The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is an Anglo-German sports car jointly developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren Automotive, built jointly in Portsmouth and the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, England. Daimler AG, owner of Mercedes-Benz, also owns 40% of the McLaren Group. Due to the presence of the automatic gear box, front mid-engined arrangement and its driving characteristics lead some commentators to classify the SLR McLaren as a GT whose rivals can be considered to be eg the Aston Martin V12 Vanquish and Ferrari 599 GTB. It is the fastest automatic transmission car in the world. SLR stands for “Sport, Leicht, Rennsport” (sport, light, racing). Mercedes-Benz has stated that they will build 3500 SLRs in a span of 7 years, with an annual production of only 500 cars. The car’s base price is GB£300000 (approx. US$495000 or €475000, c. 2007). The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is inspired by the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR of 1955, based on the W196 F1 car, yet named after the road-going 300SL Gullwing. On 4 April 2008, Mercedes announced they will cease production of the SLR. The last of the coupes rolled off the production line at the end of 2007 and the roadster version is due to be discontinued in early 2009. The brake discs are carbon-ceramic and provide better stopping power and fade resistance than steel discs when operating under ideal working temperature. Mercedes-Benz claims these discs are fade resistant to 1200°C. The front discs are internally vented and 370 mm …
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Mercedes Benz SLR Commercial “David Coulthard”
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Funny Ford Commercial
Watch this… im not gonna spoil it
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2008 BMW M3 Sedan TV COMMERCIAL
2008 BMW M3 Sedan TV COMMERCIAL
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Iron Man 2 Audi R8 V10 Spyder Commercial
Audi R8 V10 Spyder Iron Man 2 commercial. Be sure to visit quattroholic.com for all of your latest Audi news and reviews.
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Does anyone know where i can find the old Acura NSX commercial with the old men and the kid, saying no papa.?
The kid says to his father after seeing the nsx and he’s like no papa acura!
Please help i’ve been searchingfor a while.
btw the commercials probably around 17 years old.
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