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Old 09-06-06, 10:21 AM
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Posted September 1st, 2006 At 7:30 AM CST

While going through our inbox on this first day of September, we received a tip from our good friend Vincent over at Autoblog.nl directing us a tuner by the name of Ad-Design that has attempted to convert a W220 Mercedes S-Class into an SLR-McLaren.

The result, as you see, falls slightly short of capturing the seductive essence of the SLR; it is, however, amusing to see a tuner even attempt to convert an S-Class into a $450,000 supercar.

To see more, keep scrolling to view a couple additional photos of the SLR/S-Class, and if, for some reason unbeknownst to us, you actually want to learn more about the vehicle in question, head over to Ad-Design's website for more details.
source : emercedesbenz.com

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i personally am happy when other luxury cars make their vehicles look like crap.

it makes everyone else want to buy a lexus and our cars hold their value more.
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The entire front of that car looks like it was made with Bondo.
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time to wetsand those headlights
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whats with ppl wasting their money?
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Boy howdy... did they ever botch that hood. It looks like they gave it to a first timer and asked them to have fun. Yeesh! I think that if done right, they can make it look fantastic... but that specimen is awful!
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Old 09-06-06, 01:04 PM
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The S-Class doesn't need an F1 nose. Good game Ad-Design.
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Originally Posted by cliffud
i personally am happy when other luxury cars make their vehicles look like crap.

it makes everyone else want to buy a lexus and our cars hold their value more.
Mercedes was not the one that made this car look like crap. It was done by a 3rd party company. Questionable lexus body kits (also from 3rd party companies) exist as well.
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Not just one but two S-Class's ruined.
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Originally Posted by cliffud
i personally am happy when other luxury cars make their vehicles look like crap.

it makes everyone else want to buy a lexus and our cars hold their value more.
Mercedes didn't design the car to look anything like that. That was a third party after market body kit maker. Their are third part companies that make horrible looking body kits for Lexus's as well.
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I almost throw up when I see the first picture... what are they thinking!!!
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