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08-11-10, 19:12
http://www.leftlanenews.com/mercedes-benz-sls-amg-convertible.html
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By Drew Johnson
A set of leaked patent office drawings gave us our first look at the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Convertible, but left plenty to the imagination. Given the lack of detail in the leaked drawings, we decided to hand things over to our in-house artist, giving us a far more realistic preview of the upcoming SLS AMG Convertible.
Envisioned as a more cruising-oriented variant of the high-performance SLS, the convertible will eschew the coupe's gullwing doors for a more traditional entry, as well as an SLR-like powered soft-top.
Although the SLS convertible will be going sans top, we expect the open air supercar to retain the coupe's 563 horsepower 6.2-liter V8 - making it the last application for the motor. Mercedes-Benz has already indicated that the 6.2 will go the way of the dinosaur next year, being replaced by a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8, good for roughly the same output as the 6.2-liter V8.
The convertible will likely carry an added weight penalty, despite losing the gullwing doors and switching to traditional doors for a slight weight savings - thus we expect the SLS to post a slight drop in its zero-to-60 time of about 4 seconds - with a top speed very close to 200 mph.
The SLS coupe will likely hit Mercedes showrooms with a price tag south of $200,000, but the SLS convertible could surpass that, reflecting its premium nature. No word on annual production, but well less than 5,000 annual units seems like a sure bet.
Regarding availability, we're not expecting this version of the SLS to be launched for nearly two years, but we are expecting this to be just the beginning of our photo exposé - if the SLS hardtop was anything to go by!
http://photos.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/march2010/thumbnailsnew/mercedes-sls-vert-illo-1_620.jpg
http://photos.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/march2010/thumbnailsnew/mercedes-sls-vert-illo-2_620.jpg
http://photos.leftlanenews.com/photos/content/march2010/thumbnailsnew/mercedes-sls-vert-illo-3_620.jpg
By Drew Johnson
A set of leaked patent office drawings gave us our first look at the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Convertible, but left plenty to the imagination. Given the lack of detail in the leaked drawings, we decided to hand things over to our in-house artist, giving us a far more realistic preview of the upcoming SLS AMG Convertible.
Envisioned as a more cruising-oriented variant of the high-performance SLS, the convertible will eschew the coupe's gullwing doors for a more traditional entry, as well as an SLR-like powered soft-top.
Although the SLS convertible will be going sans top, we expect the open air supercar to retain the coupe's 563 horsepower 6.2-liter V8 - making it the last application for the motor. Mercedes-Benz has already indicated that the 6.2 will go the way of the dinosaur next year, being replaced by a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8, good for roughly the same output as the 6.2-liter V8.
The convertible will likely carry an added weight penalty, despite losing the gullwing doors and switching to traditional doors for a slight weight savings - thus we expect the SLS to post a slight drop in its zero-to-60 time of about 4 seconds - with a top speed very close to 200 mph.
The SLS coupe will likely hit Mercedes showrooms with a price tag south of $200,000, but the SLS convertible could surpass that, reflecting its premium nature. No word on annual production, but well less than 5,000 annual units seems like a sure bet.
Regarding availability, we're not expecting this version of the SLS to be launched for nearly two years, but we are expecting this to be just the beginning of our photo exposé - if the SLS hardtop was anything to go by!