Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster

[Zot09]

Originally Posted by HeilSvenska I expect this to be the next ''rappers car'' starring in all the rap vids etc etc Not even DB9s or F430s are safe from that fate. Any car over $100K is vulnerable.

Too bad, the SLR is already a rappers car...I was watching MTV yesterday, and Diddy is using a SLR in his new video... :roll:

Justin Timberlake has a CGT in his video...

[TopGearNL]

/\/\ I always hate that :x

[blue8]

Spyshots from Car and Driver:


In 1999, Mercedes-Benz teased us with not one, but two mouth-watering “Vision SLR” supercar concepts. One had a roof, the other was a convertible. The Vision SLR coupe eventually became the stupidly fast and stratospherically priced SLR McLaren coupe, which Mercedes-Benz builds with racing partner McLaren Cars. Now, a full four years into its product cycle, Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are finally giving their SLR coupe a droptop playmate, to be called the SLR McLaren Roadster.

Spied in the Canary Islands on a photo shoot, this prototype of the top-secret roadster will spawn one of only a handful of droptops ever to break the 200-mph barrier, and perhaps the fastest open-topped automobile ever sold in this country by a major manufacturer when it appears on our shores next year as a 2009 model.

Clear from these not-so-clear photos is that the SLR Roadster appears pretty much identical to the current SLR McLaren coupe in terms its long-nose proportions and front and rear styling. Also a given are a carbon fiber monocoque chassis and carbon fiber body panels, just like the hardtop. A fabric top, as opposed to a folding hard top, will be fitted in the interest of cost savings.

Less clear, however, is whether the scissor-fly doors from the coupe will appear on the roadster. Certainly, conventional front-hinged doors would be somewhat of a disappointment after the cool butterfly doors on the coupe. Don’t get us wrong, however, they would hardly prompt any one of us to kick it out of our garage.

Expect little or no diminution of performance from the 617-hp, 575 lb-ft supercharged 5.4-liter V-8 that powers the SLR hardtop, which can accelerate to 60 mph in just 3.6 seconds and touch a claimed 207 mph when given enough asphalt. We would be surprised, however, if the roadster is offered in the intensified 641-hp “722” guise like the coupe. It would be fitting, however, considering that the original #722, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR racer that Stirling Moss drove to victory in the Mille Miglia three consecutive years, was actually a roadster.

Pricing will likely be about 10-percent higher than the $455,750 SLR coupe, so don’t expect much change back from your half-mill bill.

[TopGearNL]

As said, probably will see it in the rapper videos soon :roll:

[stmoritzer]

probabely to be presented in Frankfurt

[stmoritzer]

^
one model after the other, first the coupe, then the "722" and now the Cabrio, a lot of "premieres"
and I agree with you about the CLKDTMAMGMBXYZCabrio

the SLR Convertible is a must, PHilton and Co. will order them right away

[ae86_16v]

Looks like it is Official now:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/05/04/o...aren-roadster/

[ferrarif1fan89]

i prefer it as a soft top, looks classier, and it should lower the center of gravity.

[yg60m]

The new toy to have for Monaco But I like it, especially the blue car

[blue8]

Looks awesome! I'm glad they retained the gullwing doors
High-res pics
http://www.netcarshow.com/mercedes-b...aren_roadster/

[Shinigami]

I'm always excited to see a new convertible because I'm a big fan of them.

Looks quite nice IMO, I always liked the nose on the SLR and the fact that they kept the doors is cool.

It's a shame it's not a hardtop like the SL/SLK. Having driven my SLK(s) in hard rain, thunder, snow and the like versus MX5's, S2000's and Z4's, I have to say a hardtop does give that extra little something in the name of comfort that makes a car more GT then Sports car, but that's fine with me since MB is a marque which caters more for the tourer/chilled out driver then the otherwise more sporty soft top roadsters from other marques.

Still, I wouldn't mind having one

[chest3r]

I think it looks very good

If it would have an hard top convertible it would probably needed to be longer and would be even heavier

[HeilSvenska]

Looks good indeed, but I'll want to shoot one if they make a 722 version of it.

And is it going to be available in any color other than silver and blue? I doubt it for some reason.

[Shinigami]

Originally Posted by chest3r I think it looks very good If it would have an hard top convertible it would probably needed to be longer and would be even heavier

The SLK is not very long, it fits the roof just fine, and the profile in some parts is a little similar *shrug*

But who knows why they decided to go with cloth...

[HeilSvenska]

Originally Posted by Shinigami Originally Posted by chest3r I think it looks very good If it would have an hard top convertible it would probably needed to be longer and would be even heavier The SLK is not very long, it fits the roof just fine, and the profile in some parts is a little similar *shrug* But who knows why they decided to go with cloth...

Time, money, laziness...