Seriously though, word on the information super highway street is that Mercedes will produce a very limited number of 650hp SLR 722s for European track barons and sell them at about a million US. Similar to the Zonda F, Ferrari FXX or Maserati MC12, the “SLR 722 GTR” is said to be 661 lbs lighter (3139 lbs) and of course have more carbon fiber. Sprechen sie Deutsches? Check out Carpassion.


(Thank Los Jalopniks; pictures: HDennis for Supercars.net)
It's such a track car. I can dry my clothes on that wing. It's got tow points, racing wheels, and what looks like 6-or-8 piston calipers. No way I'll ever see one on the road, and not just because I live in America...
[...] Mercedes-Benz 722 GTR out of the showroom and on the Ring. A while back we made note of a SLR GTR in a random showroom somewhere in Europe—and here it is, in motion. We know you haven’t used Babel Fish translation in a while, so we’ll do this news report via Auto Motor Und Sport with it, quite amusing, we must say. [...]