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The production of the SLR McLaren is due to end in May and Mercedes have come up with a spectacular farewell edition. The last SLR leaves the Woking production line this year, and work will then start on a strictly limited run of the SLR Stirling Moss.

Stripped of roof, windows and doors this is the most extreme SLR yet  and harks back to the 300SLR racing car in which Stirling Moss famously  won the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio and other sportscar races back in 1955.

The car will have 650BHP and a top speed of 217mph, just 75 will be  made and only what Mercedes describes as ‘the most loyal SLR  customers’ will be given the opportunity to buy one, at a cost of £600,000. A totally revised interior including a numbered plaque with an engraved signature by Moss himself underlines the car’s exclusivity, this special edition being Mercedes’ farewell to the SLR.