Driving Sports

If Angelina Jolie were a car, I think this is what she'd look like: the Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss. It has all the right curves and you just know it can kick ass without breaking a sweat. A scant 75 of these cars will be built, making it just a little more available than Mrs. Pitt. Each features a carbon fiber exterior over a 650hp motor, good for 0-60 in less than 3.5 very sexy seconds. With a top speed well north of 200mph, I can only imagine that, due to the lack of a proper windshield, industrial-strength hair gel is a must.

Enjoy the gallery, below. Also include is a photo of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S) from 1955, for perspective.

Here's a clip from the press release:

Mercedes-Benz and McLaren are adding the crowning glory to the model family of their highly successful SLR super sports car with a new, uncompromisingly spectacular car. There is neither a roof nor a windscreen to separate the driver and passenger from the outside world; they enjoy unadulterated high-speed excitement with all the attributes of a speedster. The new SLR Stirling Moss is also characterised by the most sophisticated technology and a breathtaking design which reinterprets the SLR legend. With 478 kW/650 hp the SLR Stirling Moss accelerates its V8 supercharged engine from standstill to 100 km/h in less than 3.5 seconds, and has a top speed of 350 km/h - no other series-production car is at the same time so open and so fast. This extreme concept makes the new high-performance sports car a legitimate bearer of the name of the British motor racing legend and Mille Miglia record-holder Stirling Moss, who drove the legendary Mercedes-Benz SLR racing cars from victory to victory in 1955. The exclusive SLR Stirling Moss rounds off the current SLR family and is limited to 75 units. It is priced at 750,000 euros. The SLR Roadster will cease to be manufactured at the end of May 2009 as planned, and production of the SLR Stirling Moss will commence in June 2009.

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The SLR Stirling Moss, its entire bodywork made of lightweight carbon fibre, represents a stand-alone design concept. Whilst the Mercedes-Benz designers were working on the body of the new SLRStirling Moss, they were fully aware every single moment that they were creating a vehicle with a top speed of 350 km/h. At the same time this supreme athlete is highly reminiscent of the SLRracing cars from the 1950s, whose design idiom still never fails to impress to this day.