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The interior was designed by Dutch designer Sarkis Benliyan. The SLR Stirling Moss was to be the last series of the McLaren SLR built under the partnership between Mercedes-Benz and McLaren, until McLaren announced their own final Edition of the SLR in late 2010. The supercharged 5.4-litre SLR AMG V8 engine is rated at 650 PS (478 kW; 641 hp). [22]
Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss OBE (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1951 to 1961.Widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers to never win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, [b] Moss won a record 212 official races across several motorsport disciplines, including 16 Formula One Grands Prix.
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR (W 196 S) is a two-seat sports racing car that took part in the 1955 World Sportscar Championship before a catastrophic crash and fire at Le Mans later that year ended its domination prematurely. The car was designated "SL-R" (for Sport, Leicht, Rennen, eng: sport, light, racing version), which was later condensed to ...
In 2011, he showed up to the Cannes Film Festival in a Mercedes SLR Stirling Moss, one of the rarest cars in the world; there are only 75 of them in existence. ... Mercedes SLR McLaren and ...
In 2007, the Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR Convertible was announced, which has been available from late 2007. The car uses the same supercharged 5.5 litre V8 that is in the coupé. A limited edition called the SLR Stirling Moss was introduced. The car was the final SLR produced and a tribute to Stirling Moss. Beneath the scissor-doors is a plaque ...
The "Moss Pagoda" is expected to fetch up more than $140,000 at Silverstone Auctions this August. Legendary Racer Stirling Moss’s Prized Mercedes 230 SL Is Heading to Auction Skip to main content
1955 Mille Miglia. The 1955 Mille Miglia was a 1,000 mile motor race held on a course made up entirely of public roads around Italy, mostly on the outer parts of the country on April 30-May 1, 1955. Also known as the 22. edizione Mille Miglia, the 992.332 mile (1597 km) route was based on a round trip between Brescia and Rome, with start/finish ...
Aided by an English journalist, Denis Jenkinson, Stirling Moss would romp to victory in the Mille Miglia. However the elation achieved by this English pairing, would be quickly subdued at Le Mans a month later, when Pierre Levegh’s 300 SLR would be launched into the air and into the crowd, killing more than 80 spectators. Daimler-Benz would ...