The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren has been somewhat of a
forgotten supercar from the last decade. It boasted major performance
credentials, but we don't hear about them too often. For American supercar
collector Manny Khoshbin, it's his favorite.
How much does the entrepreneur like them? He owns five of
them. In a video, Khoshbin gives us a quick tour of the cars in his personal
garage, which also includes a McLaren
P1 and Koenigsegg
Agera RS. The five SLR McLarens are two 2009 roadsters, a 2006 coupe, and
two 2005 coupes. They range from white, silver, and black, and three of them
have a rare interior option with red upholstery.
According to his story, one of the 2009 roadsters and the
one 2005 coupe were sitting at a McLaren dealership when Khoshbin went to pick
up his McLaren P1 years ago. He ended up leaving with not the one car, but
three, after the dealer gave him somewhat of a package deal for the two cars.
The other three came along after the businessman fell in the love with the
looks and performance. Each SLR McLaren features a 5.7-liter supercharged V-8
engine that makes 617 horsepower, which was no small figure for the 2000s.
Mercedes-Benz built the car with help from its former Formula 1 partner,
McLaren.
As we're treated to the walkaround of the cars, Khoshbin
points out some neat features. For example, the ignition start button hides
under the gear selector, sort of like an airplane. It might be gimmicky, but
it's still cool. No one sits on the hoods of these cars, either. Nor do they
lean on them. That's because a replacement hood costs $75,000 due to their
carbon fiber construction and unique lifts to open them.
With Mercedes-AMG soon to launch the
One hypercar, which Khoshbin is lined up to acquire, perhaps he sees the
price of the SLR appreciating with all of the hype.
https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1122170_meet-the-man-who-owns-not-one-but-five-mercedes-benz-slr-mclarens
by Sean Szymkowski
http://www.boscheuropean.com
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