Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but you’ve got to wonder just how many people would describe the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 999 Red Gold Dream as anything other than an abomination.

Swiss designer Ueli Anliker is the man behind this intriguing creation and claims to have spent more than 30,000 man hours on [...]

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Call us crazy, but we don’t see anything wrong with the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren. Yeah, it’s getting a bit long in the tooth these days, but with 460kW, 780Nm and a 0-100 sprint time of just 3.6 seconds you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who thinks the SLR could do with a bit of [...]

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The big unveiling for Mercedes-Benz in Detroit this year was of course the new E-Class, but the German manufacturer was far from being a one-hit-wonder. Although poles apart, M-B also came to Motown with its electric BlueZERO concept and the mighty SLR Stirling Moss.

BlueZERO concept

The production-ready BlueZERO concept, is a modular concept that facilitates three [...]

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Hamann Motorsport has never been satisfied with a factory ride - Hamann’s latest creation, the Volcano, proves that not even the Mercedes-Benz SLR is above improvement. The delectable SLR, itself a force to be reckoned with, provides the platform for the Hamann Volcano supercar which is capable of explosive acceleration and truly epic speeds thanks [...]

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If you’re one of the privileged few lucky enough to be rolling around in a Mercedes SLR McLaren Roadster, it’s doubtful the thought, “Is this car powerful enough?” has ever entered your mind.

With 467kW bellowing from its 5.4-litre supercharged V8, the SLR Roadster is far from being just a pose-mobile for vapid, image-obsessed heiresses. And [...]

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Slovenian website Avtomanija has weighed in on the juicy topic of McLaren’s much-rumoured successor to the indomitable F1 with these renderings of what it says represents the new F2/F12/P12.

There’s a little bit of Lotus Evora and Porsche Carrera GT in the design as well as a tinge of Aston in those wide rear arches, [...]

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While AMG prepare Mercedes’ next generation of supercar, the SLC, McLaren have been busying themselves with one last version of the SLR before they quietly part company with Mercedes-Benz. The topless SLR Speedster is to be the SLR’s swansong, for once all 75 cars are built the baton will be passed onto the AMG-developed SLC [...]

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Jay is back. A few weeks ago we saw Jay’s review of the R35 GT-R, this time around it’s the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR that’s in the spotlight; and Jay likes it.

Oft maligned the super expensive SLR has proven to be less than a hit with the punters and has been the catalyst for Mercedes-Benz [...]

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CAR Online claims to have the scoop on the rumoured development of a new gullwinged Mercedes super-coupe that will take the place of the Mercedes-McLaren SLR (above) as the top-of-the-range performance flagship.

Codenamed the C197 and previously referred to as the SLC, the gullwinged coupe is expected to debut at the 2010 Geneva Motorshow where it’s [...]

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More fun in the form of a lightweight, mid-engined sports car is reported to be on the way and Colin Chapman himself would approve of this new-comer and the very ‘Lotus-like’ philosophy behind it. The chap behind this new sports car is Jim Dowle, former McLaren car designer.

Dowle certainly has the credentials to design and [...]

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Okay, some of you may think that the average SUV is a little obnoxious, a tad unnecessary and we all agree that they are hard to see around in traffic…but forget all of that for a moment and feast your eyes on what is one very sexy looking off-roader. Not since the insane Lamborghini V12 [...]

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Merry Christmas folks! The Motor Report will be quiet for the next couple of days but the news will resume on the 27th of December. TMR has survived its first eight months and the road ahead looks promising, so a new theme to take us into the New Year was in order. That sinister looking [...]

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