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Old 07-18-09 | 10:43 PM
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Exclamation McLaren Mercedes SLR 722S Roadster painted in McLaren's Dashing Orange






The latest Mercedes SLR to come out of Woking will be a Roadster in a dashing orange, which will honor the historic color adopted by McLaren Automotive since its founding.

In anticipation of the presentation of the next P11, McLaren is continuing production of the latest prototypes of the supercar designed with Mercedes. In the meanwhile, construction has begun on the 75 super-exclusive cars dedicated to Stirling Moss, who raced the fasted time ever in the Mille Miglia in 1955 with a Mercedes 300 SLR. The career of the SLR coupe began in 2003 and ended in 2007. As expected, the production of the Roadster ended in 2009.


You can see the Stirling Moss SLR behind it.








Originally Posted by EJ25RUN
I think the color choice is great too. I bet a lot of people started to think McLaren's color was silver since they've been with Mercedes since 1995.

To those confused:

1972 McLaren M8-F


And to remind everyone, they even did it twice in F1 testing. Back in 1998 with the MP4/13 and in 2006 with the MP4/21

Old 07-18-09 | 10:46 PM
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That's really orange; a little too orange for me actually, I prefer a more copper look.
Old 07-18-09 | 10:51 PM
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They have to be joking with that color. Then again have you seen some of the colors Lamborghini lets roll off the Santa Agata assembly line
Old 07-18-09 | 10:53 PM
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Looks like one big hazard sign.
Old 07-18-09 | 10:55 PM
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I've never liked this car in any colour ...
Old 07-18-09 | 11:37 PM
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I though this car was supposed to come sans the windshield
Old 07-19-09 | 01:31 AM
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I think that color is called Papaya Orange. It should only belong on the f1 lm
Old 07-19-09 | 06:48 AM
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not enough red in the orange.
Old 07-19-09 | 07:34 AM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
I though this car was supposed to come sans the windshield
That's the Stirling Moss SLR. These are just the roadsters.
Old 07-19-09 | 05:19 PM
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Only a car that extreme can pull off a color like that.
Old 07-19-09 | 07:09 PM
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I just had a neighbor over who saw this car on the computer screen and said ..." Thats what a gay superhero would drive". LMAO> Very funny but I still dont agree.
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