@@OscarDeCicco meh. High-pitched NA engines aren't for everyone. I love the LFA personally, but I can appreciate the SLR's guttural bellow just as much! 😁
The glorious noise along with the simple torque converter trans that allows the engine revs to slur between gear changes. The engine and trans go so damn well with each other.
@@flyingphoenix113 Agreed. I used to live near Woking where they were made. Often seen them driving around the roads back in those days. They sound amazing in the flesh
Typical TV companies! Channel 5\Fifth Gear dumped Tiff for a younger audience and now uploading his videos from 17 years ago. SOOO dis-respectable to Tiff. These TV companies need to listen to fans and viewers not themselves
I have not watched many Fifth Gear reviews, but that is one of the best reviews of a first generation allmost supercar I have seen. To the point on it's strong and weak points. This review holds up 15 years, kudos to Nedell!
One night, a long time ago, I passed Paris Hilton's Mercedes slr McLaren parked outside of Tramp nightclub in London. Apparently she wrote it off. Beautiful car.
A very able driver a great driver who Loves cars by far the Best driver to test any car on earth n we ALL love you Tiff, If anyone can Tiff can, thanks mate your my iconic driver
' the best place to build a supercar isn't stuttgart but Woking in GB' (Tiff)...... Sorry Tiff, but that's the typical view a lot of Britain have....and most of the world do not agree
A great car. That phone! Its a pity McLaren don't build their current, endlessly complicated range of eponymous road cars with the same care and quality.
Legendary Tiff with legendary SLR what elso to want? Just Perfection! Oh man those drives sideways just amazing. Tbh I am struggling to get interested in anyone else than Tiff or Harris all others feel just plain no raw happiness of driving...
Still want one of these but with a lot of work thrown at it from Lazante or MSO; new modern gearbox, modern brakes that aren't a maintenance nightmare and a more modern but still tasteful interior (eg get rid of the phone and add some USB ports and bluetooth audio). Everything else is golden.
A lot of people didn't understand it, because it wasn't your traditional mid-engined rocketship with a manual transmission. This was a GT that could also be a supercar. Ferrari 599 and Porsche 997 Turbo are the same. A car anyone can reasonably drive fast.
You KNOW you're being taken to the cleaners pricewise when a button with direct access to the factory customer service is also sold to you as something unique and special. Its a bloody blue button with a pre-programmed phone number behind it. WOW. BUT it's blue and it has a spanner printed on it. A bit like the Spanners who will bought them.
It has the engine, 5 speed automatic and the interior from other Merc models (SL 55 AMG), be it specifically tuned for this car. Those are the heavy weight parts of the car.
This car is awesome, but back in 2005, I'd have rather had a Ferrari Enzo, Maserati MC12, Porsche Carrera GT, and Ford GT. Mercedes lost this hypercar generation.
True, but the SLR was like a gt car with hypercar performance. It was more practical than all those cars, and almost just as fast. It was actually on par with the Carrera GT. The Porsche was also said to be very difficult to drive at the limit whereas the SLR was far more effortless
I think the interior is fine (Enzo's interior is really bare Carbon and nothing in it, Carrera GT was as good as this). These SLRs were offered with a white interior which is much better imo (keeps it fresh). Most of these came with red interiors.
SLR is that exciting Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unike BMW 6/8-series that never reached to become such crazy entertaining split personality per recipe take 50% of Merc CL+ 50% of Dodge Viper and leave it with British saying that Borussia Dortmund is better than Manchester United….. because Munich guys did not dare going to experts like Merc went to McLaren for confrontation that based on SLR success later inspired AMG how to make further Merc super-cars…. SLR is one of those 1-occurrence miracles like Lex LFA was and never ever can happen again….
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Lollllllllllllllllllllllllll
Classic Tiff, them golden days of automotive journalism
I still marvel at the sight of this car, it's a timeless classic
As good as the modern super cars are i still think the modern classics are the enzo, slr, Carrera and ford gt
and a classic very able driver too
Mason Pieters Oooh yes, I truly believe 2000s supercar set a new height of what a supercar is. Also add to the list the Murcielago and the Zonda
@@JWLZPLM clk gtr too but that's kinda 90s.
@@warriorharj79 CLK GTR is simply legendary
The sound of this car never gets boring. When it accelerates, the sound tickles the spine.
This car has the most glorious noise I’ve ever heard.
Then you should search a "Lexus LFA" video...
@@OscarDeCicco meh. High-pitched NA engines aren't for everyone. I love the LFA personally, but I can appreciate the SLR's guttural bellow just as much! 😁
The glorious noise along with the simple torque converter trans that allows the engine revs to slur between gear changes. The engine and trans go so damn well with each other.
@@flyingphoenix113 Agreed. I used to live near Woking where they were made. Often seen them driving around the roads back in those days. They sound amazing in the flesh
Typical TV companies! Channel 5\Fifth Gear dumped Tiff for a younger audience and now uploading his videos from 17 years ago. SOOO dis-respectable to Tiff.
These TV companies need to listen to fans and viewers not themselves
Fans need to vote with their wallets. They don't support it? Stop paying for it or giving them audience.
You get rid of Tiff and carry on uploading his reviews - disrespectful
huh, he is employed to do a job lol how does disrespect come in to it?
it's business
As soon as I was into series 4 of watching these episodes they removed all the full episode and are making us pay for them.
Totalement d'accord.
@@larssonk22 you dont get the moral of this story. so you are disrespectfull to, i know it.
@@max.racing "moral of this story" are you going to explain that?
We miss Tiff... bring him back
I see SLR I click like.
To this is the most beautiful car ever made. Just surreal.
This was my favorite era of MB design. This SLR and the SLK 55 AMG are beautiful cars.
I have not watched many Fifth Gear reviews, but that is one of the best reviews of a first generation allmost supercar I have seen. To the point on it's strong and weak points. This review holds up 15 years, kudos to Nedell!
Firing Tiff was sooo low and disrespectful. Shame on you.
Jan Jensen good decision really, it’s 2020
@@TBATTIECYCLING There's a reason you have 0 likes.
@@sukhdevr3489 maybe youtube doesn’t agree but the people in charge of the show do. And that’s what matters mr r34
@@sukhdevr3489 do you have an R34?
beauty is in the eye of the beholder & I think it is one of the best looking cars ever, I luv it.
It was definitely ahead of its time. Even after all these years, it still looks quite modern.
@@dereksbooks and still goes quite modern too. Check out carwows video. It still gives a modern aston Martin and a Ferrari a hard time.
luvly car indeed
Trivia: At 2:30, that is the exact SLR(RX53 KHP) that was used in a Top Gear review by Jezza Clarkson from 2004( Series 4, ep 2).
test drive unit
Wonder if the call button still calls to a technician
I remember watching this when it first aired. 😂
Tiff the one and only.
One night, a long time ago, I passed Paris Hilton's Mercedes slr McLaren parked outside of Tramp nightclub in London. Apparently she wrote it off. Beautiful car.
1:06 Batman confirmed.
Saw that too.
My first dream car along with the diablo gtr
That sales guy reminded me of an Essex wide boy. People who buy an SLR aren't interested in showing off popping up an air brake.
This and SLS are my favorite road cars hands down, powerball purchases...
True bro.. The best looking bunch too...
When daddy tiff uploads i watch.
A very able driver a great driver who Loves cars by far the Best driver to test any car on earth n we ALL love you Tiff, If anyone can Tiff can, thanks mate your my iconic driver
' the best place to build a supercar isn't stuttgart but Woking in GB' (Tiff)...... Sorry Tiff, but that's the typical view a lot of Britain have....and most of the world do not agree
Great review Mr. Tiff! 🌟 Legendary Mercedes-Benz SLR MCLAREN! 🏁
Harry will be reviewing this pretty soon...
Best grand tour car ever made....
Tiff,one of the best car journalists.
A great car. That phone! Its a pity McLaren don't build their current, endlessly complicated range of eponymous road cars with the same care and quality.
Legendary Tiff with legendary SLR what elso to want? Just Perfection! Oh man those drives sideways just amazing. Tbh I am struggling to get interested in anyone else than Tiff or Harris all others feel just plain no raw happiness of driving...
Still want one of these but with a lot of work thrown at it from Lazante or MSO; new modern gearbox, modern brakes that aren't a maintenance nightmare and a more modern but still tasteful interior (eg get rid of the phone and add some USB ports and bluetooth audio). Everything else is golden.
There is no v8car on this planet that sounds so amazing even in 2020. The best sound of all times
Holden 2017 HSV R8 LSA sounds bloody brilliant
Why do I keep smiling watching this )
This ist the closest to the original top gear
Sound`s like a fighter plane on steroids, love it...
Outstanding...
The 113k and the 155 were savage.
One of my favourite Mercedes of all time
A great review thanks
First that phone and then Tiff is a young man again. Time warp.
this guy really knows how to drive.
I remember his video of Mclaren F1
whats the music that starts at 0:14?
I miss seeing Tiff doing reviews
0:42 someone needs to let them know...
When was this aired?
Neil Aspinall - 2003.
This car was nothing more than an incredibly fine tuned race car for street use.
And it’s beautiful 😢
Damn Gerry knew the best place for the job was Beautiful Blighty.
Tiff didn't understand what the SLR was all about. Jeremy did
A lot of people didn't understand it, because it wasn't your traditional mid-engined rocketship with a manual transmission. This was a GT that could also be a supercar. Ferrari 599 and Porsche 997 Turbo are the same. A car anyone can reasonably drive fast.
A true silver arrow
When year this video are made?
that interior is so fischer price though. particularly the radio and hvac panels
Amazing Machine!
You KNOW you're being taken to the cleaners pricewise when a button with direct access to the factory customer service is also sold to you as something unique and special.
Its a bloody blue button with a pre-programmed phone number behind it. WOW. BUT it's blue and it has a spanner printed on it.
A bit like the Spanners who will bought them.
Where is the Verdi's "Wraith"... My God, much better with classic music :)
Didn't know they still make it
THIS SUPERCAR DESERVES TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME FROM NFS AS THE BMW M3 GTR
Awesome.
I thought it was my kettle whistling, but it turned out to be the supercharger pulley
Bring back tiff.
The version to get would be an mso version in black with a black and grey interior. Or that in a 722 version.
You don't get the turbine wheels on those versions however.
I'll take either the 722 S Roadster or the Stirling Moss.
MSO SLR could be made by Mansory
@LukeDogg20 The mso cars have a special front bumper and other parts that were made by mclearn themselves, it's the same with mso 675lt and p1 cars.
Less than a mile from where the War of the Worlds started
A silver War Machine!! 😄😄👍👍
V8 sound is the best
Interior now looks cheap and tacky but the engine still sounds like thunder
Love the F1 nose
Great car
Looks like the Avengers HQ
I almost forgot how old this car is
The SL65 AMG Black Series made in Germany 🇩🇪 is better, cooler and faster. But love the SLR.
I bet mercedes weren’t too happy after this review... :D
Damn that old bloke could drive!
It's called Skill. Sadly missing today.
All these state of art facilities and only one championship (WDC and WCC apiece) since 1999......
Such an aged interior.
These have such a weird pulsating exhaust tone.
Plus, how on earth did it get to 1800kg using CF body!
It has the engine, 5 speed automatic and the interior from other Merc models (SL 55 AMG), be it specifically tuned for this car.
Those are the heavy weight parts of the car.
It s better to buy E55 amg for 15k
Proper driver doing proper car review. Car is for kn0bheads with more money than sense, but at least it isn't AMG!
New series of Fifth Gear please.
The engine in it is an AMG. Just saying.
@@aaryeshg.6526 is it?!! No wayyy!! Let's hope McLaren engineered the controls then!
it has a Nokia phone?
Wow.!! Wow.!! WoW.!!...
Wait...
McLaren F1 is using Merc engine for 2021.
A new SLR in the future?
Please...
It's cost 20 grand just to change the spark plugs because you have take out the half of engine out
The last McLaren to actually sound good unlike today's potato sounding 720S.
I do like that car very much but to see it being driven like it's stolen is not a happy sight.
Bring back tiff!!!!!!!!sad you got
Rid
For 337k I would expect the interior to be more than plastic it all seems a bit cheap
Basically this was a German Z06 or Camaro
This car is awesome, but back in 2005, I'd have rather had a Ferrari Enzo, Maserati MC12, Porsche Carrera GT, and Ford GT. Mercedes lost this hypercar generation.
True, but the SLR was like a gt car with hypercar performance. It was more practical than all those cars, and almost just as fast. It was actually on par with the Carrera GT. The Porsche was also said to be very difficult to drive at the limit whereas the SLR was far more effortless
And Zonda C12S of course.
🔥
This was my dream car when I was 14, but looking at it now hasn't aged the best and the SLRs interior looks just awfull and doesnt look 350k at all 😳
Basically, you still can't afford it.
Basically 😅, a man can still dream though
It's not aged well like enzo and carrera gt but still gorgeous, maybe I'm biased since it's my childhood dreamcar too.
I think the interior is fine (Enzo's interior is really bare Carbon and nothing in it, Carrera GT was as good as this).
These SLRs were offered with a white interior which is much better imo (keeps it fresh). Most of these came with red interiors.
Great Mb
Штанишки у него мокрые,это точно
SLR is that exciting Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unike BMW 6/8-series that never reached to become such crazy entertaining split personality per recipe take 50% of Merc CL+ 50% of Dodge Viper and leave it with British saying that Borussia Dortmund is better than Manchester United….. because Munich guys did not dare going to experts like Merc went to McLaren for confrontation that based on SLR success later inspired AMG how to make further Merc super-cars…. SLR is one of those 1-occurrence miracles like Lex LFA was and never ever can happen again….
This car literally has a nose 👃 lol
👍🏼
Kinda lackluster interior design for such a car and brand.
why tiff did not ask why they done that shity plastic?
Isn't mclaren owned by BMW !!
thembinkosi samuel no
Car phone hahaha
I heard they're broke
the front is fantastic alongside the sideprofile first half of the car,but the rest and the interior is just plain ugly..
Simplement honteux.
Et triste.... Cela mérite beaucoup mieux.
Just found one for sale £250000
Perfect time to buy these cars
239900 € the cheapest one i see from '05