January 4th, 2012 admin
The Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS is a luxury grand touring car from Mercedes-AMG developed for the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren to replace. The car is the first Mercedes car designed in-house by AMG and Mercedes-Benz describes as a spiritual successor to the 300 SL Gullwing.
The vehicle was unveiled at the IAA 2009. Sales began in mid 2010 in Europe with MSRP of € 177,310 (including tax) and is in the United States in mid-2011 for less than $ 200,000. Promotional Ads of SLS AMG have also started airing in India, and from April 2010. The SLS is AMG appear as the cover car for the upcoming PlayStation 3 driving game Gran Turismo 5, and the safety car for the 2010 Formula One season.
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November 12th, 2011 admin
The Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat, closed sports car with distinctive doors. Later it was offered as an open roadster. It was the fastest production car of its time.
Built by Daimler-Benz AG and numbered internally W198 the injection version was from the road to (somewhat loosely) on a very successful company competition-only sports car of 1952, the slightly less powerful carbureted Mercedes-Benz 300SL (W194).
The road model was suggested by Max Hoffman. Designed for customers in the booming U.S. market post-war period in 1954 New York Auto Show was presented, in contrast to earlier models that was introduced at the Frankfurt or Geneva shows. The Mercedes-Benz fashion, the “300″ on the three-liter engine displacement. The “SL” stand for “Sport Light” (Light Sport).
The Mercedes Benz 300SL was best for both its distinctive gullwing doors and the first gasoline-powered cars are known, equipped with gasoline direct injection into the combustion chamber. The Gull Wing version is available from March 1955-1957. The production of the roadster in 1963 ended with the introduction of the 230SL.
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