I saw an intersting listing here from Park Ave Acura.  This can’t be street legal right?

At the British Motor Show across the pond in London where gas is about $10 a gallon, The Lightning just unveiled their new electric sports car which uses the new lithium-titanate battery technology. Why is this important? Well the battery can be charged in minutes unlike Tesla’s production Roadster which takes a couple of hours to charge.

“Tesla have done a good job getting to production - the Roadster is an impressive car,” said Chris Dell, MD of the Lightning Car Co. “Why’s the Lightning better? Because we’ve got fast-charge technology. It’s future-proofed.”

At £120,000 or $239,400, the price is a bit steep for the early adapters. However, competition is what I love to see and hopefully more and more shops will spring up with better technology to out-do each other. Who knows, it may even wake the big three into doing better than the absolute minimum at some point.

This story comes to you from the “My Current Twin-Turbo V12 Just Wasn’t Fast Enough” file.

Weighing in at 4,122 pounds. With 661 hp available at 5,400 rpm. Twisting those wheels with 738 lb.-ft. of torque through a five-speed automatic gearbox equipped with AMG’s speedshift software. The new Mercedes Benz SL65 Black Edition can hit 60 mph in 3.9 seconds. The two ton teuton is the newest offering from AMG. It’s meant to fill the space between the outgoing SLR McLaren (since McLaren and Mercedes have officially disolved their street car making relationship) and the up coming Gullwing slated for 2010.

With those massive wheel arches, angry eye headlights, futuristic wheels and overall simple, race-like look, the SL challeges it’s little brother, the CLK63 AMG Black, in every way. Though it’s no doubt faster than it’s less powerful sibling, it’s just as agressive looking but being that it’s based on the SL, it makes us wonder: can I afford to give up the CLK’s two rear seats for a few extra hundred horsepower?

Source: AutoBlog