[thepolarfoxqx]

The pop-up spoiler tupe thing on the SLR is to create downforce on the rear end. Because it is front drive, it doesn't have the benefit of engine weight over the rear axle to hold it down under breaking, so during high speed breaking, the downforce from the fly-up wing just helps hold the back end down.

Having never driven an SLR myself, I'll just have to believe the Robb Report when they say the SLR is the only supercar they could comfortably drive every day. The GT isn't unbearable, but definately much more stiff. SMG is a trademark of BMW, the electro-hydraulically shifted transmission has been around F1 for a while before they got to it, and ZF - their transmission maker makes the SMG tranny. BMW calibrates the electronics, but SMG is not the BMW monopoly you make it sound to be. For sequential transmissions, I almost wonder if having a clutch might not be a good idea. I'd almost think that a high stall torque convertor that only unlocks for shifting connected to a electro hydraulically shifted manual transmission would go faster, but I can't say for sure.