Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing Pardon my grammar, but wow—what a car: It goes about a zillion miles an hour, looks tougher than jailhouse steak and has explosive bolts in the doors, but before getting to the new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing, if I may, a nod to the old (1955-1957) Gullwing. Some years ago I drove a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing in the Mille Miglia, the 1,000-mile road rally...
Imagine it is thirty years in the future, 2029, and you are driving in a hard top convertible made in 2009. It has had three owners, and sports a healthy six-figures on the odometer. Would you expect it to leak, rattle, and/or squeak? Probably. Would you expect it to look dated and out of place as we [...]
Filed under: Aftermarket , Classics , Coupe , Performance , Mercedes-Benz Gullwing America SLS Panamericana - click above image for high-res gallery Few cars are as classic and iconic as the original Gullwing, also known as the Mercedes-Benz 300SL . Created by a loophole in racing rules when MB realized that, "Nowhere is it written that a door can only open sideways." Hence, Mercedes was...
German tuner Inden Design can turn your not so new Mercedes-Benz SL500 into previous-gen SL65 AMG wannabe lookalike. Inden does not care much about the performance, main concentration is put on the new design. SL500 gets a new front spoiler, carbon diffuser, side skirts, rear spoiler and new rear lights. The door handles, mudguards and radiator [...]
We not sure if you'd be better off just buying a used pre-facelift SL65 AMG and get the whole package, but if you already own the SL500 of the same series and you insist on spicing up your car with an AMG bodykit plus a few more upgrades here and there, then Inden Design will happily do the job for you. The German firm's exterior package comprises...
Filed under: Aftermarket , Convertible , Performance , Mercedes-Benz , Specialty Inden Design SL -- Click above for image gallery The Inden Design SL will turn your ordinary SL 500 into a previous-gen SL65 AMG lookalike and then some. The firm installs fascias front and rear and exhaust pipes that mimic the SL65, then the whole body is given the blackout treatment right down to the door handles. And...
Hein Wagner, a South African man who was born blind, set a new land speed record for the blind after hitting 200 mph in a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series. He held the 200 mph speed for more than a half mile. Wagner said that hitting 200 mph is a milestone for any drive, regardless [...]
Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Etc. , Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black - Click above for high-res image gallery Looks like Luc Costermans (a.k.a. the Blind Belgian) is no longer the world's fastest sight-challenged driver. The latest person to snatch the world land speed record for the blind is South Africa's Hein Wagner. Wagner, who has been blind since birth, pushed a borrowed...
South Africa’s Hein Wagner has posted a new land speed record of 200 mph in a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series . Why the record headline? Because Wagner is completely blind and has been from birth. This wasn’t Wagner’s first record, however. The motivational speaker from Durbanville previously broke the land speed ...
Dan’s post about the controversial sale of cars from the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum prompts me to mention this 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL coupe, which sold at RM’s Monterey auction this August. The car had been in the possession of its original owner, a Robert Orr, until 2005, when it was donated to the museum. The [...]
Welcome to Down On The Street , where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. It appears that every R107 ever built is still alive today. That's not really true, because I find them in junkyards with depressing regularity, but Alameda still has plenty of nice examples. I thought I'd go shoot this one in the neighborhood in which I grew...
Coys the International car auctioneers are to hold the largest ever no-reserve auction of cars when they run their first ever auction at Houston in Texas on September 19th. The auction will see some 500 cars going under the hammer with 200 of them being offered at no reserve. They come from a private collection, which has been built up over many years, and include a stunning collection of American,...
We were going to title this post "2009 Frankfurt Auto Show: Maserati GranCabrio and the Lady in the Flouncy Nighty." But that wouldn't fit in the headline. Now we're all for a woman getting her job done. But come on, can we see the car a little bit? It's a nice looking thing this GranCabrio, a soft-top version of the four-seat GranTurismo. The long-wheelbase four-seater brings a level of...
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