Behold what could very possibly be the world's quickest Mercedes-Benz. The good people at Renntech managed to get their hands on a Mercedes-Benz SLR, and quickly set to nudging the power to obscene levels. According to DragTimes.com, the vehicle boasts 160 horsepower over stock form, which puts the final output in the neighborhood of 680 ponies at the rear wheels. Throw in a set of Hoosier drag slicks and you have a vehicle capable of dashing to 60 in a scant 2.2 seconds. That's plenty quick, and the vehicle doesn't give anything up as it heads toward the quarter mile. In the video ... Read More

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McLaren brings back the SLR for a limited-edition swan song 1291660140

It's been a year since the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was discontinued. 2,000 examples of five different variants of the extravagant supercar were made over the course of five years of production. And in its wake, Mercedes-Benz and McLaren have gone their separate ways, both on the track and off. Both have been keeping plenty busy since the divorce, but ...
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SLR Stirling Moss won't be offered in North America (w/VIDEO) 1230316380

With the exhibitors' roster for the upcoming 2009 Detroit Auto Show dwindling, you'd think that any cars being unveiled there might actually, you know, be available in North America. But according to reports, you'd be wrong. Mercedes-Benz is anticipated to unveil the million-dollar Stirling Moss edition SLR McLaren, but sources indicate that the ...
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Geneva 2008: Mansory displays a few supercar transformations 1204736280

Click above for high-res galleryOK, we've seen some of their previous work so we probably shouldn't have expected much more this time around, but when we heard that Mansory had gotten its hands on an SLR and a Ferrari 599 GTB, we certainly hoped that it would figure out a way to enhance their gotta-have-it quotients. Alas, our prayers went unanswered. Done ...
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VIDEO: 2006 Paris Motor Show Booth Tour - DaimlerChrysler 1160746500

We've finally made it to our third video in our five-part series of booth tours from the 2006 Paris Motor Show. As I've said before, we're cutting on our teeth on this video stuff with the footage we gathered at the Paris show, and today's video brings you the both of DaimlerChrysler, specifically Dodge and Mercedes-Benz. From the Dodge booth we, of course, ...