Mercedes SLR McLaren spotted earlier this week heading up the motorway at speed….

So, is this a £330,000 success or just a dressed up Merc SL ? I’d suggest its the latter as when I’ve seen one before with a passenger in the car with me, they’ve wondered what I was so excited about and why I was so keen on catching the “big merc” ? Unfortunately it just looks too much like a standard SL to the average person to justify its price.

And, from what I’ve read it doesn’t particularly drive well either so its not like that is the reason for a high price… goes well in a straight line but with a 5.4L supercharged V8 pushing out 626hp a 0 to 60mph time of 3.8seconds is only to be expected. But I hear its not to hot at corners and in this country thats somewhat of a problem !!

Will there be another…. I don’t think so. It seems like a marriage that didn’t work with no-one really happy and both now developing their own new supercars.

Car Magazine gives us the following spy shot from Oct’08 of the McLaren P11 due in 2010…

and one lucky person saw a test mule driving on UK roads, managing to capture it on video :

And once again Car Magazine gives us the following spy on the new Mercedes SLC Gullwing :

With some fascinating video footage of the SLC also captured over in the USA.

Want know more ? Visit the Official Mercedes SLR McLaren website or buy Mercedes books and McLaren books to read more.