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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Prototype surfaced

New spy pictures of the next-generation Mercedes-Benz SL prototype have surfaced. The luxury roadster has now begun its winter test programme after coming to grips with heat testing.

From sparse exterior bits it appears the design inspiration is straight off the Mercedes SLS AMG. That is not a bad thing. We should see feature items such as LED lights (front and back) and the usual foldable hard top.

The new SLS will sport engines such as the 5.5-litre V8 with 285kW (387hp) and possibly the rumoured 400kW (544hp)-plus 4.0-litre twin turbo. These should be mated to a 7-speed automatic as standard. We might even see a hybrid powertrain adapted from the Mercedes S400 Hybrid. Sales will begin sometime in 2012.

[Source: Worldcarfans ]

Posted on Friday, January 15, 2010 / 0 nhận xét / Read More

2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG by MEC Design

Germans are generally so conservative that we sometimes wonder if their aftermarket scene exists only to provide for the anomalies that every society needs. Not many of you fell for MEC Design's first attempt at visually tuning the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and we would have thought it was something from Tron Legacy if not for the fact of it being yellow. It appears that boys from Berlin returned to their easels and now present the MEC SLS, take two.

It's called a "style study" and to its credit, MEC has deleted the most obscene gestures from the previous rendering: the mommy-make-it-stop nose and horrendous wheels. Nevertheless, MEC's Erector-Set-and-Laffy-Taffy design ethos has only been barely restrained, and the result is still quite troubling. If you have suggestions, you can leave them in the comments section below. We think MEC is reading...

[Source: Caradisiac]

Posted on Sunday, December 13, 2009 / 0 nhận xét / Read More

2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG be built in USA and Germany

The diminishing value of the U.S. dollar, most notably against the Euro and Yen, is causing plenty of grief for foreign automakers. While the US market has been in the tank for the past two years, it still remains a major market for companies like Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. All three brands have been looking at ways to relieve some of the exchange rate pressure and Mercedes has decided that more "dollar zone" production will be part of the solution.

When the next generation C-Class rolls out in 2014, German production will be consolidated at Daimler's Bremen factory while units for the North American market will be built in the U.S. There's been no announcement about where production will take place, but an expansion of the SUV factory in Alabama is one possibility. On a related side note, part of the reason the Premium German brands have recently avoided selling four-cylinder versions of their entry-level models in the States has been the exchange rates and the associated lack of profitability. With new CAFE rules coming, it's likely that we'll be seeing more moves like this in the next several years.