Classic Vintage Mercedes-benz

The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has a carbon fibre body with a 5.4-litre V8 supercharged engine. This is the same cylinder block as featured in SL55 AMG and the CLS55 AMG, though modified to give 460 kW (625 PS; 617 bhp) and 780 N·m (575 ft·lbf) of torque. The SLR has a maximum speed of 337 km/h (209.4 mph) and costs approximately US$500,000.
Due to European pedestrian-protection regulation, McLaren decided to cease production of the SLR in 2009, and went on to develop its own car, the McLaren MP4-12C, launched in 2011.
• Car nomenclature
Until 1994, Mercedes-Benz used an alphanumeric system for categorising their vehicles, consisting of a number sequence approximately equal to the motor's displacement in liters multiplied by 100, followed by an arrangement of alphabetical suffixes indicating body style and motor type.