⚽ Mercedes Benz Slr Mclaren 722 Edition

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I had a very near miss with a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren once. I was a whisker away from writing one off, but not, as you might imagine, by over-cooking it into a fast right-hander or experiencing a blowout at 300kph on the Autobahn. It was far less 'exciting' than either of those scenarios. Several years ago I ran an alloy wheel business, and I was just about to jack up an SLR and work some magic. The jack was poised in what seemed like a sensible place, just under the sill, when something in the back of my mind said "Stop!" And thank God it did. When I rang up the fella in McLaren's technical department to double-check what I was about to do, he told me that "if you'd have jacked it up there, mate, you'd have split the tub."A lucky escape, then, and that was reflecting on the car at 2008 prices. In today's market you need a spare quarter-of-a-mill knocking about to bag an SLR, and two-and-a-half-times that amount for this one. Why? Because it's a 722 Edition and it was made, basically, because the SLR was a bit, well, underwhelming. Sure, the original car's 208mph top speed and 0-62mph time were both fast and quick, but the SLR was seen as too lardy and too much of a cruiser. And that was by the bloke who engineered it: Gordon Murray. He's on record as saying it should have been mid-engined, naturally aspirated and about 200 to 300kg 722 was, in a limited way, the car the SLR should've been from the start. I say limited because it was lighter, but by only 44kg, with the saving coming from, among other things, lighter wheels and aluminium Koni dampers instead of the original car's Bilstein shocks with steel casings. The suspension was also stiffer and the 722 sat lower - by 10mm - and had up to 128 per cent more downforce at whole 722 twist was based on sharper responses, you see, to give it some hope against the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano - a car that was very nearly as quick yet cost half as much. Naturally, the 722 had to offer a bit more performance to go with its greater agility. So AMG rinsed its supercharged, V8 for all it was worth, pushing the output from 626 to 650hp and torque from 575 to 605lb ft. As a result, the top speed peaked at 209mph and the 722 bested the SLR's acceleration by a couple of was it called the 722? As the advert rightly points out, it was a nod to the 1955 Mille Miglia, a race was won by the late Sir Stirling Moss and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson in an original SLR racer. That car's number was 722, which denoted Moss's start time, and he completed the 992-mile race in 10 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds. His average speed over the race distance was 99mph, an incredible record that still stands 722 doesn't have that kind of racing heritage to fall back on, even if the car became the basis of the 722 GT racing car. In which case, why is this 722 so much more than a standard SLR, bearing in mind that, when new, it commanded a mere £17,000 premium? Because this UK-registered car is one of only 150 that were built. Rarity, as ever in today's crazy supercar market, is 720S | PH Used Buying Guide The best used McLaren cars to buy in 2021 The inside of the 722 edition Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren boasts luxurious Alcantara accenting on black semi-aniline leather and – as previously mentioned – just 3400 miles on the dash. This car is currently on auction at bringatrailer. com and bids are sitting at $550,000 with just a few moments left. A 2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 722 Edition, once owned by six-time NBA champion Michael Jordan, is for sale. The SLR McLaren 722 Edition honors one of Stirling Moss's wins in 1955 and has black wheels, a stiffer and lower suspension, added aero, carbon trim, and a more powerful supercharged V-8. It's listed for $695,750 by Crave Luxury Auto in Houston, Texas. Michael Jordan is widely considered the greatest basketball player of all time (we won't get into the MJ vs. LeBron debate), and the six-time NBA champion has owned some of the greatest cars as well. A handful of them were shown briefly in ESPN's The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary about the final season of Jordan's Chicago Bulls dynasty in the 1990s. One of his cars, an SLR McLaren, which wasn't shown in the series, is up for sale with just over 1000 miles. Crave Luxury Auto The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren was a joint venture between McLaren's Formula 1 team and Mercedes and was produced between 2003 and 2010. Jordan's example is a 722 Edition, a limited edition introduced in 2006 that honors the late Stirling Moss and his co-driver Denis Jenkinson's victory in a 300 SLR with the starting number 722 at the Mille Miglia in 1955. It's finished in Crystal Antimony Grey with black 19-inch wheels and has a stiffer suspension with a lower ride height plus larger front brakes and upgraded aero. There's also red "722" badging and tinted head- and taillights, and the interior features carbon-fiber and Alcantara trim. A supercharged supercharged V-8 is under the hood. In the 722 Edition, it spits out 641 horsepower and 605 pound-feet of torque, increases of 24 horsepower and 30 pound-feet over the standard SLR's supercharged eight-cylinder engine. At launch, Mercedes touted a sprint to 60 mph in the more powerful 722 Edition, though in our testing, a standard SLR clocked in at the same time and raced through the quarter-mile in seconds at 125 mph. Crave Luxury Auto An eBay auction for the car ended on January 3 without meeting the reserve; however, the selling dealer told Car and Driver that it's going live on eBay again on January 4. The asking price is currently $695,750. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at The name "SLR 722 Edition" evoked memories of the unforgettable victory achieved in 1955 by the British motor-racing legend Stirling Moss and his co-pilot Dennis Jenkinson at Mille Miglia – the classic Italian endurance race – behind the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with start number 722 (denoting the car's start time of 7.22 a.m.).

Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-AMG Click to rate this post[Total: 1 Average: 5]In 1995, the McLaren F1 Team inked the papers with Mercedes-Benz to purchase racing engines from the German carmaker for their top motorsports team. Admittedly, the results were not that spectacular in the beginning. But eventually, the team managed to win the Manufacturers’ Championship in 1998. The following year, in 1999, the German carmaker unveiled the Vision SLR concept car at the North American International Motor Show. It looked so radical that no one believed they were going to make it. Fast forward to 2003, and the German carmaker owned 40% of the McLaren Group. Nevertheless, there were few to believe that they would build a vehicle together. And yet, in the year’s autumn, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the three-pointed-star brand unveiled the supercar. It was named SLR after the original 1955 race car and was abbreviated for Sport, Leicht, and Rennsport (Sport, Light, Racing). But the 2003 car was just a teaser. It sported a supercharged engine carried over from AMG, but it wasn’t the production version. That came two years later, fitted with a powerplant that produced 626 hp (617 PS) and sent its 780 Nm (575 lb-ft) torque to the rear wheels via a five-speed automatic transmission with Touchshift control, which enabled the driver to manually change gears. But that wasn’t all! The bodywork was made with carbon-fiber-reinforced-plastic (CFRP) materials to be lighter. Moreover, it was fitted with massive carbon-fiber brakes for those times: 370 mm up front and 360 mm out back. Moreover, at the back, on the trunk lid, an adjustable wing served as an aerodynamic brake. It could have been engaged either automatically or at the touch of a button on the steering wheel. But the sales were slow. Moreover, it was a $300,000 supercar which, despite its prestigious brand, was not offered by a supercar maker. Then, to add insult to injury, in 2007, the world financial crisis hit the market, and the sales plummeted even more. Thus, in 2009, the carmaker decided to pull the plug on the SLR, but not before launching this incredible version: the SLR Stirling Moss edition. The carmaker stated at that time that this final version of the SLR was “a legitimate bearer of the name of the British motor racing legend and Mille Miglia record-holder Stirling Moss, who drove the legendary Mercedes-Benz SLR racing cars from victory to victory in 1955.” The car was based on the SLR 722 Roadster edition. It had just an inch ( cm) of a windshield in front of the driver and an even shorter one in front of the passenger. In addition, Mercedes-Benz provided the car with two pairs of leather helmets and goggles to protect the occupants’ eyes. Moreover, the styling was even more radical than on the regular SLR. This time, the carmaker asked for no more, no less, than 750,000 Euros (911,291 Euros in today’s money, or $958,679). All 75 units were produced by the end of 2009, and all were immediately sold, becoming collectibles. Under the hood, Mercedes-Benz installed the evolved version of the original engine offering 650 PS (641 hp), and it could rocket from 0 to 62 mph (0-100 kph) in 3 seconds flat. As a bonus, it could keep going up to 350 kph (217 mph). The powerplant was still mated to a five-speed automatic transmission fitted with paddle-shifters behind the steering wheel. It wasn’t the fastest production car on the planet, though. That title already belonged to the Bugatti Veyron. The story doesn’t end here. Fast forward 13 years later, and the SLR Stirling Moss edition is a hard find on auctioning sites. Yet, there were some rumors that one of them recently traded hands for million Euros in Europe, while another vehicle is waiting for a customer at a $ million price in Dubai. In 2011, one example was for sale in the for $ million. But given that they are barely popping up at auctions, their price might go above the $3 million shortly. Moreover, the cars were available in a few colors, and the four or two (the numbers were not confirmed) white ones are even more expensive today. If you can’t stretch to one of these gems, you may go for the next best thing: a regular roadster. Those may be found for around $600,000, and their price will rise as well.

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