Such is the pace at AMG these days that in the six years since the 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss came and went, we’ve been treated to the be-gullwinged SLS AMG plus the more conventionally doored AMG GT S. In 2005, we clocked a 617-hp hardtop SLR to 60 in 3.6 seconds. This year, we saw the GT S make the same run in a mere 3.0 seconds. The new car, we might remind you, costs roughly a quarter of what the SLR commanded a decade ago—without inflation being taken into account.
- -So, yes, the Woking-built ultra-GT, while faster at the top end, was not as quick to highway speed as today’s 911-fighter. McLaren claims 3.2 to 60 for its own 911 competitor, the new 570S. But these SLRs spotted on an outing in Stuttgart aren’t your run-of-the-mill base models. They’re Stirling Moss Editions—three of just 75 built, in fact—the chopped-windscreen special Benz didn’t deign to sell in America.
- -The flight of Mosses was accompanied by a Roadster 722 S, which shares the Moss Edition’s uprated 641-horse supercharged 5.4-liter V-8. The monstrous speedsters were allegedly capable of 217 mph, allowing one to play Can-Am pretend pretty much at will. The lowly roadster only topped out at 208—which is still 19 mph higher than a GT S at Vmax. Excuse us while we march out to the driveway with a Sawzall.
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- Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
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- 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Road Test
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- Mercedes-AMG GT/GT S Full Coverage: News, Photos, Specs, Reviews, and More
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Eight years ago, we were among a motley collection of mooks in a diesel VW Sharan minivan asking asking directions at a Greek tollbooth. A trio of SLRs blew through about four gates to our right. It remains one of the most glorious noises we’ve heard this side of a racetrack. While technology has marched on and Tobias Moers’s crew at Mercedes-AMG has managed to slash the price of performance while adding beauty, there remains a singular specialness to these hybrid-manufacture beasts, and it’s heartening to see them taken out for a run when they could be languishing in climate-controlled storage.
- -from Car and Driver Blog http://ift.tt/1KBXtBD
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