SLR Mercedes SLR could have a successor

[Alx]

Supercar of the union of McLaren with Mercedes, the Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren can have the counted days, according to affirms Martin Whitmarsh de McLaren. The low indices of sales could suppose an incentive to create a new one more to supercar, this time with the name of McLaren, and looking for the reputation that obtained McLaren F1.

The in charge factory would be the same one that at the moment constructs to the cars of the Formula the 1 and SLR, the McLaren’s Working Center, located in London.

 

[LaArtist]

there will be a FL ive seen it

 

[dOmInIX]

I say bting it on!!! Great news!!

 

[Alx]

there will be a FL ive seen it

They arent talking about a face lift, i believe they are talking about an entirely new model more McLaren F1 based... At least that what i got from the article.

 

[LaArtist]

yeah i know..i just wanted to tell everyone that ive seen the FL..haha shame on me

PS
I hope it goes under the mclaren name so that it could be more sporty than the SLR

 

[yomomwhat]

i still don't get the "low indices of sales".....when i went on a tour of the mclaren technology centre the slr section was packed.....they had slr bodys like in the corridor waiting to go in to the main room......
although selling in small amounts is not that bad because i suppose it means the buyers will get higher prices if they ever sell them haaaa!!!!

 

[Alx]

Yes, but i guess the sales are just not good enough. I think its a good idea personally.

 

[Carbon]

I think anything close to the McLaren F1 in design philosophy and performance would cease to be a Mercedes-Benz, so if they pull it off right I'll be the first to give them props (since I like them least among German manufacturers).

 

[SDNR]

Well I'm not surprised the SLR is not selling all that well. The truth is, Mercedes-Benz, although a great manufacturer, is not in the business of building "dream cars" or supercars - Mercedes re-built it's [post-war] reputation by making practical luxury cars (with a couple of notable exceptions) for a relatively conservative market - The successor to the SLR should not be named a Mercedes, but rather just McLaren (as the article suggests) - this alone will help the cars image. Mercedes should leave this market to Pagani, Ferrari, and Porsche - they just do it better.

 

[bum-man]

I'll believe it when I see pictures of it testing. Untill then all it is is just speculation that sounds suspiciously like the P8 project.

 

[Merc1]

I'm wondering too why people are calling this car a flop when it comes to sales? I mean it has outsold all the other cars in the segment hasn't it? Is it or is it not selling up to Mercedes' projections? Anyone have the numbers?

M

 

[yomomwhat]

I'm wondering too why people are calling this car a flop when it comes to sales? I mean it has outsold all the other cars in the segment hasn't it? Is it or is it not selling up to Mercedes' projections? Anyone have the numbers?

M

well i think recently porsche had just made its 1111 carrera GT? or something like that.......i think mclaren make that amount per year easily....then what other competitors does it have...enzo.....they ony made a few of them....so its rather hard to compare it to anything, may be the murcielago but thats quite a bit cheaper...

 

[bum-man]

A guy claiming to work for AMG talking about other projects.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22573&page=2

 

[Alx]

interesting, sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

 

[bum-man]

interesting, sounds like he knows what he's talking about.

I don't know. If he is, it sounds like the AMG boys will have a lot of work set before them. That's a lot of different engines.

 

[Merc1]

I don't know sounds a little fishy to me, but you never know. If Mercedes/Mclaren does make such a car it will definetly cause a ruckus in the sports car ranks. I still want the car to be a Mercedes in name, but I want MC to do all the chassis tuning with AMG supplying the engine and Mercedes doing the interior, but the main thing is that this thing must be Ferrari hard-core with a kick-ass AMG engine. NO GT STUFF.

M

 

[warot]

Well I'm not surprised the SLR is not selling all that well. The truth is, Mercedes-Benz, although a great manufacturer, is not in the business of building "dream cars" or supercars - Mercedes re-built it's [post-war] reputation by making practical luxury cars (with a couple of notable exceptions) for a relatively conservative market - The successor to the SLR should not be named a Mercedes, but rather just McLaren (as the article suggests) - this alone will help the cars image. Mercedes should leave this market to Pagani, Ferrari, and Porsche - they just do it better.

Good call Roberto... it's exactly why I'm also against a BMW supercar. Audi, BMW and Audi are just not made for these kinds of cars... Porsche, Pagani and Lambo on the hand. Honestly, I would be extremely impressed if instead of getting something of an SLR sucessor, we got a sucessor to the McLaren F1. Now that would be an extremely special car

 

[LaArtist]

i told u guys about that new pagani..hihi so excited.

 

[Kal]

Let's hope it's not another overweight pig.

 

[RikfromBelgium]

well i think recently porsche had just made its 1111 carrera GT? or something like that.......i think mclaren make that amount per year easily.

actually, it's more by now, and the SLR hasn't made that amount in total yet I thought