Mercedes and McLaren constructed simply 75 examples of the Mercedes SLR McLaren Stirling Moss, making it the rarest SLR, and public sale home Bonhams is now promoting the final of the 75 constructed.
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Britain’s Stirling Moss, who died in April 2020 on the age of 90, was for a very long time a Mercedes manufacturing unit driver. Though he was by no means a Formulation 1 world champion, Sir Stirling Moss loved nice acclaim from Mercedes, which constructed two particular collection of the Mercedes SLR McLaren:– SLR 722 of which 321 examples have been constructed (150 coupe and roadster variations and 21 non-road authorized racing automobiles).– Stirling Moss which is the rarest, with solely 75 constructed.
Each collection recall Stirling Moss’ victory on the wheel of a Mercedes 300 SLR quantity 722 within the 1955 Mille Miglia race, which he received in 10:07.48 minutes, setting a mean pace file of 157.651 km/h.
If the SLR 722 had solely minor modifications from the manufacturing mannequin and a supercharged V8 engine with a mechanical supercharger growing 650 PS as a substitute of 626 PS within the manufacturing mannequin, the SLR Stirling Moss was a radically modified SLR.
Korean designer Yoon Il-Un took a radical styling strategy and the SLR Stirling Moss had no roof, windshield, or aspect home windows and regarded very very like the 1955 racing automobile. The 5.4-liter supercharged V8 engine with mechanical supercharger developed 650 PS as within the SLR 722, however due to the intensive use of carbon fiber and the ditching of the roof and windshield, it weighed 1,620 kg, 200 kg lower than the manufacturing model.
It additionally had a firmer suspension and sharper steering. The SLR Stirling Moss reached a prime pace of 354 kph and accelerated from 0 to 100 kph in simply 3.5 seconds.
The SLR Stirling Moss was unveiled on the Detroit Motor Present in January 2009 and value €892,500 at launch. All 75 examples have been in-built 2009 and Bonhams is auctioning the final of the 75 collection, which clearly bears the quantity 75, and was constructed simply earlier than Christmas 2009 and delivered to a buyer in Switzerland on December 22, 2009, who registered it within the canton of Vaud on March 16, 2010.
He ordered his automobile with a particular brilliant pink coloration code 000U, but additionally with some distinctive choices equivalent to gold-painted brake calipers, a pink leather-based inside often called “Silver Arrow” with yellow stitching, and broad driver and passenger seats.
Nonetheless, the eccentric proprietor, who’s a VIP buyer of Mercedes and Aston Martin fashions, didn’t benefit from the automobile an excessive amount of because the odometer solely reveals 50 kilometers pushed. Bonhams says the car is in mint situation and has not too long ago undergone an intensive inspection by British specialist Stratton Motor Firm.
The automobile comes with authentic paperwork which incorporates the unique duplicate of the invalidated Swiss registration, a replica of the Mercedes-Benz Certificates of Conformity (COC), and the unique leather-based folder with the manuals.Bonhams is hoping to get between €1.5 million and €2 million for the mannequin, nearly double the unique worth.
The automobile will likely be offered at The Zoute sale public sale in Belgium on October 6, 2024.
The chance to purchase such a mannequin is sort of uncommon given the exclusivity of the Stirling Moss SLR. The 75 clients have been rigorously chosen by Mercedes and McLaren and have been chosen solely from amongst loyal clients and identified collectors.
