Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Now turn powered-up Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG proposal by Swiss tuning firm FAB Design. The tuner found a way to extract 40 more ponies from ‘Gullwing’ door supercar’s V8 engine pushing total output to 611-horsepower. The extra oomph allows the SLS AMG to do the 0-to-100km/h (62mph) sprint in 3.7 seconds instead of the stock model’s time of 3.8 seconds.

In addition, FAB Design has also crafted a new body kit for Stuttgart’s supercar comprising a restyled front bumper with added vents and a lip spoiler, side skirts, a race-like roof scoop, a new rear bumper that houses quad exhaust tips and a fixed rear wing. The 20-inch alloy wheels and the lowered suspension round off the changes.

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 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Mercy SLS AMG

brand shiny black car was pretty silent in the corner of Mercedes-Benz factory in Wanaherang, Bogor, West Java. That's the AMG or Si SLS Mercy Gull. Mercy mainstay super sports cars sold USD 4.7 billion on the road in Jakarta, nothing less and nothing more.

However, any advantage to the enjoyment of sports cars, to the Mercedes-Benz cars that dare to thrust into the most powerful safety car at Formula 1's traffic. Well, detikOto try give it to you.

Visible from the outside, feeling like the gas pedal is connected to the engine capacity of 6208 cc DOHC 32 valve V8 is very large. When the wave concept gullwing doors manually, the sports car aura began to be felt and is very thick blanketed the car could only accommodate two passengers.

Interior side pinned only two colors, dark red and black genuine leather. Not thinking straight racing seats occupied. Mmm, nice.

Unfortunately the passenger cabin rather narrow, it's because this car really brings the concept of racing, do not hope you can find a cabin that relief here.

Differences with Nascar race car, AMG SLS no roll bars in the cabin.

From the monitoring detikOto, the interior is not like Mercy is generally used to provide features wah. Features entertainment which carried similar car for USD 160-320 million. Call it like a DVD player and other supporting features such as radio FM / AM can be monitored via the display on the console front.

But yes it was, this car especially for you who want speed.

How, in view of the driver. Well, if you're a little short stature, you'd better be careful driving.

Therefore, the long engine hood to make your point of view was closed. Moreover, the seat arrangement can not be elevated, just back and forth which is operated manually.

The roar of the engine belching power with the support of 563 bhp 479 lb-ft of torque starting to sound up to the passenger cabin, as a sign of Engine Start button on the center console.

Car body trembled slightly, but the fact it was not unusual for SLS AMG-sized car.

Features of i-drive is played to 'D', the car was ready for searched. When pressed gas pedal, the car drove very fast.

Insane, within two seconds just stepped on the number of kilometers needle 90 km / hr. That result reinforces the claim that the Mercedes-Benz says the car can go from the point of rest to 100 km per hour with a time of three seconds. It was awesome and full of prestige.

In terms of braking, the car was quite reliable. Because, in all four legs break dics modific wide grip with congenital piston factory.

Unfortunately, experience with SLS AMG can not be much longer. SLS can not be explored more deeply, by reason of the testing at the factory who are not qualified for such a sports car.

From what we feel, a super sports car is really worth to have lovers of fast cars and pocket thick. Surely everyone was stunned to see you drive this car on the street

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Predictions about the automotive market conditions in Indonesia that will continue to strengthen throughout the year 2010, it seems really close to reality. And this can be seen from the increase in sales of premium cars. Even Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS which claimed the price would reach Rp. 4.7 billion, has sold 15 units of.

This is confirmed directly by Roland Staehler, Director of Sales and Marketing Group, Mercedes-Benz Indonesia is now a media event reviews Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS at Deutsche Bank, Wednesday afternoon (16/06) had. However Mr. Staehler not give more details on ordering the unit will begin to start when imported.

"Our expectations for the Indonesian market was high enough for Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS. The reason is conducive conditions that began in Indonesia's automotive market, will be quite helpful in terms of marketing. To date we have received 15 units of bookings, "explained Mr. Staehler.

15 units for the Indonesian market is, of course, a substantial amount. Given the price offered is also quite high. However, if later after being introduced to consumers, the demand was more than expected, reportedly MBI can still meet the quota of incoming orders.

"Obviously all of our orders will strive to be fulfilled. Moreover, quotas for the Indonesian market was also more than 15 units. But we're not sure how much the total quota SLS AMG for Indonesia, "added Mr. Staehler later.

It is slightly reinforced by Rudi Borgenheimer, as president, director of MBI. Borgenheimer even asserted that for the Indonesian market, Mercedes-Benz in Germany will allocate 20 units. If you have reserved 15 units, the remaining five units again!

Mercedes-Benz SL550 Review

A lot of cars wind up on people's want lists....but only a handful inspire awe. For more than 50 years...all the way back to the original drop top version of the legendary 300 SL Gullwing, the Mercedes SL has been one of those cars.
It's difficult to imagine improving on any one of them, until the next one comes along. The jump from the 2008 SL500 to the 2009 SL550 gets you a much more aggressive front-end styling treatment, 382 horsepower (good for a 0-60 time of 5.3 seconds) a seven-speed automatic transmission, multilink suspension, a huge glass moonroof (taking up virtually the entire top surface) and a new COMAND audio/nav system with Bluetooth.
The SL550 rolls on 18-inchers now...and the experience of driving one is nearly as heady as the attention you get on the street, in parking lots....well, everywhere. Within hours, I was fielding (and fulfilling) requests for demonstrations of the retractable hardtop mechanism (very, very fun to watch)...and comforting the inadequate feelings of the lady who parked next to me in a New Beetle ("It's all German engineering", I said, hoping she bought it).
Nobody buys them for this, but I'll mention that the seven-speed automatic is a gas saver...I averaged 22 miles per gallon in a mix of city street and freeway driving over the course of a week...making it the most economical (in terms of fuel consumption) near-supercar I've ever tested.
Base price? Um...$96,775. Good luck getting one out the door for less than $100,000. But if you can...it's a car that lives up to the price tag.

Mercedes-Benz ML 320 BlueTec Review

Noise? No.

Smell? No.

Slow acceleration? No.

Trouble passing emissions? No.

Must not be a diesel, right? Think again. Mercedes-Benz new BlueTec has done what a lot of people said was impossible just a few short years ago...passed tough new emissions testing in all 50 states without substantial and expensive reformulation of diesel fuel.

How clean is it? Well, I stood by the tailpipe of our idling ML320 test car last week and couldn't detect a trace of diesel smell.

Those tough regulations have kept many diesels off the U.S. market for the past few years. A shame, too, since diesels have huge benefits including great fuel economy and long engine life.

If you've avoided diesels like the plague since the dark days of the 1980s, when smell, slug-like 0-60 times and (in the case of GM diesels) questionable reliability were the norm, the ML320 BlueTec would be a perfect introduction to the state of the art. First, there's no waiting for the glow plugs to heat up to start (that one's been gone for a decade or more), neither the inside nor the outside of the ML320 BlueTec smells like a city bus pulling away from a stop, it doesn't clatter like diesels used to and it performs much like a gasoline-powered engine...but with multiples of torque and miles per gallon.

A gasoline-powered ML320 is probably a 16-mile per gallon vehicle in the city. The BlueTec version we tested did 23 and a half. The trip computer showed 550 miles range when we started...and it actually crept close to 600 on the freeway. Yes, diesel fuel costs more than gasoline these days, but the difference in economy tips the scale in the BlueTec's favor.

And then there's longevity. Mercedes' gasoline engines are well-engineered...200,000 miles with proper maintenance should be no sweat. A Mercedes diesel? 400,000 or 500,000 is more like it. And there are million-mile examples out there.

If you're shopping for a luxury mid-size SUV but want clean air, better mileage and a long-term payoff on your investment, the ML320 BlueTec makes a very strong case for itself.