All Mercedes, including the SLR. Are cars for retirement, even the AMG one are only fast in straight line, but the secret is being fast in corners, and funny to drive. Take the SL55AMG. it has 500bhp from a supercharged V8, it's a coupè that can be turned in 30 second in a spider. It's sporty? NO! It has an automatic gearbox, it weights 2 tons, it doesn't have a limited slip differential...
The SLR is only a more powerful GT, more powerful than the Vanquish and the 575, but still a GT, with his auto gearbox and all that weight... not even near to the performances of the Enzo, the Carrera GT, the Zonda or the Koenigsegg. And don't forget that Koenigsegg and Pagani come from nothing
I HATE MERCEDES