Wednesday 25th March 2009

Mercedes SLS Supercar Takes To The Ice

Video of the Mercedes SLS supercar testing

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There have been numerous spy pictures of the Mercedes 'Gullwing' supercar caught testing over the past few months, but Mercedes has gone a step further by releasing its own official 'spy' footage.

Last month they gave us the pictures, now there are a string of official videos of the new 563bhp coupe, due to go on sale in the UK in 2010.

Watch the video below to see the £150k supercar sliding around on the Swedish ice.

It's great watching but if you're a little impatient and want to get to the good stuff, jump to 1min 20sec where the driver really starts to show off.

Mercedes SLS Gullwing Promo Film

Mercedes SLS Gullwing testing in Laredo

[Dagnut]

..has a bit of a snout on it but I like it..weirdly reminds me of a 280zx

[sl55amg]

A non-descript car going sideways on ice? Great......?

Come, take it's bloody "clothes" off and show it on a tarmac track FFS

[Wilburo]

Looks like a Viper...

[don logan]

Still no sign of the horn!

[Belfast Boy]

Gullwings again.....I'm getting aroused!

[130R]

Any ideas on how much this thing is going to weigh and what gearbox it will have?

Unfortunately I am predicting "a lot" and "an auto".

[kambites]

They might offer it with their sequential manual box that they fit to the SL63 I suppose.

[don logan]

Belfast Boy said:

Gullwings again.....I'm getting aroused!

car parks? garages? can`t get out of the car?????

[Fidgits]

my problem with this car is the original..

the gullwings were an engineering solution to the fact the racecar design meant it had unfeasibly high sills, and they were the only way of people actually being able to get into the car..

whereas this one, its pure design - adding extra weight at the highest point...

[don logan]

mickken said:

don logan said:

Belfast Boy said:

Gullwings again.....I'm getting aroused!

car parks? garages? can`t get out of the car?????

Jeeves will be devastated....

And stuck in the car!!!!! lol

[EDLT]

Are those wheels very small or is the car fking huge? Also 560hp seems a little... low these days.

[Dagnut]

don logan said:

Belfast Boy said:

Gullwings again.....I'm getting aroused!

car parks? garages? can`t get out of the car?????

THe havea 2 hinge design so it actually fit into tighter spaces then convential doors

[don logan]

Dagnut said:

don logan said:

Belfast Boy said:

Gullwings again.....I'm getting aroused!

car parks? garages? can`t get out of the car?????

THe havea 2 hinge design so it actually fit into tighter spaces then convential doors

AH! (would have been quite funny tho)

[ben d]

Gullwings or not, this just really doesn't do it for me at all...

[Belfast Boy]

LOL!!! how come I can open both doors fully in my small Garage...I dont think I could do that with my wifes Beemer 3 coupe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I--g5xF7DM0

locked in the car????

hard to get out in tight spaces??

clearly never had a Gullwing....

[Mastiff]

Fidgits said:

my problem with this car is the original..

the gullwings were an engineering solution to the fact the racecar design meant it had unfeasibly high sills, and they were the only way of people actually being able to get into the car..

whereas this one, its pure design - adding extra weight at the highest point...

...there are rumuors that Mercedes are playing with the Gullwing design again as it clears space for alternative fuel cells...

[Fetchez la vache]

As has been said above, a heavy, heavily assisted, auto missile doesn't do it for me

When was the last time merc actually made a light, nimble, great handling manual car?

[kambites]

Fetchez la vache said:

As has been said above, a heavy, heavily assisted, auto missile doesn't do it for me

When was the last time merc actually made a light, nimble, great handling manual car?

Or BMW, or Audi (I suppose the R8 isn't too bad, weight-wise, for what it is), or indeed anyone except small volume manufacturers.

I'd be surprised if they get this under 1700kg.

Edited by kambites on Wednesday 25th March 14:59

[Airbag]

kambites said:

They might offer it with their sequential manual box that they fit to the SL63 I suppose.

Yes, the world's first epicycloid sequential manual.

[mikEsprit]

That spoiler is appropriately named. Looks awful.