1. Five Supercar Greats at the London Motor Show
2. McLaren F1 LM
3. Ferrari F40
4. Enzo Ferrari
5. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
6. Ford GT

It is important with this car to note the order of the words, as if Mercedes-Benz wanted to make it patently clear that the SLR supercar is a Mercedes first and foremost, but with the McLaren name used to feed off the Formula One image.

Unlike McLaren's own supercar of a decade earlier, the SLR does not try to be a race car for the road, but more of a road car with racecar-like dynamics. Sit into the SLR and you'll be under no illusion that you are in any other car than a Mercedes-Benz; this is not necessarily a good thing considering you pay about £300,000 for the privilege.

Unlike many supercars, the SLR has been designed to be easy to drive and live with on a day-to-day basis. To that end, it has all the luxuries you'd expect of a regular Mercedes saloon, including air conditioning, electric windows and controversially, an automatic gearbox. Think of it as a super GT car rather than an out and out sports car.

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