Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are adding a new car to the SLR supercar range, and are calling it the SLR Stirling Moss. There is neither roof nor windscreen to separate the driver and passenger from the outside world. The new SLR Stirling Moss is characterised by sophisticated technology and design which reinterprets the SLR legend.
The SLR Stirling Moss's V8 supercharged engine generates 650bhp and goes from a standstill to 100kph in less than 3.5 seconds, and has a top speed of 350kph. This concept makes the new sports car a legitimate bearer of the name of the British motor racing legend and Mille Miglia record-holder Stirling Moss, who drove Mercedes-Benz SLR racing cars from victory to victory in 1955.
The exclusive SLR Stirling Moss rounds off the current SLR family and is limited to 75 units. It is priced at 750,000 Euros. The SLR Roadster will cease production at the end of May 2009 as planned, and production of the SLR Stirling Moss will commence in June 2009.
Stirling Moss was probably one of the unluckiest drivers in the history of Formula 1. For four consecutive years he finished second in the championship. The first three years, the legendary Fangio won the championship and in the last year when Stirling was the favorite for the title, Mike Hawthorn, another British driver, won the championship in the last race of the season.
