Torque vectoring. That is, the mechanical act of varying the amount of torque sent to each wheel — left to right in two-wheel-drive cars and also front to back in AWD — to improve traction and maximize a car's cornering ability. Did I say mechanical? Silly me. I also mean electronic.

Wider track, stiffer springs and dampers and a voice that's part Lemmy from Mötorhead, part a few dozen M134 Gatling Guns, and part 12V71 Detroit Diesel through straight pipes. And that's a completely exaggeration-free statement. Either way, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series can shred some tires.

AMG came a long way from building racecar engines in the sixties to making our Editor-in-Chief write about their newest child with the caps lock on. Their cars are just that good.

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT. Is it really worth the extra scratch over the base SLS? Define worth.

The SLS AMG Black Series has already crashed and burned to the ground, and none have even been sold to customers yet. Testing on the Nürburgring can be dangerous business.

We know that a 700 horsepower Aventador owned (but not driven) by Mario Williams is going to be faster than a 563 horse SLS droptop. But how much of a head start will the Benzo need to tie it up? John Hennessey went to find out.

Thanks to those last few millions of barrels of oil you can finally buy that tuned SLS you've had your eye on. Time to take it to the dyno, and why not sit in the trunk as it shoots flames?

In spite of its old-school design, the gullwing Mercedes SLS AMG attracts some of the most "cutting edge" owners, such as this fashionable lady in Shanghai sporting some frowny face diaper pants.

Golf is boring. All you do is aim for a little flag. Why not make the hole a moving target, like a $200,000 Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster? That's what Mercedes did, and they set a world record in the process.

At the Mercedes-Benz press event "SLS AMG Track Xperience" at the Zhuhai International Circuit in southeast China, one journalist in an SLS braked too early and got thoroughly rear-ended by a C63 AMG.