Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG News
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Only a handful of the battery-electric SLS AMGs were built, and now one is up for sale.
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Graham Rahal's tuned Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series on Jay Leno's Garage
Weistec CEO Michael Weiss shows off race driver Graham Rahal's tuned, 825-horsepower 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series.
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Excavator Callously Destroys Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: Video
When you first take a look at this video, you can't help but think it must be a joke. Surely that excavator isn't going to rip apart a $200,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Nobody could be so stupid. Well, they can. Next you think that they will stop and save some of the parts. Certainly they must be...
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AMG Performance Studio Personalization Department Builds Bespoke SLS AMG Black Series
AMG is the latest to join the personalization craze among purveyors of luxury and performance autos, with the official Mercedes-Benz tuner showcasing its potential with a bespoke SLS AMG Black Series. The striking sports car was personalized by its owner through the AMG Performance Studio. Full...
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Twin-Turbo Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Shoots Massive Flames On The Dyno
The guys at RADO Motorsports tuning this twin-turbocharged 850-horsepower Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG might want to have a look at their decel map, judging by what happens as soon as they lift off the throttle on the dyno in this video. And yes, there's a dude sitting in the trunk (probably to aid...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Final Edition Makes Debut
Since its launch four years, Mercedes-Benz’s SLS AMG gullwing coupe has spawned a handful of variants including a convertible, sportier GT, battery-powered Electric Drive, the insane Black Series, and the GT3 and GT3 45th Anniversary race cars. Now we’re witnessing the launch of the...
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It’s official boys and girls; the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is on its way out, set to be replaced next year by a brand new sports car currently in the works at AMG’s Affalterbach skunk works. To give the SLS AMG the send-off it deserves--it is, after all, the first Mercedes gullwing in almost half a century--Mercedes will release a special edition appropriately named the “SLS AMG GT Final Edition”. MUST SEE: Jean-Claude Van Damme In Best Ad Ever For Volvo Trucks The new special edition makes its debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show on November 20, as well as the 2013...
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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Attacks The Nordschleife: Video
Having spent some more time behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series on track recently (stay tuned for our write-up), we can vouch for the no-B.S. credentials of the car when pushed hard. Here, it's pushed beyond hard, well into crazy territory, on the Nürburgring...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Final Edition’ Spy Shots
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the spiritual successor to the 300SL gullwing of the 1950s, will bow out of the market next year, with development of a new AMG sports car already well underway. However, Mercedes-Benz was never going to let such a historically significant model drive off into the sunset...
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2015 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Roadster Spy Shots
It might seem like the SLS AMG Roadster is still new, and truthfully, it is, having made its debut in late 2011, as a 2012 model. But Mercedes-Benz is planning a facelift for the car, as evidenced by these latest spy shots of a prototype. The updates are intended to keep the car looking fresh until...
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Mercedes-Benz Will Replace The SLS AMG, Just Not Right Away
Yesterday we learned that the SLS AMG would be phased out soon, with its role as the flagship Mercedes-Benz sports car to be taken up by a smaller and more agile model likely to be called the AMG GT. Fans of the big gullwing needn’t be too sad, however, as a direct replacement is planned...
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HTP-Motorsport Drives Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 To Spa 24 Hours Victory
Winning the Hungarian Grand Prix wasn’t the only reason for Mercedes-Benz to celebrate this past weekend. One of its race cars was driven to overall victory at the Spa 24 Hours, giving the German automaker its first victory at the Belgian endurance classic since 1964. The race car, a 2013...
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A Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive has just been driven around the full course of the Nürburgring Nordschleife in a time of 7:56.234, setting a new record for a production electric car at the legendary German circuit. The overall electric car record still stands at 7:22.329, set by Toyota’s TMG EV P002 race car last year. The SLS AMG Electric Drive is notably quicker than the previous production EV record holder, however, Audi’s canceled R8 e-tron, which in production trim managed a time of 8:09.099. Unlike the Audi, you can actually buy an SLS AMG Electric Drive, though...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series first drive review
Have we driven the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG enough? You tell us. We've flogged it in its debut form as a gullwing, as a roadster, as the new SLS AMG GT, and as a GT Roadster in a weekend joy ride. We've even driven the Tomorrowland edition, also known as the SLS AMG Electric Drive. We've chunked the...
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Black Falcon Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 Driven To Overall Victory In Nürburgring 24 Hours
The #9 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 of German team Black Falcon, competing in the SP9 GT3 class, has won the 2013 Nürburgring 24 Hours, which ended just moments ago. Taking turns behind the wheel were drivers Bernd Schneider, Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards and Nicki Thiim, who have become the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Roadster: Joy Ride
We've spent a lot of time behind the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG--back when it was a new gullwing, then as a roadster, when it underwent its mid-cycle refresh as the SLS AMG GT, and even for a spin in the battery-powered, half-a-million-dollar-pricetagged SLS AMG GT Electric Drive. So what...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Hits Circuit Paul Ricard: Video
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series takes gullwing power and handling to the next level, on track.
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Chris Harris Drives The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive: Video
Since its debut in Paris last year, there’s been little seen or heard of Mercedes-Benz’s new SLS AMG Electric Drive, which is probably due to the car not yet being confirmed for sale in the U.S. In addition, we doubt there will be many takers considering its 416,500 euro pricetag...
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In racing, a safety car is used to collect the race cars on the track following a yellow flag condition, generally for an accident, debris or rain. While the safety car laps the track at a much slower speed than the cars being raced, it must still maintain a brisk enough pace to keep tires warm and engines cool. That requires both a (relatively) fast car and a competent driver, and since the year 2000, German racer Bernd Mayländer has piloted the safety car for the Formula 1 series. Mayländer’s career as a safety car driver began in 1999, when he drove a Mercedes-Benz CLK 55...
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Gullwing America Back With Another Retro Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
For those unfamiliar with Gullwing America, the company is a custom coachbuilder based in Germany whose claim to fame is building some delicious retro cars based on modern mechanicals. In the past, we’ve seen Gullwing come up with cars inspired by the original Mercedes-Benz 300SL and Ferrari...
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World’s Fastest Electric Boat Inspired By The Mercedes SLS AMG Electric Drive
Everyone knows electricity and water don’t mix, but with the latest creation from Cigarette Racing, a world renowned manufacturer of powered boats based in Miami-Dade County, Florida, nothing could be further from the truth. At the Miami International Boat Show this week, Cigarette Racing...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2013 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT First Drive Video
It may seem like the life of a traveling auto writer is all unicorns, rainbows, and thumping V-8s (or V-10s or V-12s), but track-testing a new car can be tough. You have to learn a new track as you learn a new car, typically in a very short period of time and in a limited number of laps. In...
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AMG's Engine Testing Isn't Interrupted by Christmas: Video
German engineers take their job very seriously, but Germans are also renown for embracing the Christmas season with gusto. That said, development and testing of the SLS AMG GT3 must go on, since the competition certainly won’t be taking any time off around the holidays if it means slower lap...
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2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Live Photos: 2012 LA Auto Show
One of the standouts of this week’s 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show was a bright yellow supercar from the tuning gods at AMG. That supercar is the new 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, possibly the wildest and most capable car to ever emerge from AMG’s headquarters in Affalterbach...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran