A friend recently invited me to the Morgan Stanley Mercedes Day at the Tracks. Mercedes supplied $5M worth of cars totaling 15,000 hp. The star car is their $450,000 SLR McLaren which was beast on the race track (0-60 in about 3.5 secs)...photo of yours truly in the drivers seat. I asked how many they were making of the "limited" release. Given the price tag, I would have assumed a couple hundred cars.
They are making 7,000. That's right. They are planning on selling 7,000 $450,000 cars. Granted, it is an amazing car with the reintroduction of the classic Gullwing doors. And the Bubble inflates a little more...
Unbelievable. Gorgeous vehicle - loving it! I wish I got the opportunity to sit my fanny in such a car! ;) Nice post!
Posted by: Miss Used Car Los Angeles | November 02, 2006 at 10:48 PM
I feel sorry for the professional driver they put in the car with me on the track. The acceleration was so amazing that you want to just keep your foot on the accelerator. Coming out of straight aways, he would be yelling, "Brake, brake for god's sake, there's a turn ahead". I think they are still trying to remove his finger prints from the dashboard...
Posted by: mbmccall | November 03, 2006 at 12:44 PM