This car is so rare, most people have only seen in pictures, only 75 of them were ever built and one has recently been auctioned through an online auction with less than 5300 miles on board.
One out of 75 of these jewels, the Mercedes SLR McLaren Stirling Moss was recently auctioned online by the specialists from RM Sotheby’s. Manufactured more than a decade before in December 2009, the car came with 3 owners and no more than 5279 miles on board.
Under the hood it packs a V-8 5.4 liter petrol engine with a mechanical compressor that deliver to the rear wheels about 641 horsepower and a top speed of 217 mph.
If not already seen, the exclusivity about this car is the fact that it is missing the windshield and the roof.
The car has been valued between 1.9 and 2.2 million euros and comes with the AMG SPEEDSHIFT R five-speed automatic transmission with three manual modes. To be more durable they chose to use their classic five-speed transmision rather than the seven-speed automatic which used more materials and was more complex to make.
Some may not recall the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss, but some will never forget it. Consider that when it launched in 2009, McLaren was still two whole years from reinvigorating its own unique line of performance cars that began with the MP4-12C and the current crop oh hybrid supercars were still in their R&D infancies.
Then there was the price tag: at $1 million, the car was destined to remain an automotive pipe dream for the majority of its fans. Your odds of even seeing one in the sheetmetal, let alone putting one in your garage or just getting behind the wheel, were not favorable.
Then consider that Mercedes produced just 75 examples of the SLR McLaren Stirling Moss and none of them were legal for sale in the U.S., what with their diminutive plexiglass windscreens and ostentatious, retro-inspired styling.
Of course, these cars still aren’t legal for sale or registration in the U.S., but we’re guessing would-be owners are already clearing some space in their garage in St. Tropez, Monaco, or Lake Como, where the coming summer weather should inspire plenty of driving time.
The retro aspect and unsafe environment of driving has made it be totally illegal in the US either to buy or to drive but in other words the car is a legend and will only rise in price from now on.
