More Mercedes SLC Prototype Spied

wtf is wrong with you guys? always critizing this car's styling borrows from this and that? so what if they look alike? How RADICAL can a car change?

thats what i thought too.

What are you talking about..the Viper has barely any lines at all.

unless you work under Mercedes' payroll , and you are no one else but its current CEO ,your "guarantee" is as insubstantial as thin air .

sure, I love the 3 Series Coupe too. But Mercedes-Benz sells MORE Mercedes cars than BMW sells BMW cars!!!! And Mercedes has higher operating margin. Of course they also sell trucks. Daimler AG is gonna make 8.5 billion euros (12.5 billion USD) this year.

are you being serious?

This story was reported last summer and while I enjoy the conversation...it has very little to do with the facts...people are just commenting to see their comments... This car is a development mule for the next SLR/SLC or whatever it will be called. Please notice that this mule has rear tailpipes even though it also has viper side pipes that is one give away that it is not a viper...but it does makes sense for Chrysler & Daimler ( which still owns almost 20% of Chrysler and has an ongoing mutual cooperation agreement) to combine the platforms and the development cost of the low volume Viper and the SLR replacement. We should all hope this true...the Viper is a great car although somewhat brutal and unsophisticated...the Viper would make a great donor platform for the SLR and hopefully Benz will make some upgrades in the platform and shave off some weight...then we get a much better Viper and a great SLR. The viper is too big and while I love the 10 cylinder engine it is very heavy and does not need to be over 8 liters to produce the same power. I know some of you will scream but I think BMW has it right using smaller engines with twin turbos...this gives you massive power, lower engine weight and more efficient operation and higher mileage. Rumor has it that Ferrari is considering a twin turbo V8 in it's next top of the line car...the Viper should drop the huge, old, trucky V10 and twin turbo the new HEMI 6.1 liter V8. So the short answer is...modify, lighten, shorten the Viper platform, give it more sophisticated technology and then use that as the donor platform for the next SLR/SLC. Then we get a better Viper , a better SLR and increased profit for both companies from shared development cost and platform sharing...lol sorry to sound like a know it all...but I really would like to see this happen...