There's a lot of buzz around the web about the new Mercedes McLaren SLR Speedster. While some may not consider the model photochop-worthy (it's just another version of the lame duck SLR), fans of the brands have shown a real interest in the open-cockpit vehicle. I rendered this chop after analyzing the photos of the camouflaged test vehicles. The image shows dual front lights (same as the rest of the SLR family); the other lamps present on the test cars are there only to confuse onlookers. The side line with strong shoulders and arched rear fenders are completely new to this car. It will definitely feature two wind deflectors to add some aerodynamic comfort. Other details– like the shape of the doors and the front spoiler– can also be divined through the test car camouflage. We'll have to wait and see if it'll become a collectible item for those who remember the days of Stirling Moss, or just so 'mo bling-bling for those who listen to themselves on the hip-hop station.
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It’s going to be one of the best cars the world has ever seen imho.
I love motorcycles and all, but when im in a car, I expect it to have a windshield, but I agree with the above, it’s gonna be a GREAT car!
No offense to your handiwork Andrei, especially since you based this on spyshots, but this car is fericiously ugly.
Ryan Knuckles +1
Why is the plate on the ground, no place to put it on the gaping hole of a front end. Doesn’t the government have regulations on windsheilds?
Sounds like fun a really fast car with zero wind protection so that first bettle to hit you in the head a high speed knocks you out. Getting hit by bugs at 70-80 mph hurts even with my helmet on, with it off is just plain suicide. And bugs are soft and squishy, rocks will be lethal.
Nice car and all, but I think I’d feel like I was driving a pancake.
@Redbarchetta
Yeah, I couldn’t actually find room for a license plate on that front end.
Useful or not, 75 of these SLRs are going to happen. The ones that will get to own them probably can afford a bug-free track :)
So it’s a Solstice with Corvette fender vents and a Celica front end, sans windshield ?.
I’m a fan of the enlarged side vent. Makes it look a lot lighter than it really is.
Also, anybody making comments about the absence of a windshield is missing the point of this car.
slmngolf The point being it’s a garage queen or a salute to the race cars of the 20′s. Paris might not like her hair becoming a birds nest while she drives to get a latte.
Andrei is this one flip flop friendly.
I think it looks good, and not ugly at all (neither fericiously nor ferociously so). It is obviously going to be a collector car, and if it sees ultraviolet light it will be at Pebble Beach or the like.
Maybe one of these will be lucky enough to trundle around the city once in a while. But I bet half of them end up in climate controlled garages in the United Arab Emirates.
It seems extremely unlikely that they will actually produce a passenger car (even a halo vehicle) with dual wind-deflectors, rather than a proper windshield. Does this seem outlandish to anyone else?
Looks like a mean machine – sure it will be a hit
dean:
Oops. Usually I am more conscientious than that.