I am going to come right out and say this is one of the most beautiful cars ever made. I love those classic gull wing doors and all of its proportions just feel, right! I just adore how you can see those big brakes with yellow calipers and the vents on the side ohhh! I could go on and on...Then I think the reason why the car looks so good. It is because it is the first full designed and built car by Mercedes' AMG division. This came to a surprise to me but when you think about it the Mercedes SLR was co-built by McLaren. I adore the works of Mercedes in house tuning company. They are just so insane it reminds me of the early Lamborghini's. They made cars too powerful and too fast yet they know a lot about cars. They are smart enough to know when you go past 155mp/h the car needs super car tires and breaks causing the price to rise drastically. So they are an insane tuning company with brains, but this doesn't make sense because you can't have both.
I think that AMG really found themselves with this car. They realized they are grown up engineers that like a bit of good fun. They designed a proper super car but toned down the insanity. It is a car to make you look good. It is meant to be driven in traffic so gawkers can take in the beauty.
The car is like two face from batman because under the hood the engine begs to be driven around a track. It wants to be like its mentor the SLR. You can just tell by its stance and the AMG badge. It has a 6.8 litre v8 producing 563hp. Then the numbers, o to 60mp/h 3.7 seconds and a top speed of 197mp/h but it is also lite at 3500 pounds.
In the end though it would be in my garage because it doesn't seem to have any faults but I wouldn't throw it around a track because it looks delicate and has a sense of beauty to it. I would keep it for cruising around town. Waving to the gawkers as I blow past!
Cody Mahood
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