Tuesday 31st March 2009

The 'Perfect' Mercedes SLR?

Singular wide-bodied coupe gets one million Euro body kit

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Allow us to introduce the Mercedes McLaren SLR 722 Perfectus, an unusually modified SLR from ASMA Design.

The German outfit, run by designer Erturul Asma, has seen fit to equip the very exclusive SLR 722 with an aggressive looking full carbon fibre body kit and increase the car’s already substantial 641bhp output.

Thanks to a modified ECU, new exhaust system and uprated compressor, the Perfectus is said to produce 690bhp and will reach a top speed by 217mph. That’s an improvement of 7mph over the standard SLR 722.

The extensive body kit has allowed ASMA to fit its own custom 20-inch wheels.

Apparently there is only one Perfectus, and its price of €1m means it commands a premium of around £650k over the SLR 722.

The press release accompanying the Perfectus ends with the following apology: ‘Only Erturul ASMA can make and prove his claims of perfection, but he must also apologise… apologise to all the owners of standard SLRs everywhere, for there can be only one Perfectus.’

Perhaps Erturul should have signed off with a more straightforward apology to the SLR’s creators.

[JayKaybi]

What's not to like?

[The Walrus]

JayKaybi said:

What's to like?

EFA

[theaxe]

That's just horrid, looks like a halfords job.

[///M3]

The Walrus said:

JayKaybi said:

What's to like?

EFA

+1

[ceriw]

What's not to like?

The price tag is absurd, and the name is pretentious.
Calling anything 'perfectus' has a ring of titanicus about it....

[jon-]

Ignore the name and the price then...

[RJDM3]

looks better than the original

[Ricky944s2]

ceriw said:

Calling anything 'perfectus' has a ring of titanicus about it....

'Perfectus Biggus Dickus Prickis Maximus' is more fitting I think,

[mikial]

Silk purse.........

[Superhoop]

Hmm, now let me think..... Ihave 1 million Euro's to spend.......

Now do I buy that hideous one off SLR, that's been driven through Halfords, or....

A Zonda, and keep the change?

[Belfast Boy]

Some one got Halfords vouchers for Christmas??? wheres the shopping list down the doors?

[ShadownINja]

That's not pleasant. I write this after just having visited that wiki page on that flesh-eating virus.

[mylesmcd]

could only be driven by the baddies in superman 3. the ones in the black suits.

except there is 3 of them.


and they an fly, so that would be cheaper.


and cooler.


and not as flamingly homosexual.

[S3_Graham]

that looks horrid, looks like a modified toyota supra!!

[eowen]

Sorry, but that looks

[Wilburo]

I quite like wide body stuff (RS4 > A4, DBR9 > DB9), but this does look rubbish.

[Roo]

I've never been a fan of the SLR looks and that looks worse.

[vz-r_dave]

Superhoop said:

Hmm, now let me think..... Ihave 1 million Euro's to spend.......

Now do I buy that hideous one off SLR, that's been driven through Halfords, or....

A Zonda, and keep the change?

I'd take the SLR, the zonda has an Xbox 360 steering wheel and has collected a big stupid spoiler from halfords while it was as it.

[GingerWizard]

Gashtastic! Needs a cone filter, and some neon....

[willcrookz]

could this be potentially the worst depreciating car on the planet?