The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren is the fruit of an English-German collaboration developed by Mercedes-Benz and McLaren. This supercar is the fastest car in the world with an automatic transmission. SLR Sport, Leicht, Rennsport means "sporty, light, racing" in Lithuanian, but it is difficult to say whether this car can be called racing due to the automatic transmission and front center engine, it should be classified as a GT class sports car, whose competitors should be Aston Martin V12 Vanquish or Ferrari 599 GTB McLaren made some changes using a Mercedes prototype - pushing the car’s engine 1 meter towards the center, about 50 inches behind the front axle.The SLR engine weighs 232 kilograms and is a hand-picked turbocharged 5.4-liter VOH aluminum turbocharger The cylinders are arranged at a 90-degree angle with three valves per cylinder and two intercoolers.The engine produces a maximum power of 626 hp / 6500 and a maximum torque of 780 Nm / 3250.The body of the SLR is made of carbon fiber to minimize the weight of the car. all 1768 kg, 100km / h reaches in 3.8 sec and reaches a top speed of 334 km / h. SLR brake discs are ceramic with much better wear and braking properties than steel discs. Mercedes-Benz claims that these discs are resistant to temperatures of up to 1200 ° C. Testing the car (on Top Gear), however, it turned out that the SLR is slower on the track than the Lamborghini Murcielago, as well as as fast as the Porsche Carrera GT supercar.