Mercedes unveiled its snappily-titled
McLaren SLR Stirling Moss last week
and it has split opinion like few other cars in the PH office. On the one hand you have to marvel at the fire-breathing V8 wrapped in an open, windscreen-less body that harks back to Moss’s original SLR.
On the other hand it looked a little bit odd, a smidge contrived perhaps. If you haven’t made up your mind yet what you think of the car then this video may help.
It’s all about juxtaposition this one; old versus new, grainy historic footage presented on YouTube. Clever huh..?
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