AMG is the tuning division of Mercedes, its
is what M is for BMW. The SLS AMG was the first true AMG division sports car
and what a car it was. It took the world by storm the year it was launched.
Over the years many different versions were introduced which received great
response. The SLS AMG was the defining car for the AMG brand as it strengthened
it place in the supercar industry.
The design of the SLS AMG was a tribute the
old and beautiful Mercedes Benz 300SL. The car has a great long bonnet, read
wheel drive and the most important style feature, its gull wing doors. It's
what made the original 300SL so famous and the gull wing doors gives the car
its personality. The SLS is low, wide with a long bonnet and the driver nearly
sitting on the rear axle.
Up front is a 6.3 V8 produced handmade by
AMG. It is a 6208cc V8 with 563 bhp in the normal car, 590 bhp in the SLS GT and
622 bhp in the SLS black series. This makes it the most powerful naturally
aspirated engine in the whole wide world. It is a gem of an engine with
immediate throttle response and it also sounds amazing. It is the last
naturally aspirated engine this company will ever make and what a shame. Thanks
to that engine the car can hit 1-60mph in less than 4 seconds and in the black
series the time was 3.4 seconds which is absolutely fantastic for what is
actually a GT car.
Inside the cockpit is laid with beautiful
touches like the turbine style air vents, and beautiful gauges. The ride is
quite firm but this car handles beautifully with its front engine rear wheel
drive layout it drifts quite easily and is a very fun car to drive. It's been 3 years
Mercedes has stopped making the SLS but its brilliance still blows our mind. We
surely miss it.
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