The original 722, on which the new SLR 722 is spiritually based, being hammered along the Mille Miglia route in 1955, by Stirling Moss and the late Denis Jenkinson, to a resounding win.
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The original 722, on which the new SLR 722 is spiritually based, being hammered along the Mille Miglia route in 1955, by Stirling Moss and the late Denis Jenkinson, to a resounding win. |
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| At slightly less frenetic speeds, the McLaren SLR 722 closes in on Podmaster Peter Hall as he prepares to brace himself from behind the camera against the wind shear of a 200kph flypast. | |
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| Mr Autodrone sits two thirds of the way along the car - and can barely see over the bonnet never mind the carbon-fibre splitter under the nose. This is not the easiest car in the world when it comes to parking! | |
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| The clamshell bonnet opens up to reveal the most monstrous of engines and a good deal of heat deflection material. I wonder if there is a car with more carbon-fibre around it, short of a Formula 1 machine. | |
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| The new Silver Arrow - Mercedes Benz McLaren SLR 722 - one of 150 only! | |