One to Buy: Final Example Built and 50km from new 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
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As production of the McLaren-built SLR was coming to an end, Mercedes-Benz unveiled a run-out special that was even more extreme than the 722 Edition launched back in late 2006.
Inspired by the 300 SLR driven to victory by Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson in the 1955 Mille Miglia, the SLR McLaren Stirling Moss was produced in a limited run of 75 units after regular SLR production had been discontinued.
Launched at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2009, this spectacular farewell tribute combined the underpinnings of the enhanced 722 Edition with an uncompromising new body that did without a roof, windscreen or side windows.
Despite having cost more than twice the price of a regular SLR Roadster and been exclusively offered to existing SLR customers, the entire Stirling Moss production run sold out almost instantly.
Set to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ Zoute sale on October 6th is the last SLR Stirling Moss built: chassis 75.
Ordered for a member of the Bahrain ruling family that had taken a majority shareholding in McLaren during 2007, chassis 75 left the factory on December 22nd 2009 bound for Switzerland. It was configured with special red paint (code 000U), gold-painted brake calipers, a red leather Silver Arrow interior with yellow stitching and wide seats.
15 years on, this unique machine has covered just 50km from new and has recently been recommissioned.
