Mercedes SLR breaks World record

It is official; the SLR is the coolest and fastest car in the world – I mean London. To back up my claim, I present you with a piece I found at Autoblog that they got from a British website. A weekly British auto magazine – Autocar, has tested nine cars and a motorcycle to find the fastest car (motorcycle) in London. Continue reading..
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BMWfanatic - 7/17/2006 10:07:51 PM

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Wow that was pretty close, the GT was only 1.4 mph slower. SLR seems like a cool car.

chewy - 7/17/2006 10:46:04 PM

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There are faster cars out there. They picked a select group and did not include some obvious entries.

Jovi - 7/18/2006 1:15:30 AM

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what about the Veyron? Or does that not exist anymore? Last I checked, it was faster in a mile than the Mclaren F1, which I guess also doesnt exist anymore. I could name 30 production cars faster...

BMWfanatic - 7/18/2006 1:20:12 AM

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@ Jovi
That's what I was wondering too. Maybe the Veyron is not sold in the UK or it was too expensive to rent for a weekend.

Jovi - 7/18/2006 1:23:43 AM

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ha ha... Veyron is sold in the uk... ha ha, I think its the latter reason u gave...

chewy - 7/18/2006 1:31:54 AM

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I think that they wanted the "British-built" SLR to win.

Chech this out an awesome 1 mile data for other cars. (faster)

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=2572

Jovi - 7/18/2006 1:40:45 AM

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if they went all out, I could name 100 cars that is faster...