This doesn’t look so good for AMG, considering that the SLS is the first complete product to be branded solely with the Mercedes Benz factory tuners name plate. It’s never good to see a spy shot where the car is sitting in a public place with the hood up. What could have happened to this SLS AMG is anybody’s guess? However, it’s photos like these that can turn away big spenders with fears of being stuck in the same precarious situation.
With the reincarnation of the Gullwing’s debut only 3 months away, AMG needs to make sure that we don’t see anymore of these from now until then. Future super car owners won’t care that their car’s had crafted 6.2 Liter V8 makes 571 HP, over 50 HP more than the big baller CL and S Class AMG models, when you have to ask two guys with blurry faces for some help pushing the 3575 pound SLR replacement.
At that point, the 195 MPH top speed will be the last thing on your mind. An experience like this may even be enough to make you start thinking about learning Italian, not that those cars have the greatest reliability records. It will be interesting to see how one of the most reliable automakers in the world, Toyota, will do with their 200 MPH machine.
The German luxury car maker Mercedes Benz is constantly teasing us, showing us glimpses and revealing very little about their upcoming SLS AMG super car. Well this video is no different, Mercedes shows off the abilities of the SLR successor while hiding it under traditional automotive camouflage, but it does look good.
What we do know is that the SLS will be powered by an AMG built 6.3 Liter V8 tuned to produce 571 HP. The car should be able to sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds and capable of a theoretical top speed of 195 MPH.
The Mercedes SLS AMG is scheduled to make its official debut this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, but Benz still hasn’t dropped its guard. The new super sports coupe from Mercedes has been spotted testing at the Nurburgring racetrack in Germany, and it is still wearing a disguise. One thing we can tell underneath all that camouflage is that the running lights appear to be made up of forward thinking LEDs.
The future gullwing will be powered by a 6.2 Liter AMG hand-built V8 that delivers 571 HP. The car will be balanced almost perfectly with a front/rear weight distribution of 48%/52% and will sprint from 0 to 60 MPH in only 3.8 seconds and won’t stop until it reaches a top speed of 195 MPH.
Yes that’s a white car under all that camouflage. It seems Mercedes still wants to keep the design of the SLS somewhat of a secret until September’s unveiling at the Frankfurt Motor Show. For the new shot we can see the large rear exhaust cut outs and get a better look at how the gullwing doors are incorporated into the body.
The design is the only secret Mercedes has left about its future supercar. The official details have already been revealed including the 571 hp 6.3-liter V8, 0 to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds, and the 195 mph top speed.
Mercedes knows its sports cars are not just about how it performs on the road, but many of its customers also like the feeling of having the wind in their hair and letting the worlds see how wealthy they are. So while it may have taken three years for Mercedes to develop a droptop version of its first gullwing sports car, the 300SL, the upcoming SLS AMG may have a soft top as soon as a year after its premiere.
The new gullwing car from Mercedes will make its first appearance this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show, and the first car could be on the road as soon as next spring. Once that’s out the door, Mercedes engineers will work to ditch roof and add “butterfly” doors similar to the ones on the SLR roadster. This version of the SLS may be on the auto show circuit in time for the 2010 Paris Motor Show (Frankfurt and Paris alternate years).
The roadster is expected to get the same 571 hp 6.2-liter V8 engine that will be used in the SLS gullwing coupe.
Mercedes is really looking to put the spy shot photographers out of business with the SLS AMG. Its already released official exterior "spy shots" and details on the SLS, and now interior pics and exterior sketches are coming directly from Mercedes.
From these interior shots we can see that the SLS will get AMG’s standard carbon fiber treatment. The overall appearance seems take elements from the new E-Class and apply them to an SL-Class sized interior.
We know that the SLS is powered by a 571 hp version of the 6.3-liter V8 already in use in other AMG-modified cars. The shot of the instrument layout now confirms that this engine will be mated to a seven-speed double-clutch automated manual transmission.
The exterior sketches don’t reveal much more then we already know about the Gullwinged coupe. Maybe that’s the one element Mercedes plans to keep a secret until September when the concept premieres at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Mercedes is seems to really enjoy the slow reveal of the SLS AMG. They’re already released most of the tech specs on the future supercar, and new here’s a few videos of a few cars doing some testing. The only thing that’s left now is what the car is going to look like, maybe that’s what Mercedes will hold back for the reveal that’s expected this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Not knowing what the car looks like doesn’t bother us too much as long as we get to hear the 571 hp 6.3-liter V8.
The 300 SL gull wing of the 1950’s is one of Mercedes most recognizable creations; this is due in large part to the unique manner in which the doors open. They are hinged at the top and include a section of the roof and when opened the gull wing resembles a bird with outstretched wings. At the time this was done not to disturb the SL’s tubular space frame that placed large steel tubes on either side of the driver and passenger. Today it is being done because they want to.
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is a modern take on the classic design of the 1950’s racecar. The SLS “gullwing” is the first vehicle to be produced by Mercedes in-house tuners AMG. Traditionally Benz vehicles and engines are modified to create a high performance AMG product. However with the SLS, AMG has done all of the work themselves, that means no compromises.
Just like its predecessor the SLS is built using the latest in lightweight chassis construction, instead of steel tubes the AMG engineers chose an aluminum space frame design that is inherently strong without excess weight. Like most sports cars the SLS will have a low seating position, but unlike most sports cars the gull wing doors make getting in and out a lot easier.
For the SLS AMG upgraded their standard 6.3 liter V8 with forged pistons, reinforced bearings, a new intake design and unique headers for this application. Their efforts have raised the output from 503 HP in the standard 6.3 liter AMG V8 and 525 HP for the heavier CL and S Class AMG models to produce 571 HP for the SLS gull wing super car. The engine also features a dry sump lubrication system that allows the engine to be placed lower and further back in the engine because there is no oil pan, this bring the weight to a more centralized location in the chassis and helped the engineers at AMG achieve a nearly 50/50 weight distribution.
Power is sent from the engine to a DTM inspired transaxle, which houses a double clutch transmission, by way of a carbon fiber driveshaft housed inside a torque tube. A special effort was made to use lightweight materials like the forged aluminum double wishbones and hubs. Combined with the carbon ceramic disc brakes the engineers at AMG were able to reduce the unsprung mass giving the SLS a more lively driving experience. The car wears 19 inch diameter wheels up front and the rims measure 20 inches in the rear. Helping the 571 HP gain traction are 11 inch wide tires that were designed exclusively for AMG.
A curb weight just under 3575 lbs (1620 kg) means that every horsepower being developed by the V8 has to push about 6.25 pounds of gullwing, this allows the super car to accelerate to 60 MPH (100 km/h) in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a top speed of 195 MPH. Thanks to the vehicle’s light weight construction and efficient high performance engine the SLS AMG should return a very reasonable 18 MPG when it is launched in 2010.
Official details in the press release after the jump.
When it rains it pours. Earlier this week we got a rumor that the new Gullwing supercar from Mercedes may be called the SLS, and now we’ve got some pretty important details. Autobild posted an official technical drawing on the future supercar.
According to the picture the debate between a V10 and a V8 has been settled. It’s a V8 engine with dry sump lubrication that will be mounted in mid-front position (behind the front wheels, but in front of the driver.) We still expect the final output to be between 550 and 650 hp, which is impressive considering the picture does not indicate a turbocharger.
The picture indicates the “SLS” will use a double clutch transmission (paddle shifted likely.) With the engine in the front and the transmission in the rear, and both are mounted low and towards the middle, the car should be able to achieve the "ideal weight distribution for perfect driving dynamics " that is mentioned at the top of this pic.
We know the future supercar from Mercedes has not yet been named, but we’ve been using the same codemame as Merc: SLC.. Now the name may change, although slightly, to SLS.
This would make sense. SLS was one of the first discussed names for this supercar. Also if this meant to be a successor to the SLR, SLS would be a natural progression. Regardless of the name, we expect the gullwing supercar to have a V10 or turbo V8 making between 550 hp and 650 hp.
Our first official peek at the car should be in one year at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show.
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