The New 2014 McLaren SLR by Mercedes

To join the elite club of SLR owners, there is now another alternative. In addition to the coupe and now out of print limited edition 722 recruits from the autumn , the Mercedes -Benz SLR McLaren Roadster for the favor potent customers - at a price of EUR 493 850 . Exclusive , and especially powerful, it can hardly draw a vertex .

With an output of 626 hp, a maximum torque of 780 Newton meters and a possible top speed of 332 km / h Mercedes -Benz SLR McLaren Roadster brings the issue convertible feeling in an entirely new light. Brachial and faster it goes into a full-fledged Roadster is hardly the point.

Here, the open SLR treads the technically almost identical path as the program continues in constant coupe. Because in the context of the massive 5.5 - liter supercharged engine has also done little as the suspension tuning . The latter is the soft top version equally well to face as the closed version : crisp, firm, but not rude .

The fact that under the hood is a mile long power supply in abundance presents , already makes the first hearing impression clear. Massive bollernd logs the supercharged eight- cylinder to speak. Beastly snarling and martial wummernd smash the nearly exiting behind the front axle tailpipes , the exhaust gases to the outside. And as an additional accompaniment agrees with the compressor in a high-frequency tone with .

So acoustically appealing the vicinity of the crew may be the rear silencers also - with recessed roof and lowered side windows wafting in the state of an associated heat slug into the cockpit.

The open is a real SLR Roadster

So go quickly , always more fun than standing . Especially since the open SLR Roadster is more than initially suspected. Although the roof line runs close to the two -member crew are , but still a pretty good breeze combing through the hairline.

To make the Roadster bestowed a similar as possible convincing stiffness as the coupe , the structure of the carbon fiber chassis at critical points instead of two was now processed in three layers . In addition, the carbon -A -pillars are reinforced with solid steel pipes.

Last but not least , to ensure the highest possible safety even in a possible rollover. By reinforcing measures saddling it the SLR Roadster additional 57 kg , which brings him to EC standard at a relatively high weight of 1825 kg . But "high " is relative when McLaren SLR Roadster - which ultimately probably also applies to the price.