U.S. safety regulations are a bitch. Sure, they have our best interests at heart, but in the process, the NHTSA has barred from or roads some of the cooler cars ever to grace tarmac.

Take, for example, this Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss edition. One of only 75 produced, this version of the SLR packs even more visual panache than the regular SLR (which wasn’t exactly lacking in flair); we wouldn’t hesitate to say it looks quite a bit better than the original version of the McLaren-Mercedes supercar. It was faster, too; the SLR Stirling Moss gained 23 horsepower and lost 440 pounds versus the regular roadster. It was a car that, in our minds, did a good job of living up to the driver it was named after—a man whose name in Britain is synonymous with speeding.

Yet you could’t buy one here when they came out last year, because it hadn’t been U.S. Gov’t certified as safe. (Thanks, Nanny State.) However, one of them has popped up for sale in France for a cool $1.97 million; with only 62 miles on it, we say it’s worth buying a house in France simply as a place to keep the car. Remember to bring your helmet, though.