Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren

Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren - Standard Schmandard
After looking at the GT 722 version of this car last post I thought I would re-look at the original car. I mean look at the photo - its stood next to one huge great lump of rock, very mercedes - but also very 'vulture corpse' I mean look at it. If I sat 1000 English designers down and said to each of them design me a fast car - not one would look anything like this. The only way I could get a drawing of similar brute ugliness out of them is if I had gathered them together and then said 'draw me a dead vulture.'
You can see from the specs though that the GT car is essentially this car....lol

• Engine: AMG 90º V 8
• Compression Ratio: 8.8:1
• Torque: 780 Nm / 575 ft lbs @ 3250 rpm
• BHP per Litre: 115 bhp / litre
• Power to weight ratio: 0.35 bhp / kg
• Top Speed: 334 km/h / 208 mph....or not
  

Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren '722' GT - to GT or not GT

Now I dare anyone to take a look at this merc slr and not want one. Fair enough as a street car it does look vulgar like some sort of bird corpse with nitro selotaped on but I always prefer the GT versions - they hunker them down to the road, making them lower, adding spoilers and race vinyl. This SLR looks so much better as a gt car :D

• Engine: AMG 90º V 8
• Compression Ratio: 8.8:1
• Power: 680 bhp / 507 KW @ 6500 rpm (thought this was more because it was a 722 but?)
• Torque: 830 Nm / 612 ft lbs @ 3250 rpm :0
• BHP per litre: 125 bhp / litre
• Power to weight ratio: 0.49 bhp / kg
• Top Speed 196mph!!