The SLR McLaren roadster
2007 7 05 2007 Mercedes-Benz, the SLR McLaren is the flagship technology of the mark but he lacked that little something that can give life to the pilot and the passenger an adventure outdoors. The ultimate sports car comes therefore as a roadster with soft top fabric for our greatest pleasure. With much in common with Formula 1 today, it is made of carbon fiber, a material that gives the self a high degree of safety, thanks to a torsion stiffness equivalent to the cut version .
The chassis of this exceptional car is grafted a turbocharged compressed AMG V8 delivering 626 hp, for a maximum speed of 332 km / h, again equivalent to the cut. Although the roof is fully retractable, the Roadster offers incredible pleasure of driving without losing the occupants confortabilité of daily use.
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Like the coupé version, the new roadster Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren again unites the legend of the SLR, a model of 50 years to the innovative technology of modern vehicles from Formula 1's team Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes. Typical stylistic elements, such as the snout-shaped silver arrow in the formula 1, establish an immediate visual link with the cars. The legendary SLR relives 50 years in the distinctive lateral canopies, exhaust side behind the front wheels and doors wide-open. The new Roadster benefits technically from years of experience of Mercedes-Benz and his partner McLaren in Formula 1. Regardless of the two aluminum frames, its body is made entirely of plastic materials reinforced by fiber, making the vehicle an exception among the more extreme sports cars.
This has even more importance for the development of this roadster, or the complex technology of carbon fiber has been intelligently developed and pushed to its limits for the design of the monocoque chassis. The result is a very low weight, extremely high security for the occupants with a degree of rigidity equivalent to the model cut. Discussed in this stylistic elements of the car. Its retractable roof is available in three different colors and is guaranteed not only for everyday use and in all weathers, but also gives the SLR features that are exceptionally unusual in a roadster. For example, the maximum speed is still set at 332 km / h, the same as in the cut. The conversation is still possible to over 200 km / h without the canvas is tearing or pulling to finish wrapped around a security fence of a German motorway. The roof opens and closes semi-automatically in less than ten seconds. Indeed, to open, it releases the frame under the windscreen, after which it folds away electrically. Since aluminum cover is integrated into its front section, the roof closes in an elegant way.
Designed from every angle in the wind tunnel, the Roadster has been optimized for high speeds in both the acoustic and aerodynamic. It uses the same aerodynamic concept already known from the coupé version, featuring an air hood and integrated into a diffuser under the rear for PARECHOC stability essential. To stop the mass, carbon-ceramic discs are required, and thus sets the levels of extreme braking.
With 626 hp and a maximum torque of 780 nanometers, the compressed AMG engine, which is coupled to an automatic five-speed AMG SpeedShift R, allowing the roadster to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 3.8 seconds. The specifications also include air bags in front, to the knees, on the sides, as well as seat belts three points and a system for monitoring tire pressure. Standard equipment includes leather seats, semi covered with carbon fiber that can be individually adapted to the driver and front passenger with various toppings. For those who do not want to roll heaven discovered, air conditioning with automatic management of the catchment area passenger or driver is proposed. A system of high quality audio is present and signed BOSE. The speed of change may be driving through the palette.
The new roadster Mercedes-Benz SLR, like the coupé, is produced at the factory Formula 1 McLaren in Woking, England, according to strict criteria of quality Mercedes-Benz and will be available from September 2007 and reserved those who have the means to pay the 680 for around 000 euro price.
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