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12-17-2005, 06:31 AM
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  | The past and the present in harmony. The Gullwing is so damn gorgeous.   |
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12-17-2005, 06:49 AM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. The new one looks like a big bloated whale next to it's predecessor. |
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12-17-2005, 06:52 AM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. Yeah the rear of the SLR does look a bit nasty compared with the rear of it's father.  |
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12-17-2005, 08:48 AM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. But thats how it is..with the fat food we eat today.. we cant have bodys like our old folks...  |
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12-17-2005, 09:27 AM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. my boss own a real Gullwing. Standing in the garage were I work. Very nice with red interior. Probably the most expensive car he own. |
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12-17-2005, 11:25 AM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. LOL could be so.. if so then this must me one of the best things that came out of going to mcdonalds EVER..haha |
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12-17-2005, 02:20 PM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. The Gullwing is the nick of the 300 SL, not SLR. After succes in motorsport with the 300 SL, MB needed a replacement, thus the 300 SLR, meanwhile M. Hoffmann convinced MB to make a street legal SL witch is the Gullwing we all know and love. Also the curent SLR isn't really reminescent of the 300 SLR. Heck you can find more design cues between the Z4 Coupe and 300 SLR than between the actuall SLR and the true one. Also the actuall SLR is really more of a GT, while the 300 SLR was a toroughbred sport car, created for the sole purpose of deafeating Ferrari and Jaguar. |
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12-17-2005, 02:22 PM
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12-17-2005, 02:23 PM
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| Re: The past and the present in harmony. very beautiful cars. I can see that the SLR was definitly inspired by the older mercedes cars. |
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