More Mercedes Gullwing Spy Photos
Handling test at Nurburgring
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Shame Mercedes-Benz isn't teamed up with McLaren, that was a perfect match made in heaven...
Both of both worlds :(
April 10, 2008 9:13 am
Agreed, the rendering is quite appealing for a speculative piece of work. And for a Merc as well, most of the Mercedes renderings (whoever might have done them) suck. Aesthetically.
April 10, 2008 11:25 am
they are doing chassis/drivetrain testing and the viper was the lightest/most accessible body avalible(testing started before daimler chrysler split into daimler benz and chrysler corp.)
April 10, 2008 12:07 pm
seriously every time a story an article about this prototype shows up there's always someone whose convinced that the car is a viper instead of bothering to read the article or even the subtitle in this case.
April 11, 2008 2:12 am
its gonna be a beast. i think mercedes and amg doing a car will better than mercedes and mclaren
April 10, 2008 12:08 pm
its a Viper, every can see that...Mercedes by them self doing a "super car" jaja keep tring. The chasis and weight distibution its their problem, that means, ALL of it jaja
April 10, 2008 1:32 pm
This same mule has been around the block. While I don't deny that this is a Mercedes under there, I do think it'd be really funny if this is in fact the next Viper. That'd really throw all those speculating spy shooters a for a loop!
April 10, 2008 2:27 pm
Lol, yeah, that would be great... and horrible, all at the same time.
April 11, 2008 6:04 pm
Why everybody everywhere says that there are a mercedes under this viper ?
WCF is telling us this from more than 6 months and we never see a proof that the mule under this viper body is mercedes !!
April 10, 2008 5:11 pm
what a tunning rendering, than just put some supercharger on 6,2L V8 and it will be a crazy combination, or biturbo at least,I hope that it won`t be a N/A!!!
April 10, 2008 5:53 pm
Well, I won't pretend I know what it is either way because I'm no expert, but there are a few things to consider. First, it looks like those are Mercedes wheels. I know that doesn't mean anything necessarily, but it could. Secondly, the wheel base does appear longer than the Viper, although I might be mistaken (I should probably look closer). Third, Mercedes and Chrysler were together when the current Viper was put into production, so its possible Mercedes has always had Viper clothing stored away for specific test mules. Thirdly, if a company is trying to be as secretive as possible with a special project that they don't want you to know about, they might resort to this kind of camouflage. That being said, the Viper is due for a redesign in the near future so it might be some early test mules. Anyhow, I'll reserve judgment until there is more evidence.
April 10, 2008 7:24 pm
Actually, looks like the dash to axle specifically is longer on this car...
April 10, 2008 7:30 pm
WHY CANT MERCEDES BUILD A MID-ENGINE SUPERCAR??? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
April 10, 2008 7:57 pm
because your gay
why must u speak in big letters?? or even better... why must u speak at all...
April 10, 2008 7:36 pm
I dont understand why they are referring to this car as a gullwing, if you look at the pics, it could not possibly be a gullwing. I love the current SLR, but the car has so many drawbacks first, its uncomfortable unless you a small person or midget sorry and its astronomical cost and cost of ownership, is why they only sold 250 world wide but it is rolling sculpture and if I was three or for inches shorter and could concieve of putting out such an outlandish amount of money for purchase and yearly maintinece I would have on but I cant!!
April 10, 2008 8:08 pm
Oh please, will people stop going on about this being a Viper and not a gullwing... it's a bloody mule! The McLaren F1 used a Ultima as a mule, the SLr a TVR Cerbera as a mule. I guess it happened thet DB got a stack of Viper bodied as the only useful return from the Chrysler debacle. And of course it isn;t a gullwing in these shots - it's a Viper body on a mule!
Please, give it a rest... There is no Viper replacement, Chrysler has much bigger challenges than building a halo model that will only ever be criticised compared to its competition.
April 10, 2008 9:40 pm
Thats a pretty good rendering. I think that is what the new SL should have looked like...
April 10, 2008 11:28 pm
Also, this mule has AMG brakes. To those who still think this is a Dodge Viper..............Denial ain't just a river in Egypt!
April 11, 2008 7:09 am









