Due to the automated accessory box, advanced mid-engined arrangement, and its active characteristics, some commentators allocate the SLR McLaren as a GT, whose rivals would be cartage such as the Aston Martin DBS V12 and Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano.
SLR stands for "Sport, Leicht, Rennsport" (sport, light, racing). Mercedes-Benz declared that they would body 3,500 SLRs over seven years, with an anniversary assembly of 500 cars. The car's abject price, GB£295,337 (approx. US$450,000, €350,000, CHF 500,000 or C$ 500,000. 2009), fabricated it the ninth best big-ticket street-legal car in the year 2008.