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| Press Release |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG: high-tech and fascination -
The new 'Gullwing' from Mercedes-Benz
Stuttgart/Affalterbach, Mar 12, 2009
For the first time in the company's history stretching back over
40 years, the Mercedes-Benz performance brand is presenting a
vehicle developed in-house, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The super
sports car serves up an exciting proposition with its unique
technology package: aluminium spaceframe body with gullwing
doors, AMG 6.3-litre V8 front-mid engine developing 420 kW/571
hp peak output and dry sump lubrication, seven-speed dual-clutch
transmission in a transaxle configuration and sports suspension
with aluminium double wishbones. The ideal front/rear weight
distribution of 48 to 52 percent and the vehicle's low centre of
gravity are testimony to the uncompromising sports car concept.
"Mercedes-Benz is presenting an exhilarating super sports car in
the guise of the new SLS AMG, which is bound to set the pulses
of all car enthusiasts racing that extra bit faster. The SLS AMG
is emotion pure and simple for the Mercedes-Benz brand and is
set to become one of the most alluring sports cars of our era",
says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of
Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars.
"Our customers will experience with the SLS AMG the expertise of
our sports car manufacturer Mercedes-AMG, built up over 40 years
of motor racing, along with the kind of scintillating design
that only a top athlete from the Mercedes-Benz stable can
offer", says Volker Mornhinweg, Chairman of Mercedes-AMG GmbH.
The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG offers purist, distinctive
styling, superior driving dynamics and hallmark Mercedes
everyday practicality and safety. During the development of the
new 'Gullwing', the AMG developers placed their trust in the
valuable know-how of the specialists from the Mercedes
Technology Center (MTC) in Sindelfingen. The aim of this joint
development was to turn the SLS AMG 'Gullwing' into the perfect
synthesis of the strengths of the Mercedes-Benz and AMG brands. |
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