Italy’s famous Mille Miglia vintage road race, to be held from May 6 to May 9 next year, has already collected a record number of entrants, with more than 1,400 registrations from all over the world so far. It seems the romantic image and excitement of the race is capturing the interest of an international audience, and 2010 should prove a great year for the cars on offer.

According to Mille Miglia organisers, many precious and rare cars will be participating this year, with more models represented than previous editions, including vehicles from past races. The 2010 Mille Miglia will pass through the town centres of Bologna, Assisi, Spoleto and Rieti, and will also pass through Viterbo, Siena, Florence, Modena, Reggio Emilia, Parma and Cremona on the return. The success of the uphill trial at Terminillo in 2009, will be repeated again in 2010.

Source | Autoblog.it

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The latest Mercedes SLR to come out of Woking will be a Roadster in a dashing orange, which will honor the historic color adopted by McLaren Automotive since its founding.

In anticipation of the presentation of the next P11, McLaren is continuing production of the latest prototypes of the supercar designed with Mercedes. In the meanwhile, construction has begun on the 75 super-exclusive cars dedicated to Stirling Moss, who raced the fasted time ever in the Mille Miglia in 1955 with a Mercedes 300 SLR. The career of the SLR coupe began in 2003 and ended in 2007. As expected, the production of the Roadster ended in 2009.

For the debut of its new supercar, Mercedes calculated a potential demand of 3500 total specimens, but since then it seems clear that they were being rather optimistic. As of today, in fact, just over 2200 SLRs have been sold, which is a considerable amount given the level (and price) of the car, but which is not good enough for some people who had been misled by the initial predictions.

From AutoTelegraaf

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