“Youngtimer” exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum
London, July 01, 2025 , (Oilandgaspress) ––– In the spotlight this time: the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster from 2007 in the special “Youngtimer” exhibition, in Collection Room 5. Until 2 November 2025, this special exhibition will be showing ten vehicles from the 1990s and 2000s in a colourful and lively presentation.
The Roadster only bears the letters SLR on the rear – without the additional sequence of numbers that normally refers to the engine displacement at Mercedes-Benz. The abbreviation stands for “Sport Leicht Rennsport” and is a homage to the motorsport tradition of Mercedes-Benz. The 300 SLR racing sports car (W 196 S) was the star of the 1955 World Sports Car Championship and is closely related to the W 196 S Formula 1 racing car of the time. The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, built in five variants between 2004 and 2009, also made use of Formula 1 technology: the super sports car was developed in cooperation with McLaren, a Formula 1 partner of Mercedes-Benz since 1995.
Aesthetics from sporting history: The design of the SLR McLaren Roadster references various sporting legends in the history of Mercedes-Benz. The power of eight: Under the bonnet, which is attached to the front end of the vehicle, is the hand-assembled M 155 E 55 ML supercharged V8 engine with a displacement of 5,439 cubic centimetres and an output of 460 kW (626 hp) at 6,500 rpm. It catapults the SLR McLaren Roadster from standstill to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds, with a top speed of 332 km/h. The two dial displays in the cockpit are configured accordingly: the speedometer goes up to 360 km/h and the rev counter up to 8,000 rpm.
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