Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing Videos Released
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sub39h
this car looks deliberately very sports oriented, and therefore one could assume that it'll forego many of the luxuries one would come to expect from a Mercedes. if this was the direction that Merc is taking, why wasn't that the direction that was taken with the SLR in the first place? after all, most of the complaints stemmed from the fact that it wasn't hardcore enough (and personally, i despised it for being built in Britain and not coming in right-hand-drive.)
March 26, 2009 6:03 pm
Michael-Heinrich
A sporty 599 GTB styled powertrain: a front-middle mounted 6.2L 8-cylinder engine (6.0L 12-cylinder for 599), a rear mounted gearbox (even a rear mounted double clutch forward of the differential on the SLS), 1620kg curb weight (1690kg for 599) by using a large portion of aluminium, less than 4sec 0-100km/h acceleration?? A new challenger to 599 GTB in practicality as well: 2-seater with a reasonable luggage compartment.
March 27, 2009 12:57 am
Joe_Limon
hmmm. I dunno it still looks heavy for the amount it tossed around in corners, it may be the first amg to break the 4000lb mark... but just barely, and far far away from supercar status.
March 26, 2009 6:10 pm
scratchy996
it's lighter and more powerful than the 997 Turbo, i think it's supercar enough.
March 26, 2009 6:57 pm
Joe_Limon
sorry, missed the specs. But seriously, the 997 turbo is lighter then this car yet I would be very hard pushed to call it a "super car" it is still a sports car. But with 571hp, sure I will call this car a supercar.
March 26, 2009 8:44 pm
Joe_Limon
Speaking of which, doesn't the viper have more power and weigh less then this car? What did merc do to make a smaller displacement car weigh more? Hopefully it's something to help the fuel economy! it will be a burn if a 8.3L viper can get better mileage then this car.
March 26, 2009 8:46 pm
scratchy996
the Merc is heavier becaue of all the luxury equipment it has and the automatic gearbox. we will have to wait for the Black Edition to see a sport version of this.
March 27, 2009 10:58 am
dmanero
i kind of curious what the end result will be, it sounds great, lets just hope they don't shelf this model or worse drop this car all together
March 26, 2009 8:21 pm
chris25
Thats alot of testing done there, but the engine sounds like a muscle car not like AMG engines even though the logo is there, still something is missing. Anyways it still in testing mode, so I'll wait.
March 26, 2009 8:46 pm
scratchy996
V8 sound sucks , i would rather have the AMG V12 engine they built for Zonda.
March 27, 2009 1:00 pm
Swifty
I know what is missing???
SUPERCHARGER!!! or in German... KOMPRESSOR!!!
Well at least a Biturbo option would be nice :)
March 27, 2009 4:19 am
norther
1620 kg so that means...1650 to 1680. with a 6.2 and 571 bhp, which is less than the SLR. and they claim 0-60 times of under 4 seconds. spare me... dont get me wrong, i think it will look good. (for now to me still looks like a viper) but the engine, i think the engine is weaakkkk. lambo had a 6.2 on the first murcielago and that put out 588....and that was, how many years ago? sorry mercedes but a 6.2 should develop at least 600bhp. these are the standards, these are the times, look at the competition. sorry again...
March 28, 2009 8:29 pm
e36mmm
too heavy unfortunately. the rest is good so far. 1660kg/less than 600hp is not good enough. bmw is laughing at mercedes right now :D
March 30, 2009 5:51 pm
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