It’s amazing that the same company that could bring us something so awe-inspiring as this (thanks to Jon Sibal of BMW fame for this picture):


…can also bring us this:

With a spectacularly 80s soundtrack, this Mercedes video is how they rally the troops over in Germany. Combine slick black suits and sexy Mercedes cars and trucks and you’ve got yourself a winner. I was half expecting David Hasselhoff (”The Hoff”) to show up. Thumbs-up Mercedes! You beat them all!

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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