren SLR Speedster. This lightweight version will lack a roof, windscreen and windows. Instead it just has a small deflector reminding us of the Smart Crossblade. Together with [...]
By Steven on Jun 27, 2008 in Car News, McLaren, Mercedes, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments
Renntech must be the most active tuner these days. Ealier this month they presented a package for the Bentley Continental Flying Spur and for the Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series. As if this isn’t enough, they took the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 in their shop. Probably because of the lack of [...]
By Des on Apr 2, 2008 in McLaren, Mercedes, Supercars | 1 Comment
The production of SLR coupé ended quitely at the end of last year, next year also the last SLR Roadster will leave the McLaren factory. That brings us to the future models of McLaren, Autocar confirmed McLaren is getting ready to start building it’s own supercar, codenamed P11, which could be ready as early as [...]
By Des on Mar 5, 2008 in Carshows, Geneva Auto Salon 2008, McLaren, Supercars, Tuning | 0 Comments
At the Geneva Auto Show Mansory showed it’s matt gold Renovatio SLR. A full evolution of engine, exterior and interior resulted in a eye-catching teasing supercar for people that like to stand out of the crowd. Custom made intercoolers and a high performance compressor added to the Mansory Renovatio’s output of 700 hp enough for [...]