Archive for the ‘Gullwing’ Category

•    What is it: A new gullwing supercar that effectively replaces the Mercedes-Benz SLR •    Key facts: 6.2-liter V-8 with 571 horsepower; 7-speed dual-clutch transmission; rear-wheel drive •    On sale: April 2010 •    Price: $250,000 (est.)

It's been unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt auto show, and in a few days, High Gear Media heads to Monterey and Laguna Seca to join up with the 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG for our first drive.

The SLS car is the successor to the current Benz SLR roadster and former coupe, but this time around, the German automaker's put an emphasis on low weight to go with astonishing power, as it hunts down some of the...

It's Monday, and as usual, we're feeling kind of sluggish -- especially those of us stuck at Stalag TCC while other lucky folks have jetted off to Frankfurt. Accordingly, we've spent most of this morning tinkering around Mercedes-Benz's new microsite for the SLS AMG Gullwing, which provides a thorough overview of the SLS and gives visitors the chance to customize their own. The site's achingly slow, and the results are disheartening, since none of us will ever manage to afford the real thing, but hey, that's why they build fantasy sites, right? [Mercedes-AMG via Carscoop]

Picture this. A crowd of automotive journalists steps outside a hotel lobby in quiet little Monterey, California—right along Cannery Row, to be exact—waiting for a shuttle bus to the nearby Laguna Seca track, to drive Mazdas. Exactly then, four Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG supercars roll slowly up to the hotel and park, in a row, in front of the automotive scribes, trailed by a big yellow Penske rental truck that might or might not have been with them.

Eyes widen, cameras are pulled out, and it’s a snapping frenzy for a couple of minutes. The men with the cars—several looking stoically German—look a little hesitant for a moment, then at ease,...