Question about Mercedes McLaren

Me and my friend went to a car show here in my town and when we left we saw a McLaren. The funny thing was is wasnt in the show, they guy just happened to be in Wal Mart for some reason. Anyway my friend was making a big deal about it and was saying things like "Thats the only McLaren youll ever see in your life" and suff like that.. Are they really that rare in America?

there is a 98.99% chance you will never see another on the street.

yea they are kinda rare here... best thing i have ever seen in life on the street was a saleen s7

McLarens are British, but iv never seen one on the street. theyre pretty rare.

Are you talking about Mercedes SLR? Or McLaren F1? Because the McLaren SLR is Mercedes and McLaren F1 is BMW.

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Originally posted by Ascaris

Are you talking about Mercedes SLR? Or McLaren F1? Because the McLaren SLR is Mercedes and McLaren F1 is BMW.

thats true..

you educate these noobs Ascaris!!!

I have seen a Porsche Carrera Gt and a Ferrari Enzo.. plus lots of Lamborginis

No McLarens thou

There are many Porsche 911 Carreras here, and couple Carrera GT's, lamborghinis, Ferraris etc. But no McLarens. 5 SLR's in Finland though.

Actually the McLarens are British, the design and the brains came from the UK, the only thing Mercedes and BMW did was to supply the engines and in Mercedes' case, stick a badge on it.

hah! thank you Watty, you teach those noobs about British engineering!

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Originally posted by Watty

supply the engines and in Mercedes' case, stick a badge on it.

Really? Any hard facts behind this? I think mercedes has done much more than just sticking a badge on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_Cars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLR_McLaren

a quote from there..

"In 1999, McLaren Cars agreed to design and manufacture the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in conjunction with DaimlerChrysler (who also supply engines to the Team McLaren racing team under the Mercedes-Benz brand)."

"The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is a sports car and supercar automobile co-developed by DaimlerChrysler and McLaren Cars. It is assembled at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England."

Well As the Top Gear presenters said about the SLR when the car was on the show... They wished it was a hell of a lot more McLaren and alot less Mercedes...

Own3d

What he meant by that was the interior... He was talking about the weight and was hoping it would be more of a supercar, like the Zonda or Koenigsegg.


Read the first quote in my last post...

"who also supply engines to the Team McLaren racing team under the Mercedes-Benz brand"

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Originally posted by popcornduck

Are they really that rare in America?

not only in america they build only 100 of it.

yeah the interior is very plastic.. and cheap..
while the McLaren F1 is PERFECT!!!!

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Originally posted by SouthPaw

Own3d

Not.

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Originally posted by Watty

"In 1999, McLaren Cars agreed to design and manufacture the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in conjunction with DaimlerChrysler (who also supply engines to the Team McLaren racing team under the Mercedes-Benz brand)."

Indeed, they provide engines in F1 as Mercedes-Benz. In F1. What's with the bold.

The truth is in the eye of the watcher.

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Originally posted by trustno.1

not only in america they build only 100 of it.

sorry, i hate to sound like a know it all but.... they have just finished building their 1000th

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Originally posted by Ascaris

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Own3d

Not.
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I don't know shit about cars. Never have. I can't tell you anything about foreign cars or domestic cars.
So, Im really not helping here. Im just spamming it up.

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Originally posted by Ascaris

Indeed, they provide engines in F1 as Mercedes-Benz. In F1. What's with the bold.

The truth is in the eye of the watcher.

Mate there is no mention of F1... I bolded it so you could see that Mercedes just stick a badge on it. And fuck up the interiors etc...

the whole point is you said that the car was a mercedes, and its really not, its designed and built in the UK by McLaren.