Rendered: Mercedes SLR Speedster

Mercedes SLR McLaren Speedster artist rendering / JonSibal.com

By Brian Potter
August 1, 2008 5:47 am
Filed Under: Artist Renderings, German, McLaren, Mercedes-Benz

Following the Roadster and 722 variants, Mercedes McLaren are giving it one more try with the SLR Speedster to hopefully stimulate SLR sales which never met expectation.

Based on recent spy photos and video, artist Jon Sibal helps us visualize the Speedster past its zebra stripe camouflage with an illustration he has created. It's easy to see that the Speedster version is lacking a windshield and roof, however, during Sibal's analysis he discovered only the headlights are shared between the normal SLR and Speedster.

“Practically all body panels have been redesigned,” according to Sibal. “The whole side panel, fenders and doors are all different. The hood was also redesigned to tame the slope leading to the high beams which was originally connected to the A pillar. The side exit exhaust is now placed in the side fender vents as how it appeared in the original 1955 300 SLR instead of the rocker panels found in the current McLaren model.”

Head over to Sibal's site for an animated transition from camouflaged prototype to rendering.

Source: JonSibal.com via Autoblog.com

Comments (page 1 of 2)

The_woo_factor
August 1, 2008 10:55 am
Cool...nice car. Batmobile?

Kaamraan
August 1, 2008 5:57 pm
Lol yeah that would be such a killer batmobile! But I think batmobiles need roofs... Anyway- I hope they do keep the headlights and don'treplace them with those lame-ass SL headlights. These ones are way better. This whole car actually looks a lot better than how I thought (and still think) it would look...

MattAAron
August 2, 2008 8:22 pm
WOW This car looks awesome! Im just amazed wow

My favorite car of all time, was the Mercedes-Benz F-400 Carving, sad nothing ever happened with the concept :(

Funny thing is, this shares some of the styling of the F-400, and I always thought itd be a badass Batmobile :D

NardoW12
August 1, 2008 11:01 am
I'm wonder how many people would buy a roofless super..... good rendering, but probably just the most unpractical exotic car ever....

Joe_Limon
August 1, 2008 12:14 pm
since when was an exotic car ever practical? They sell purely because of how unpractical they are.

wolff
August 1, 2008 12:42 pm
just like all American cars.. well, they r not exoctic too!! :P

odysseus
August 1, 2008 11:30 am
the real speedster will not have the four eye face.

carcrazy1234
August 1, 2008 1:42 pm
oh god if they put the new SL lights on this i'd sh*t

mmr66
August 1, 2008 1:23 pm
nice car but would not like driving it on a hot summer day or a rainy day so you would feel limited on when you could drive it

3Iceman
August 1, 2008 1:25 pm
I like the rendering. Exotic cars have to look insane and this speedster looks insane. I completely agree with joe_limon.

carfan58
August 1, 2008 3:15 pm
The worlds best speedster. or do the sour lemons have something to say

Xanavi23
August 1, 2008 5:07 pm
Thats incredibly gorgeous, thats more or less what it should look like. cant wait to see.

carfan58
August 1, 2008 5:21 pm
The Highly ADVANCED Mercedes-Benz Exotics are only impractical to those who can't appreciate the finer things in life. You pull up in this and EVERYONE STOPS THERE LIFE FOR A MINUTE AND CONCENTRATES ON YOURS. Genius

Xanavi23
August 1, 2008 8:38 pm
I wanna ask something, how many times does it rain in Kuwait? In Bahrain ? Abu Dahbi ? Because beleive it or not, like it or not, Arabian princes and business men are easily the first major portion of buyers for these Elite supercars.

I mention them because in their country it NEVER rains, and if its going to, they know it a week ahead. So cars like this that have no roof, still work just fine, practically as they are only required to do so in a certain kind of life style. This applies to all rich men not just the Arab variety.

PotatoEater
August 1, 2008 10:20 pm
What the rich should rightfully do with their loose change, the poor only demand more welfare.

Joe_Limon
August 2, 2008 12:08 am
I agree, welfare people are unmotivated hence why they look towards the govt for money rather then themselves. Rich people tend to be super motivated and deserve cars like this as a reward. If they aren't super motivated i.e. lottery winners and they do buy rewards such as these, then they won't be rich for long! and the circle balances itself out again :)

Xanavi23
August 2, 2008 3:08 am
Thats an incredibly ignorant point of view...not to mention VERY Elitest. Then again im sure you're proud of it.

Joe_Limon
August 2, 2008 11:35 am
what is ignorant about it? The people who work hard/smart get a reward. The people who don't work hard/smart get help.

speed-lover
August 2, 2008 7:39 am
this SLR is the best looking speedster i have ever seen and i am sure they will sell every one they make no matter how much it will cost..hey WCF i want to marry this car

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