The Mansory McLaren SLR "Renovatio", a car that's is obviously based off of the Mercedes-Benz supercar, is one of the rarest, ugliest and most expensive cars in its segment.
Based on the SLS's predecessor, Mansory took an already expensive machine and made it even more expensive, by replacing most of the body panels with carbon fiber. This falls in line with the engineering of the original car, which had a body extensively lightened using the best materials of the time… except for the interior, which was filled with luxury Mercedes goodies.
Mansory didn't just alter the SLR's looks, but went one step beyond, by upgrading its supercharger and cooling system, so the 5.5L V8 is now producing 700 horsepower and 880 Nm of torque.
This example was spotted in London with black turbine wheels, and a black on red paintjob. It also has Arab plates… naturally!
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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