Mercedes went out to test the upcoming SLS AMG only to have the encounter of a lifetime. So who or what did they run in to? One of the future AMG built super car’s competitors in the marketplace, the Ferrari F430. On a more important note, the car is loosing more and more of its camouflage, meaning that we will soon see an official unveiling.
The SLS AMG will be powered by a hand built 6.2 liter AMG V8 engine that puts out a total of 571 HP, which is over 50 HP more than the AMG CL63 that shares the same engine design. The SLS will weigh in at just under 3575 pounds means that every horsepower being developed by the V8 has to push around about 6.25 pounds of gull wing, this allows the super car to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH.
The German luxury automaker Mercedes Benz has involuntarily had to unveil their ordering brochure for the upcoming SLS AMG supercar. Even if the online pamphlet doesn’t reveal any new shots of the supercar, it does reveal every detail and exactly how much every one of those options will cost.
The list includes: special $10,000 "ALU-BEAM liquid metal" paint, performance options like the $12,000 carbon-ceramic brakes and $1,500 sport suspension kit; but from what we can read the interior options are endless.
That is all in addition to the hand built 6.2 Liter V8 engine from the AMG workshop that will put out the most naturally aspirated horsepower of any tri-star sports car to wear the three letter emblem. We will just have to wait until the car drops in September at Frankfurt for a complete picture.
The Mercedes SLS AMG will make its official debut this coming September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, with sales to begin shortly after at a price of around $255,000.
The SLS AMG will be powered by a hand built 6.2 liter hand built AMG V8 engine that puts out a total of 571 HP, this is over 50 HP more than the AMG CL63, a high performance luxury model that shares the same engine design. The SLS will weigh in at just under 3575 pounds, meaning that every horse has to push around about 6.25 pounds of gull wing, this allows the super car to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH.
Just like the McLaren SLR stole the hearts of the well to do from around the globe and became a must have item in every celebrity’s garage, when the modern gull wing goes on sale it to will become an instant classic. For a little more than a quarter of a million dollars, Mercedes Benz should have no problem moving as many of these SLS super cars as they can produce.
Bernd Schneider, the 5 time Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft champion with Motor Trend journalist Arthur St. Antoine at his side, had a little fun with the future SLS AMG at the Nurburgring. The last time a Mercedes Benz racing legend teamed up with a paper jockey was back when Sir Stirling Moss and Denis Jenkinson won the 1955 Mille Miglia in the original SLR 722.
Only a few days ago Top Speed brought you the first rumors on an electric vehicle version for the SLS AMG supercar. Well now its official, the German automaker has announced that the company is developing an exciting super sports car with a zero-emission high-tech power train.
The SLS AMG EV will feature four electric motors that make a combined peak output of 392 kW and a maximum torque of 880 Nm, that is 525 HP and 650 lb-ft of thrust. The four electric motors are positioned near the wheels as opposed to inside of them, this substantially reduces the unsprung mass compared to wheel-hub motors, allowing the SLS EV to handle just as well as the internal combustion kind.
The electric version will be able to sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in around 4.0 seconds, putting it on the same level as the SLS AMG super car powered by a hand built 6.2 Liter V8 developing 571 HP.
After the first official images of the new AMG SLS leaked out into the German press and then on to the internet last week, the European automotive journal AutoBild has just come out with a few mor of the revealing images. As September draws closer the gull wing’s official debut is not too far away.
The production version of the SLS AMG will be powered by an AMG hand built 6.2 V8 engine that puts out a total of 571 HP. The SLS will weigh in at just under 3575 pounds meaning that every horsepower will have to push around about 6.25 pounds of super car, this allows the velocity machine to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH.
Mercedes Benz is about to unveil a hardtop version of the gull-winged SLS AMG supercar by the end of this year, so it is only fitting that they get started on a roadster version of the new speed machine that has just been spied testing for the first time ever. The roadster version of the SLS is expected to be unveiled late in 2011 as a 2012 model.
The SLS Roadster will be powered by the same 563 HP 6.3L V8 engine as found in the coupe version. The drop top Benz will be able to sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in around 4 second and reach a top speed around 200 MPH.
The SLS AMG Roadster should go on sale for a price of around $200,000.
Mercedes Benz originally announced that they were going to have a production ready EV version of the SLS AMG super car by 2015. However it looks like things are happening ahead of schedule, rumors are saying that we may see an electrified SLS as early as this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
The SLS eDrive, as it is being called, will be offered with the same lightweight aluminum chassis as the standard SLS’s heavily modified RWD platform. In order to go green the front suspension had to be redesigned and the dampeners now lay horizontally as opposed to the standard car’s upright double wishbone suspension in order to free up space for the pair of 133 HP electric motors that will make the SLS a four wheel drive.
The eDrive will develop a total of 532 HP from the four spinning electromagnets, although that is not as much power as the standard car’s 571 HP, it will still accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in under 4.0 seconds. You won’t get too far from home with the eDrive’s approximate 100 mile range, but that is a small price to pay for driving a zero emissions super car.
After the German automaker revealed the official spy shots and more recently details of the future SLS AMG super car, a German magazine claims to have gotten their hands on the first official image of the SLR replacement.
The SLS AMG will be powered by a hand built 6.2 liter AMG V8 engine that puts out a total of 571 HP, which is over 50 HP more than the AMG CL63 that shares the same engine design. The SLS will weigh in at just under 3575 pounds means that every horsepower being developed by the V8 has to push around about 6.25 pounds of gull wing, this allows the super car to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH.
The luxury German automaker Mercedes Benz has just revealed a few new teaser images that show off the interior of the future SLS AMG supercar. With the reincarnation of the Gullwing’s debut only a few months away in Frankfurt, the craftsmen at AMG will be busy crossing off a items on checklists and polishing up a few examples for the show.
The SLS AMG will be powered by a hand built 6.2 liter AMG V8 engine that puts out a total of 571 HP, which is over 50 HP more than the status confirming AMG CL63 that shares the same engine design. The SLS will weigh in at just under 3575 pounds means that every horsepower being developed by the V8 has to push around about 6.25 pounds of gull wing, this allows the super car to accelerate from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH.
The red SLS in the photos looks eerily similar to the same model Top Speed showed being propelled by two man power. In order to get an unobstructed view of the future SLS we will just have to wait for the car’s official debut in Frankfurt, lets hope that AMG has sorted out all the bugs by then.
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