17
Jul
2007
The Mercedes SLR McLaren is a supercar by every measure of the word. With a 626 HP supercharged V8, the SLR can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, and do the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds at 125 mph. So how do you make a car like this look slow? Very simple, really. You put it up against the 1001 HP Bugatti Veyron! 
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I say disable a couple of the Bugatti’s turbos and call a rematch
Hear, hear! I appreciate the Bugatti and all, but I just have much respect for the S-Class.
You boys and your toys. Mercedes CLK please.
Put it against a Zonda(cars in your header) and lets see what happens then
lol
Hmmm.. Another Way To Make a Mercedes SLR Mclaren Look Slow and Foolish.. Would be to race it against Custom Hot Rod Builder Rad Rides by Troy’s QuadraDuece II zero to 60 time = 3.2 seconds. Making it the quickest machine Car & Driver Magazine has ever tested.
Lady in the house!
Wow, all that money spent and it just couldn’t handle the competition! I still want one though!!
Well, the Veyron is even more costly
the price is worth the speed i guess..though biking is my preferred transport
Same here. I want an S-Class SO bad…
A few more posts and a couple more clicks we can all get one. One day.
Don’t you mean “Some Day”
haha, the Mercedes got OWNED! I wonder how the Bugatti would do against the latest Zonda. Probably owned too!
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As an after thought, I’d like to see it go against an F1 car. Now that would be something
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The Veyron is more faster because the engineers actually went to an F1 team and asked if they could use their windtunnel for the aerodynamics and the reply was “sorry we don’t go up to those speeds.” I got that from this video (which any of you car fans should definitely watch) which is when they maxed out the Veyron:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wfFAZ5-P04I
lol, I didn’t mean to say more faster, thats what I get for not proofing
Holly shit
I feel sorry for the SLR owner
If I was the owner of the Benz, I wouldn’t really be feeling sorry for myself.
I felt sorry for him too, nothing like getting your ass handed to you. This just wasn’t fair.
The Veyron is barely a car. you can’t feel sorry for the SLR owner, they went into this “race” knowing the Veyron would own them. The Bugatti costs over twice as much, have 4 turbos, and a W-16 engine. I mean, come on.
Definitely, the race was unfair to begin with. They knew the SLR was going to eat the Veyron’s dirt.
That race was over before it even started.
That’s awesome!
Both of them are amazing cars, but the veyron is probably the best car ever. Odd looking, but amazing engineering.
The Veyron is a spaceship incognito, not a car (sorry, I’m just so for Benz right now).
Me too. I had to settle for a jeep today though.
I am settling for a non-Mercedez everyday…
Haha the Mercedes didn’t stand a chance. That’s not even a fair race lol but I love the Bugatti one of my favorite cars
Sadly the Veyron would run out of juice way before the McLaren
I wish I could get into cars, but every time I see one, I think of other things I’d rather spend a boat load of money on
You waste your money if traffic jam is part of your city…
To fast cars and faster women…
Oh my
Err You mean get women Faster or change women Faster ?
actually if you watch the video, you can see that the driver of the mercedes doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing in that powerful car.
He totally fumbled the gears when he was supposed to hit it.
You can even see the drivers frustration of his crappy shifting skills.
Watch it again, folks, I wouldn’t bet on this video…
Umm, the SLR is an automatic. There is no manual option.
you’re right it is, so there’s no paddle shifting either right?
tell me something from that video doesn’t look right though
At the point he was supposed to hit the gas, it sounded like it accidently shifted into a gear that was higher than where it was supposed to be.
May be a tranny problem
There are paddle shifters, but if you forget to flip it, it does it for you. What most likely happen was when he gave it the gas, the SLR downshifted. What do you expect from an auto?
unfortunately. Even though the automatic box in Mercedes is probably the best out there, a good driver with a manual stick can do wonders
I admit, I don’t know a lot about cars, but I do know how much they cost and that’s more than enough info for me.
An I think the price is definitely based on emotion not quality or value.
That’s how I do it when shopping for shoes anyway.
I heard lambo had a faster car than BV, izzt true?
No, currently the Veyron is the fastest production car in the world
This could also be called “How to make a Bugatti Veyron look ugly”… just put it next to just about any car in the world!
Also, I’d love to see how the thing does when they take some corners.
I’d like to see a batmobile go up against a Veyron (i.e. the batmobile in Batman Begins).
Bugatti Veyron!
Great video to watch
@Kevin: The Veyron is still faster than the Zonda, by quite a bit, actually.
why not spend 50k and get a car that is faster than a veyron? I present to you the ultima GTR. check times out here: http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/records/part6.html
A chap in England crashed his Veyron after only owning it for a few weeks. It even made the evening news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvuo-CRYYco
This only proves that spaceships are meant to be driven in SPACE, not on Earth.
The race is unfair really. obviously the Bugatti Veyron faster than the SLR. On the other hand, I prefer SLR since it good looking as compare to the space age Bugatti.
The Bugatti just looks like a car right out of Total Recall or some other sci-fi flick. Kind of like the 2 cars at the top of this page…
You understand that I’m only bitter about the Veyron because I can never afford it.
It’s a fast “car,” but it’s just not my style I guess.
I think the Mercedes was holding back there…
For those that like the SLR, this is a really interesting clip comparising the SLR and the SL55 (which is several hundred thousand dollars less). And for those that don’t know about Top Gear, it’s a very well known car