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BeN · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:07 am Post subject: Mercedes SLS

First official pictures.

http://jalopnik.com/5355136/2010-mercedes-sls-amg-first-photos-details

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Gurney · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

And now there are two Mercedes I like.

This and the CLS.

You can put the rest in landfill, dreadfully dreary.
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Racing · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:45 am Post subject:

Slightly odd-looking from some angles but I like a lot!

Looks much better in silver than that metallic red.
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woof woof · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:48 am Post subject:

I think it's a bit too fussy, especially at the front.
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Parm · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 3:19 pm Post subject:

For some reason I see a hint of Chrysler Crossfire in the SLS's side at that angle!!! The front end looks oddly proportioned too.
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PG · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject:

I didn't expect to like it based on spy shots etc, but that does lookm exceptionally cool - in a sort of a Batmobile way . I don't know why, but in red it reminds me of The Crimson Haybaler from Wacky Races

Big TC · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject:

I like the front view.

The front 3/4 view in the top post is a bit awkward.

Can't agree with Racing on the colour - but then, I simply detest silver on a car now....
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Racing · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:37 pm Post subject:

I don't usually like silver either but it suits that.
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Frank Bullitt · Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:42 pm Post subject:

Like the concept, and the drive sounds ace if CAR are to be believed (and why wouldn't they) but the detailing over the finished product is poor.
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Gurney · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:01 am Post subject:

More pics/impressions now on Autocar. My god this things big! still, I can't help but like it.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:02 am Post subject:

It is big for a two-seater: my only real objection to it.

Blarno · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:29 am Post subject:

For once, I'm lost for words.

Not astounded by it's beauty, I'm just struggling to find blocky, chunky ugly things to compare it to.
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Racing · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:15 am Post subject:

It must be a taste thing - a like of blocky things vs pointy things. I love that, whereas I find things like F430s hideous.
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Blarno · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:58 am Post subject:

I find most Ferraris hideous, too.
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DarthBalls · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:00 am Post subject:

Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:12 am Post subject:

Oh come on, it's nothing like a Dodge Viper, other than the vaguest sense of general proportions. The detailing is in a different class.

Dr. Hfuhruhurr · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:06 am Post subject:

Some new pictures, from putting the car on display on the roof of the museum:

Twelfth Monkey · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

It does look better in silver.
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Nice Guy Eddie · Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:38 pm Post subject:

I still fail to see whats so impressive about someone taking a 300SL and making it uglier.
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