Showing posts with label mercedes sls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mercedes sls. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

BMW’s M Division wants to Develop a Mercedes SLS AMG Rival



BMW features quite an substantial variety of designs, from the starting 1-Series hatchback to the primary M variations and everything in between. Hatchbacks, coupes, bars, locations, compounds, SUVs, you name it and there is at least one style with the red and glowing blue logo on it. Lately, even a diesel-powered X6 M was identified creating the periods at the Nordschleife.

The M division's designers, though, think that there's something losing. In a current meeting, the F10 M5's job chief Max Ahme unveiled that the business is currently considering a absolute supercar – something it didn't have since the Lamborghini-built M1 that was created between 1978 and 1981.

Even though the business unveiled a strategy edition to observe the M1’s 30 wedding, not a expression has been seen since.

Now the M split wants to obstacle Bmw and Mercedes with its own supercar. The M division’s service primary, Edward Biermann, recently advised Indian paper Autocar that, in the same way that AMG designers certain Bmw to go forward with the SLS, his individuals want to do the same.

However, merely desiring something is not enough; the workforce also has to influence BMW's control that such a job will be successful, as Biermann admits: “From an technological innovation point of view, we have the knowledge and we’d like to do it”, he said. “We’ve reviewed it several periods but we’ve never been able to create the business situation. Everything we do has to generate.”

A business situation was also something the M split didn't have when it encouraged for an M edition of the new Z4 roadster: “There are periods when it damages not to have one, but there was no business situation sometimes. We are trying, but there are so many elements to consider," Biermann advised the paper.
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Mika Hakkinen Returns To Competition In The Cockpit Of A Mercedes SLS AMG



Erina Schumacher is not the only Method 1 success who can not stay outside the seat of a battle car is, after an lack of four a long time, twice F1 Community Champion Mika Hakkinen will sit behind the driving car battle for one more around of the Overseas Le Guys Cup to be used We have seen 13 in the Zhuhai monitor in The far east.

Hakkinen, who after going from F1 raced 31 DTM for Mercedes-Benz, will participate in the stamina battle six time with his teammates CongFu Cheng and Puncture Mark Arnold in a SLS AMG GT3.

Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Norbert Haug, the home, who has labored with Häkkinen for 15 a long time, said:

"Mika Hakkinen is one of the most productive, best-known and beloved best individuals on the earth. He won again to again competition in Method 1 in 1998 and our 1999 McLaren-Mercedes in F1, and later had a productive profession in the DTM. Mika is a visible friend Bmw and love wonderful acceptance, especially in The far east. This is also why he was so willing to have fun with an productive position in the beginning battle of the SLS AMG GT3 in Zhuhai. "

The Finn, as always, was more laconic. "Although I have went to The far east many periods, I've never raced there, so I am awaiting Zhuhai," said Hakkinen.

"It will be a difficult battle but I will do my best for the customer pc AMG activities revocation. It requires a lot of fun, especially in the SLS AMG. It is a car that is an excellent engine activity both swift and very wonderful, "he said.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Mercedes SLS AMG gets optional Electronically Adjustable Suspension and Blind Spot Assist



The SLS AMG has only been a few months on the market and yet Mercedes-Benz, after unveiling the roadster version, continues to add new features to its brand-new supercar. The latest add-on is the introduction of the optional AMG Ride Control suspension featuring electronically controlled damping to improve its behavior no matter what the road surface.

The adaptive suspension offers three settings: “Comfort”, “Sport” and “Sport Plus” which the driver can control by pushing the AMG Drive Unit with the newly-added shock absorber symbol and view the selected mode in the AMG main menu.

You can guess the suspension settings by each mode’s name: “Comfort”, which is the default setting every time the engine is started, is supple and comfort-oriented, thus suitable for everyday driving and cruising on the motorway. “Sport” is selected by pressing the AMG Drive Unit once and it firms up the dampers’ response, reducing body roll and pitching without fully sacrificing comfort.

When you feel like really going for it, press the Drive Unit a little longer to select the “Sport Plus” mode. Mercedes recommends that this setting is best suited on a race circuit, presumably because it is too harsh for road use.

The driver can store his preferred setup in the Drive Unit. If, on the other hand, you don’t feel like shelling out €2,320.50 ($3,156) for the active dampers, you can still choose the normal or the AMG Performance suspension. As with the “normal” SLS AMG the car also features four transmission modes (Controlled Efficiency, Sport, Sport Plus and Manual).

Also new on the options list of both the coupe and the roadster versions of the SLS AMG is the Blind Spot Assist system (€773.50/$1,052.8) that is operational from 30 km/h (18.6 mph). This system uses the radar sensors of the standard parking assist to monitor the area around 3.5 meters on each side of the car and 3 meters on the rear and recognize vehicles in the driver’s blind spots. In this case, a red triangle lights up in the relevant exterior mirror and if the driver doesn’t react, an acoustic warning is activated.

Mercedes has also added options for the SLS’ exterior appearance. The updated list includes matt black-finish AMG 10-spoke forged alloy wheels with 265/35 R 19 and 295/30 R20 tires at the front and rear respectively (€3,272.50/$4,455) and red-painted calipers (€714.20/$972.8). Other new entries include the new “Sepang” metallic brown paintwork for the body (€2,439.50/$3,321.6) a new single- or two-tone “espresso” brown leather interior, and a high-gloss black trim on the center console (€2,320/$3,158.5).
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