Mercedes has announced that this years F1 safety car will be the Mercedes SLS AMG, with the C63 AMG acting as Medical Car The new F1 season is close to kicking off, and we’ll get round to doing a preview of what’s happening at the start of the 2010 season once we’ve got Geneva out […]
Mercedes SLS AMG – production begins
Mercedes has started full production of the SLS AMG ready for the first cars to arrive with customers at the end of March in Germany. I don’t know why – as Mercedes hadn’t previously announced it – but we guessed that they’d already started to put the Mercedes SLS AMG in to production ready for […]
Mercedes SLS AMG – Dancing on the ceiling
Mercedes has released a video of the Mercedes SLS AMG driving upside down on the roof of a tunnel. Every car maker wanting to boast about the ground-effect prowess of their cars will claim they could – in the right circumstances – drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel. But to the best of our knowledge it’s […]
Mercedes planning ‘Baby’ SLS AMG?
Mercedes are reported to be planning a smaller stand-alone AMG – a ‘Baby’ SLS – to take on the Porsche 911. But not until 2014. The Mercedes SLS AMG is the first, fully fledged car to come out of the AMG stable. Every other AMG to date has been an add on to an existing […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series – Again
There are new reports that Mercedes are planning a Black Series version of the SLS AMG Gullwing for release in 2013. Back in September we reported that Mercedes were working on a Black Series Version of the SLS AMG. Not the most surprising news admittedly – it’s an obvious thing for Mercedes to do even […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing – too tight for comfort?
We’re hearing that the new Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing has an uncomfortably small cabin with tight seats and restricted headroom. Mercedes, quite understandably, has made a big deal of their in-house replacement for the mighty McLaren SLR. The tease in the run-up to the reveal rivalled that of Jaguar with the new XJ, and included […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Black Series planned?
It looks like Mercedes is planning a Black Series version of the SLS AMG Gullwing with up to 700bhp and a 3.0 second 0-60mph. We’ve only just had the official launch of the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing at Frankfurt, and it won’t hit the roads until well in to 2010. But we also know that […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster on the road
Mercedes is out testing the convertible version of the SLA AMG in Europe – the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster – before a launch at Geneva in 2010. Even though the Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing is only just making its official debut at Frankfurt, Mercedes are working hard on its soft-top sibling – the SLS AMG […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing – the Website
Mercedes has created a website for the SLS AMG Gullwing, with enormous detail on the new 563bhp Supercar. This last week has seen a gradual reveal of all things Mercedes SLS AMG. We’ve had months of information trickles, but on Wednesday we had a leak of the official pictures of the SLS, followed not too […]
Mercedes SLS AMG Gullwing Press Release
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: Fascination and high tech The new gullwing from Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart/Affalterbach — Automotive fascination and high tech of the highest order: These are the traits embodied by the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, which is making its world premiere at the International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt on 15 September 2009. The super sports […]