Super Car : Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren

The Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren is an Anglo-German supercar jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive, built in Portsmouth and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. The moment that Mercedes-Benz owns 40 percent of the McLaren Group.

The presence of the automatic transmission, for mid-engine preparation and handling, some commentators classify the SLR McLaren as a GT competitors vehicles like the Aston Martin DBS V12 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
SLR stands for “Sport, Leicht, Rennsport” (sport, light, racing). Mercedes-Benz SLR 3500 stated that they build in a period of seven years, with an annual production of 500 cars. The car’s base price GB £ 295.337 (approx. U.S. $ 450,000 or € 351.269 c. 2009), made the ninth expensive street legal car in the year 2008.

The Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren was inspired by the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR of 1955, based on the W196 F1 car, yet named after the road-going 300SL Gullwing. On April 4, 2008, Mercedes announced it would discontinue production of the SLR. The last of the coupes rolled off the production line at the end of 2007 and the roadster version was put stops in early 2009.

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Custom Mercedes Benz : Mercedes Benz CLK 63 AMG

The new Mercedes CLK 63 AMG Black Series is based on the Official F1 Safety Car, the Custom Mercedes Benz AMG high-performance vehicle that has been providing Formula One safety since 2006. The coupe, optimized for the circuit is increased by an AMG 6.3-liter V8 powered with its power to 500 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque.

Top-rank handling is the sophisticated AMG threaded suspension with 19-inch AMG forged wheels, new steering and the generously dimensioned AMG high-performance braking system backed up with composite discs. Even the look of the CLK 63 AMG Black Series clearly shows its descent from the Official F1 Safety Car: its striking front apron with large cooling vents, flared wheel arches, diffuser-type rear apron and carbon spoiler lip, show all the sports car pedigree.

The new CLK 63 AMG Black Series is technically Custom Mercedes Benz oriented and visually on the Official F1 Safety Car and thus addresses all sports car enthusiasts who value high competitiveness. An output upgraded by 25 bhp accelerates the CLK 63 AMG Black Series from zero to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and a few tenths of a second faster than the standard model with 475 hp. The top speed is electronically to 186 mph (300 kph) limit.

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Classic Dream Car : Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing

The Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster. It was the fastest production car of its time.

Built by Daimler-Benz AG and numbered internally W198 the injection version was from the road to (somewhat loosely) on a very successful company competition-only sports car of 1952, the slightly less powerful carbureted Mercedes-Benz 300SL (W194).

The road model was suggested by Max Hoffman. Designed for customers in the booming U.S. market post-war period in 1954 New York Auto Show was presented, in contrast to earlier models that was introduced at the Frankfurt or Geneva shows. The Mercedes-Benz fashion, the “300″ on the three-liter engine displacement. The “SL” stand for “Sport Light” (Light Sport).

The Mercedes Benz 300SL was best for both its distinctive gullwing doors and the first gasoline-powered cars are known, equipped with gasoline direct injection into the combustion chamber. The Gull Wing version is available from March 1955-1957. The production of the roadster in 1963 ended with the introduction of the 230SL.

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Sports Car : Porsche Panamera

The Porsche Panamera (type number 970) is a four-door, four seater luxury sedan, launched 2009th It is front engine rear wheel drive with a four-wheel version also available. Although a sedan, several sources described as a sedan or a limousine.

The Panamera’s name is derived, such as the Porsche Carrera line, from the race Carrera Panamericana. Earlier prototypes and concepts of the four-door sedan, like the 1991 Porsche 989 prototype, the prototype four-door 911 is based, and built the C88 concept (a small saloon car in Germany and sold in China), was never produced taken.
The Panamera is generally considered the long-awaited fruit of the Porsche 989 concept developed in the late 1980s, some argue that it also presents as a successor to the two-door 928, but you can plan for a new 928 and on.

The Porsche Panamera Panamera S and as a direct competitor in the full-size luxury sedan like the BMW 7-Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class sold. The high performance Panamera Turbo competes in the ultra-luxury segment, in addition to the “exotic” as the Bentley Continental Flying Spur, Aston Martin Rapide, Maserati Quattroporte and. Similar cars include the BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo Panamera and the Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class.

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Super Car : Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3

The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 is designed to be a modern 300SL Gullwing revival. The car has a long bonnet, the passenger compartment is close to the rear axle and the rear of the car is short. The SLS AMG will also adapt the feature of wing doors that will swing open upwards on gas struts, not in a mix of upwards and forward like the SLR. The doors must be closed manually as AMG engineers decided against auto-closing systems because the systems would have added 90 pounds (41 kg) to the car. In case of a roll-over, the doors can be fully detached to allow the occupants to leave the vehicle.

The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG GT3 has an engine of 6.3 liters. The materials used for the construction of this unit are all light weight and of the highest quality. Because of this, the car accelerates with ease as it reaches a top speed of 186 miles per hour. The brakes, suspensions, and aerodynamics went through a series of modifications in order to achieve the best performance.

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Convertible Sports Cars : Porsche 911 Turbo 2010

The Porsche 911 Turbo (pronounced as Nine Eleven, German: Nine Eleven) is a luxury two-door sports car from Porsche AG, Stuttgart, Germany. It has a striking design, rear engine and independent rear suspension, a development of the crank shaft on the Porsche 356, the engine had cooled and the air-up to the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998. Since its introduction in autumn 1963, has undergone continuous development. The basic concept has remained little changed from its development.

During his lifetime, the 911 has been changed by private teams and the factory itself, for racing, rally and other automotive competition. One of the most successful racing car of all time. In the middle of the year 1970, atmospheric 911 Carrera RSR has won major world championship sports car races like the Targa Florio, Daytona, Sebring and the Nürburgring, even against prototypes. The 911-935 also derived Turbo the coveted 24 Hours of Le Mans win in 1979.

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The Audi R8 Super Car

Audi R8 has made a spectacular debut at the Mondial de l’ Automobile in Paris in 2006. The super ultra-high performance Audi R8 combines the best tradition of classic sports cars buildings futuristic, suspension and technology transfer supported by the reassertion of power system Four-wheel drive. Longitudinally mounted behind the cab of his relatively light 1560 kg of aluminum-bodied sports car Audi V8 is a powerful engine.

Freewheeling limit of 8,250 rpm, the Audi R8 can operate at 62 km / h in a matter of 4. 6 seconds and can reach a top speed of 187 mph, which is extraordinary for a continuous path of Audi. fans of sports cars can choose a transmission six-speed transmission transmits torque to drive four-wheel racing as inspired “R tronic” sequential gearbox with paddle joysticks and control using cable technology, probably change appeal to driving purists, as they provide an unparalleled gears rapid change.

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Super Cars : Porsche Carrera GT 2010

The Porsche Carrera GT (Project Code 980) is a mid-engine sports car from Porsche in Leipzig, Made in Germany.

The development of the Porsche Carrera GT can return back to their predecessors, the 911 GT1 and LMP1-98 racing cars. Due in part to the FIA and ACO rule changes in 1998, both designs had ended. Porsche had planned at the time on a new Le Mans prototype in 1999. The car was originally to use a turbo flat-6, but was later revised to use a new V10 engine, pushing the project back to the planned completion in 2000. The V10 was a unit secretly built by Porsche for the Footwork Formula One team in 1992 but later shelved. The engine was developed for the Le Mans prototype and increased in size risen 5.7 liters.

Unfortunately, the project was done in two days of testing for the first car in mid-1999, due primarily to do the Porsche Cayenne SUV with involvement from Volkswagen and Audi build and require engineering skills are thus pulled from the motorsports division. It was also speculated that VW-Audi chairman Ferdinand Piech Audi’s new Le Mans Prototype, the Audi R8 is not the competition from Porsche in 2004 was given.

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