Okay so generally I don’t really become enthralled or jealous of celebrities, but this is something I pretty am jealous of.
Kanye West was invited to attend a charity fundraiser put on by Elton John in Cannes, France this week. And his choice of ride was the Mercedes-McLaren Stirling Moss Edition while wearing a classic black and white tux with sunglasses. I have a serious boyhood dream of wanting to actually be James Bond and there’s no doubt that Kanye is purposely trying to channel Mr. Bond in the photo pictured above. And who could really blame him. I know, I know, Bond usually drives Astons, but work with me here.
Anyway, the car itself, as you probably are aware, is extremely rare. It was the last car built by the Mercedes-McLaren partnership back in 2009. Only 75 examples were ever made The Stirling Moss was actually Korean designed and inspired by 300 SLR speedster. It was powered by a supercharged V8 and was rated at 640 horsepower with a top speed of 350 km/h. It took only 3.5 seconds to reach 100 km/h from not and it had incredible handling capabilities.
It’s not clear whether Mr. Bond West is just lucky enough to know a Stirling Moss owner who let him borrow it, or if Kanye owns the vehicle himself. The latter is entirely possible since the Stirling Moss was only sold to SLR owners and Kanye West is indeed an SLR owner. His vehicle collection includes said SLR, an Aston Martin DB9, a Range Rover SuperSport and a Porsche Panamera. Oh wait, the Panamera was totaled in Hawaii a while back. Still, not a bad lineup to have in your garage.
Hit the jump to see more pics of the amazing Stirling Moss.
[The Daily Mail]
