Slightly OT: Mercedes/McLaren SLR
TCC
07-18-2004, 05:47 PM
Does anyone know if the new SLR has started shipping to the US?
I live in the Denver area and passed one (definitely an SLR) today on I-70 headed west into the mountains. Strange thing was that although the body was silver, the driver's side door was black. It looked like it was unpainted carbon fiber, but I couldn't tell for sure in the brief moment I saw it as it passed.
There was a nice new SL following it so it might have been a test mule for more high altitude testing, but since they're in production that seems rather strange. I've encountered a couple other pre-production vehicles doing high altitude testing here, including a group of Porsche Cayennes about 9 months before production.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tom
I live in the Denver area and passed one (definitely an SLR) today on I-70 headed west into the mountains. Strange thing was that although the body was silver, the driver's side door was black. It looked like it was unpainted carbon fiber, but I couldn't tell for sure in the brief moment I saw it as it passed.
There was a nice new SL following it so it might have been a test mule for more high altitude testing, but since they're in production that seems rather strange. I've encountered a couple other pre-production vehicles doing high altitude testing here, including a group of Porsche Cayennes about 9 months before production.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Tom
FireBball972
07-18-2004, 06:19 PM
yes it has, Jay Leno received the first one a little while back
Huggybear010
09-19-2004, 03:06 PM
It has, and ues it is a test mule.
Its not strange to keep on testing well into production, improvment of parts etc
Its not strange to keep on testing well into production, improvment of parts etc
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