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Mercedes SL63 F1 Safety Car and C63 Medical Car Revealed
Mercedes has unveiled the official SL63 AMG pace car and C63 wagon medical car for the 2008 Formula One series. The models' first race will be at the Australian GP in Melbourne next week. In addition to copious amounts of safety equipment, the SL63 has received performance upgrades to make it more capable on the track.More »
geneva motor show
We've been waiting for the 6.2-liter AMG V8 version of the Mercedes SL like that famous dog in Scotland who waited at the train station for his dead master to arrive. Of course AMG is no dead master, as it were. It's a cornucopia of major mechanicals, of which its latest naturally aspirated V8 is most definitely one. Now, were those boys to build a rockcrusher manual or manumatic tranny that can handle this beast without leaving bits along the autobahn, and ditch the autobox... why, we'd have more car than the average real-estate developer in Orange County could handle. Oh wait... they did. It's the new seven-speed, twin-clutch SpeedShift MCT (Multi-Clutch Transmission) box, which ships with with four drive modes. That means faster shifts to go with the pleasing throttle blips when going back down. Time for those Wire Brush (TM) brand hair plugs, Bob.
Mercedes AMG SL63 Debuts in Geneva
We've been waiting for the 6.2-liter AMG V8 version of the Mercedes SL like that famous dog in Scotland who waited at the train station for his dead master to arrive. Of course AMG is no dead master, as it were. It's a cornucopia of major mechanicals, of which its latest naturally aspirated V8 is most definitely one. Now, were those boys to build a rockcrusher manual or manumatic tranny that can handle this beast without leaving bits along the autobahn, and ditch the autobox... why, we'd have more car than the average real-estate developer in Orange County could handle. Oh wait... they did. It's the new seven-speed, twin-clutch SpeedShift MCT (Multi-Clutch Transmission) box, which ships with with four drive modes. That means faster shifts to go with the pleasing throttle blips when going back down. Time for those Wire Brush (TM) brand hair plugs, Bob.
spy photos
The next Mercedes SL-Class looks to have some big changes on the way. In addition to a radically redesigned front-end — comprised of a big ol' new grille and CLS-style boomerang headlights—the new SL's AMG package will get what the folks at KGP are calling the "increasingly prolific" 6.2-liter V8 engine. The engine, when packaged with Mercedes' 7G-TRONIC seven-speed transmission, generates 465 lb-ft. or torque and 525-horsepower in the S63 AMG and in the C63 AMG, the same set-up provides 457-hp and 442 lb-ft of torque. The KGP spy shooters expect the new AMG "Sport Leicht" to be endowed with power ratings closer to the S-class, although their sources report "packaging restrictions" might limit those power numbers a wee bit.
Mercedes SL63 AMG
The next Mercedes SL-Class looks to have some big changes on the way. In addition to a radically redesigned front-end — comprised of a big ol' new grille and CLS-style boomerang headlights—the new SL's AMG package will get what the folks at KGP are calling the "increasingly prolific" 6.2-liter V8 engine. The engine, when packaged with Mercedes' 7G-TRONIC seven-speed transmission, generates 465 lb-ft. or torque and 525-horsepower in the S63 AMG and in the C63 AMG, the same set-up provides 457-hp and 442 lb-ft of torque. The KGP spy shooters expect the new AMG "Sport Leicht" to be endowed with power ratings closer to the S-class, although their sources report "packaging restrictions" might limit those power numbers a wee bit.
6:45 AM on Tue Aug 14 2007
By Ray Wert
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Latest by brandegee: @pitchpitch: The 6.2-liter mill is the AMG standard now... some of the 16 or so AMG models use older tech., like the V12 or superchargers. Judging from the introduction of the 63 models across most of the range, M-B will more »
