Beschreibung:

2005 MERCEDES-BENZ SLR McLAREN Silver with red leather interior Engine: V8, three valves per cylinder, screw-type supercharger, dry sump lubrication, 5,439cc, 626bhp at 6,500rpm; Gearbox: five-speed automatic with three different mode settings; Suspension: independent all round with double wishbones front and rear made from forged aluminum; Brakes: vented ceramic discs with eight piston calipers at the front and four piston calipers at the rear. Left hand drive. The California Highway Patrol 11-99 Foundation was set up to protect, help and benefit the families of those officers who routinely put their lives at risk for others. In any one day, the California Highway Patrol covers more that 100,000 miles of roadway, attending to countless emergency situations, and putting life-saving assistance and disaster relief ahead of their own personal safety. The 11-99 Foundation acts in two main ways, offering a benefits program to protect those who suffer casualties as a result of their work and scholarship fund creating educational opportunities to the families of CHP officers. When Mercedes-Benz returned to motor racing in 1952, they dominated the major long distance sportscar events with their futuristically-styled 300SL race cars. Utilizing both the 300 SLR and 300 SLR coupé, Mercedes-Benz fielded drivers such as Stirling Moss, who so famously triumphed at the 1955 Mille Miglia (alongside co-driver Denis Jenkinson) in a never-to be beaten record time. At the untimely withdrawal from International Motor Racing for Mercedes-Benz in October of 1955, the inspirational cars produced by the Stuttgart marque had already cemented their place in motoring folklore and it would be over forty years before we would to see the 'Silver Arrows' return to the racetrack. Initially the 'three pointed star' returned to sportscar racing with the Sauber team in the late 1980s, and huge success was once again achieved across the world including a victory in 1989 at Le Mans. It was the Mercedes-Benz junior team of this period that nurtured the talent of the now six-time World Formula One Champion Michael Schumacher Building on this success, Mercedes-Benz opted to enter the FIA GT Championship in the late 1990s and with their CLK-GTRs, that were developed in association with AMG, they crushed the opposition taking both the 1997 and 1998 championships. By mid-1998, British-based Formula One constructor McLaren was already using Mercedes-Benz power in their Formula One cars thus their links were extremely strong. Given that the BMW-powered McLaren F1 had finished production, McLaren put forward the prospect of building a Supercar in conjunction with Mercedes-Benz. Coincidentally, Mercedes-Benz were themselves considering building a Supercar and the opportunity to bring together the resources of the two companies seemed to be a logical step. Mercedes-Benz wanted to build a front-engined car that echoed the Gullwing-bodied 300SLR from the mid-Fifties and when the 'Vision SLR' was shown at the Detroit show as a concept in 1999 - the rest as they say, is history. Perhaps as a testament to the perfecting nature of the two companies is explanation for the fact that it has taken five years to produce the finished article and what better expression of what independently distinguished engineering perspectives can achieve when combined. The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is a faithful and historical compliment that is lavished in technology, luxury, performance, desirability and much more; as one journalist from CAR Magazine recently commented "The SLR doesn't rewrite the rule book; it rips it up and sets fire to the shreds". Pooling F1 technology available to the project, the core of this motoring masterpiece is the carbonfibre composite chassis and bodyshell; not only is it ultra durable but it suffers no flexing as one would expect from other materials commonly used in roadcar manufacture. Anyone that has driven an AMG-powered Mercedes-Benz can understand and a