Essentially, the Stirling Moss (maybe we’ll just call it the Moss from now on, then) is the speedster version of Merc’s soon-to-cease-production SLR supercar, so there’s no roof, windows or screen – just a couple of tiny wind deflectors as defence against the air rushing towards you at 349km/h.

Yes, that’s how fast the Moss goes, thanks to a fettled-up version of Merc’s 5.4-litre V8 putting out 478kW. It’ll hit 100km/h in 3.4 seconds – even quicker than the hard-top or roadster – which puts the Moss in true hypercar territory, and makes it the quickest windscreen-less road car on the planet by a mile. We approve.


It’s an exclusive bit of, er, honouring: just 75 speedster SLRs will be built, starting in June 2009, just after production of the SLR Roadster finishes. They’ve all been sold already, to current SLR owners, for 750,000 Euros each (that’s about $1.5 million at current not-very-good exchange rates).

Read more on this animal in Top Gear Australia magazine, as soon as we can convince Mercedes to lend us one.