Driving the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren makes you one of the fastest and most elite drivers in the world. The Mercedes SLR, which stands for "speed, light, and racing," is the world's fastest automatic transmission car in the world ("Mercedes," 2008). With a price tag of $495,000 and a limited production of only 500 cars per year, it is also among the world's most exclusive cars ("Mercedes," 2008).
Driving the Mercedes McLaren is not only one of the most privileged but also one of the coolest experiences you will ever have. With a body based on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR of 1995, the McLaren features gull-wing doors that provide a futuristic look and feel to the driving experience. Others will notice as you use the car's hand-built, all-aluminum SOHC V8 engine to roar from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.1 seconds and shoot to 160 miles per hour in less than 25 seconds ("Mercedes," 2008). Should you reach the top speed of 225 miles per hour, the carbon-ceramic brakes are capable of decelerating from that speed to 0 in a mere 94.3 yards ("Mercedes," 2008).
Driving the McLaren also makes you cool because of its futuristic design and its luxurious interior that is loaded with state-of-the-art technologies to enhance your driving experience. From heated leather seats to a state-of-the-art sound system, the SLR McLaren comes with features other car owners can only dream about. The retractable roof takes less than ten seconds to automatically fold back. The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren also makes you cool because it is a car that is so extreme in performance and design that it is in a class of vehicles known as "supercars" ("Mercedes," 2008).
In a world where performance is highly prized, driving the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren will make you a winner on the roadways without competition. No car with an automatic transmission will be able to beat you in speed or performance as you coast America's highw...