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Fab Design Mercedes SLS In front of the Plaza Athénée in Paris today.... comment section is below. :)


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Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 race debut video

The Gullwing GT3 SLS literally thundered through the Eiffel forest in its race debut in a VLN race, The Barbarossa Cup, this past Saturday.

The big AMG driven by Berndt Schneider ran in an "Experimental" class separate from the GT3 Porsches, BMW z4 and Audi R8. The best lap time was 8:32 (including the GP track) compared to the 8:21 of the 911 GT3 R of Lucas Luhr and Richard Westbrook or even the 8:24 of the Dörr Motorsport Z4. But VLN is not FIA GT so comparisons are not totally accurate.

For further reference, a 996 GT3 Cup Chris Harris was co-driving had a best lap of 8:53 and Sabine Schmitz lapped some unspecified GT3 in 8:27.

Wagnerian soundtrack aside, the car retired with 3 laps to go. But damn, that sound... turn it up!



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Aaargh, Mein Eyes!

Granted, it was a popular fashion color in Europe this spring but, wrapping your SLS in matte electric mauve...really?

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Caught in the Crossfire

Would it be really awful to say that rather than picturing Stirling Moss or Herbert Von Karajan at the wheel what came to mind was the Chrysler Crossfire? The hideous music is not helping any either.




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Mercedes SLS gullwing laps the Nürburgring

Driven by Bernd Schneider. The Audio is terrible but it gives the impression that the car is very fast but, judging by the braking points, quite heavy. The automatic transmission sound awful. Comments?


(Motor Trend)



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