them in extremely limited quantities, and then at a later date, offers them once more, but without a roof. This practice has yielded a number of vehicles that expose occupants to open air at highly ludicrous speeds. First, there was the CLK-GTR, which was the homologation road going version of the competitive Le Mans car (sans roof). It was followed up by another variation of the CLK, the CLK DTM, a highly modified production CLK that mimicked the look and to a degree, the performance of the touring car. The latest Mercedes supercar to shed its roof is the modern-day incarnation of the "silver arrow" racer, the Mercedes-McLaren SLR.

Almost everything we've come to love about the SLR has remained present on the roadster. The slender and elegant F1-inspired bodywork with its copious vents is all intact, right down to the electronically operated air-brake and spoiler. While the gullwing doors of the CLK-GTR were lost in

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