New 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Photos
The gullwing doors are not abandoned in rekindling memories of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL; the authentication advanced radiator grille with the ample Mercedes brilliant and the wing-shaped cantankerous fins are a bequest to the front-end of the sports car legend. The three-dimensional, sculptured front-end with its low-set, swept-back advanced accessory set able-bodied into the abandon lends the 'Gullwing' its able attitude on the road. Six ample cooling air intakes and the angular abiding headlamps set able-bodied to the alfresco with their adorable close ambient accommodate a ascendant aura: the axial bi-xenon low-beam headlamp with its brownish addition area is affected at the top by two LED indicators and the LED daytime active lights at the bottom
Technical specifications
Engine
No. of cylinders/arrangement: 8/V, 4 valves per cylinder
Displacement: 6208 cc
Bore x stroke: 102.2 x 94.6 mm
Rated ability output: 571 hp (420 kW) at 6800 rpm
Rated torque: 650 Nm at 4750 rpm
Compression ratio: 11.3 : 1
Mixture preparation: Microprocessor-controlled ammunition injection, HFM
Power transmission
Drive: Standard drive
Transmissions: AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT seven-speed sports transmission
Ratios
Final drive: 3.67
1st gear: 3.40
2nd gear: 2.19
3rd gear: 1.63
4th gear: 1.29
5th gear: 1.03
6th gear: 0.84
7th gear: 0.72
Reverse: -2.79
Chassis and suspension
Front axle: Aluminium bifold wishbone suspension, anti-dive, braid springs, gas-filled shock absorbers, stabiliser
Rear axle: Aluminium bifold wishbone suspension, anti-squat and anti-dive systems, braid springs, gas-filled shock absorbers, stabiliser
Braking system: Composite disc brakes, internally aerial and perforated at the front; disc brakes, internally aerial and perforated at the rear; electric rear parking brake; ABS; Brake Assist; 3-stage ESP®
Steering: Rack-and-pinion ability council with constant function, council damper
Wheels: Front: 9.5 J x 19; rear: 11 J x 20
Tyres: Front: 265/35 R 19; rear: 295/30 R 20
Dimensions and weights
Wheelbase: 2680 mm
Tread front/rear: 1682/1653 mm
Overall length: 4638 mm
Overall width: 1939 mm
Overall height: 1262 mm
Turning circle: 11.9 m
Boot capacity: 176 l
Kerb weight acc. to DIN Kg: 1620 kg
Payload (basis ready-to-drive according to EC): 240 kg
Perm. gross agent weight: 1935 lg
Tank capacity/incl. reserve: 85/14 l
Performance and ammunition consumption
Acceleration 0-62 mph (0-100km/h): 3.8 s
Top speed: 200 mph / 317 km/h (electronically limited)
Fuel burning NEDC comb.: 21.4 mpg
CO2 emissions: 314 g/km
It's AMG's aboriginal bumper-to-bumper, start-to-finish activity – and accepting aloof broken about the California countryside and hot-lapped about Laguna Seca, we're larboard apprehensive alone one thing: Why did it booty added than 40 years for this to happen? Well, conceivably we should cut Mercedes some slack, as it has alone endemic its high-performance arm aback 1999, so conceivably the adapted affair is to attending at the SLS' 2009 rollout as article of a tenth ceremony present to itself.
It may assume like an odd time for Mercedes to be jumping aback into the ultra-premium end of the car market, decidedly in ablaze of its contempo less-than-standouts efforts (think: McLaren SLR and the salesproof Maybach). But this isn't the case with the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. In fact, this isn't absolutely a Gottlieb and Karl collective at all – at atomic not by any acceptable definition.
