With a power output of 621 bhp and 1000 Nm (737 lb ft) of torque, you could be forgiven for thinking those are the most significant numbers attached to Mercedes' new V12-engined SL65 roadster, but owners will quickly discover that the car's depreciation is far more brutal.
Mercedes are offering some key additions to the SLS AMG's suspension, to coincide with the introduction of the new Roadster at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. The new optional 'AMG RIDE CONTROL sport suspension with adaptive damping' will be available as a 2320.50 Euro option (approx £2,000) on both Roadster and gull-wing Coupé....
As sure as night follows day, Porsche has produced an even more powerful Panamera Turbo, called rather predictably... the Panamera Turbo S. Don't get me wrong, predictable is not the same as boring - how could 0 - 62 mph in 3.8 seconds plus a top speed of 191 mph ever lose its...
Now this is more like the kind of result we'd like to see from the hit BBC series, The Apprentice, we can just picture Lord Sugar setting the challenge - "your task is to build a muscle car from a Mercedes-Benz B-Class..."
Three Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3s will be at the starting line for the 24-hour race in Dubai (UAE) on 15 January 2011. This first test event in 2011 also marks the completion of the development programme for the racing version of the gullwing model.
Attention all lovers of executive cars with obscene amounts of power, the latest Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG has arrived. Complete with a subtle shape redesign and 7-speed transmission, the latest top-of-the-range offering from Stuttgart features a ferocious 547 bhp 5.5-litre V8 bi-turbo powerplant. Crikey.
Today a novel step was taken to bring the car and bike industries just that little bit closer - AMG and Ducati have agreed to work together closely in future to develop common marketing activities and sponsorship propositions. The cooperation agreement was signed during a press conference at the Los Angeles Motor Show by...
I have to admit to losing track of all the various Brabus models - but their very existence demonstrates that there's no lack of appetite to spend the kind of money on cars that some people would look to mortgage on a home. And the Brabus SV12 R Biturbo 800 probably has more technology...