AMG

EmPower · 09-08-2009, 09:04 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/2010...enz-sls-amg/#4

Looks a lot better than I expected... good job MB!!

Year's_End · 09-08-2009, 09:10 PM

It had the potential to look so much better.

It's too round, too feminine. There's not enough detail in the rear and the front doesn't seem very imposing and/or elegant. The sides look chunky too. Why couldn't they take a hint from the SLR Stirling Moss?

135Eye · 09-08-2009, 09:46 PM

Honestly, it looks like a dodge viper with a MB front and rear end grafted on. I'm severely disappointed with this looks of this car. To me, they got lazy and just made a swoopy and sporty shape without any kind of attention to the fine details of automotive design that MB is usually very keen with. The SLR certainly has alot more attention to stylistic detail and this car is nowhere near a descendant to the famed gullwing in terms of automotive styling talent. Its a shame really as i'm sure this car is an amazing performance vehicle from behind the wheel.

Year's_End · 09-08-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 135Eye

. . . this car is nowhere near a descendant to the famed gullwing in terms of automotive styling talent. . .

+ a hundred billion trillion

///Mandy · 09-08-2009, 10:58 PM

At first glance the headlights reminds me of an R35.

MTV · 09-09-2009, 12:29 AM

Love it! A very classic look.

Looks like its packing some serious power

MTV · 09-09-2009, 12:36 AM

Love it! A very classic look.

Looks like its packing some serious power

ejazbmw · 09-09-2009, 12:41 AM

man MB has been on the money lately i wish bmw could take a page out of there book

blue2fire · 09-09-2009, 12:51 AM

Things never go well when companies try to build a modern interpretation of their old icons. Mercedes should have just let the new talent go crazy.

Maybe Milquetoast but i still like it, just not more than a DB9.

touareg · 09-09-2009, 01:35 AM

I think it's very interesting to look at except for the back-end, reminds me of the Acura CL. I love the pic of the car from high-up, but it's an angle you'll never see it from in person

OBI_agent · 09-09-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimmer Loyalist

It had the potential to look so much better.

It's too round, too feminine. There's not enough detail in the rear and the front doesn't seem very imposing and/or elegant. The sides look chunky too. Why couldn't they take a hint from the SLR Stirling Moss?

+1.....I totally agree on the bland nature of the car. Stirling moss "ques" on the SLS would have been great.

But I know what Mercedes are trying to do on this car. They wanted to keep it simple with just a similar A,B, C pillars design to the previous classic "Gullwing".

It's a love and hate design. And most people who aren't car geeks will like it.

Unfortunately, I think it doesn't look that bad in red.

Hula-Hula · 09-09-2009, 08:32 AM

I don't really think the pics do it justice. (think the spypics of the white one)
Doesnt look aggressive enough! Still cool car with awesome specs!

iatacs19 · 09-09-2009, 09:02 AM

The back looks like the old Acura CL 2.3

hks786 · 09-09-2009, 09:21 AM

First drive reviews show the car to be great (visually and performance), but only in some pics it looks good to me. I know the car is not supposed to be aggressive, but imposing and classy, I just wish the rear bodywork had more detail and sharper edge.

That said, in the pics it looks good, it looks really good!

Year's_End · 09-09-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by hks786

First drive reviews show the car to be great (visually and performance), but only in some pics it looks good to me. I know the car is not supposed to be aggressive, but imposing and classy, I just wish the rear bodywork had more detail and sharper edge.

That said, in the pics it looks good, it looks really good!

I heard it drives superbly, too. I just wish they went back and revised the lower ends of the front bumper, sculpted the sides a little more, and went about doing the rear a little differently.

Maybe it'll look better in person, as is the trend with pretty much everything nowadays.

TSM330i · 09-09-2009, 12:38 PM

Classy, but not stirring.

Park any Lambo next to it and it'll be invisible. Unfortunate.

iatacs19 · 09-09-2009, 01:31 PM

I think without the MB symbol and the stripe on the grill it would look much more aggressive.

Hecticrulerz · 09-09-2009, 01:35 PM

its an ugly hotness? can't explain it.

MisterSkiMask · 09-09-2009, 02:11 PM

It looks like a re-bodied viper to me.

The back end is terrible.

datbimmerdoe · 09-09-2009, 04:49 PM

It's iight.

graider · 09-09-2009, 05:52 PM

i honestly think it could be a lot better. the look doesn't impress me. like the second poster said, too round and too soft.

Kensta335 · 09-09-2009, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by iatacs19

The back looks like the old Acura CL 2.3

+1

That's exactly what I thought of when I saw it.

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touareg Second Lieutenant 32 Rep 219 Posts Drives: 2017 M2 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: LA iTrader: (0)	I think it's very interesting to look at except for the back-end, reminds me of the Acura CL. I love the pic of the car from high-up, but it's an angle you'll never see it from in person __________________ Currently: 2017 M2 MT LBB In a previous life: 2011 Z4 sDrive35i MT \| 2011 Mk6 GTI MT \| 2008 EX35 \| 2008 Cooper S MT \| 2009 135i MT \| 2002 A4 1.8T
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Hula-Hula Lieutenant Colonel 98 Rep 1,964 Posts Drives: ♥ Join Date: May 2005 Location: Nürburgring iTrader: (0)	I don't really think the pics do it justice. (think the spypics of the white one) Doesnt look aggressive enough! Still cool car with awesome specs! __________________
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MisterSkiMask Banned 153 Rep 2,014 Posts Drives: I Can not say Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: you must not know iTrader: (0)	It looks like a re-bodied viper to me. The back end is terrible.
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graider Colonel 35 Rep 2,406 Posts Drives: py/kiwi e46 m3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: toronto iTrader: (0)	i honestly think it could be a lot better. the look doesn't impress me. like the second poster said, too round and too soft.
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