Upcoming Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Spotted
The Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black is expected to debut in 2010. The much anticipated and highly limited edition successor to the CLK63 Black was recently spotted by Car and Driver magazine.
According to the story, the new vehicle is expected to be patterned after the modified SL 65 AMG that was used as the Formula 1 safety car this year, just as the CLK63 Black was before it. Combining this precedent with information from the spy shots gives a fairly complete projection of the final design.
It appears that the new vehicle, which is a hardtop and features a largely carbon fiber body, will weigh in at approximately 500 lbs lighter than the convertible original. The engine is rumored to be a higher performance version of the 6 liter, twin-turbocharged V12 of the original SL 65 AMG. Rumor has it that the engine will deliver nearly 700 horsepower and close to 740 pound feet of torque.
The vehicle is built for power in every way, and the body is designed to reflect that power. Other than the switch to a fixed hardtop, nothing has been radically overhauled. Yet the relatively subtle changes add up to an overall beefier, more muscular feel.
Although expected to be somewhat similar, this vehicle is not the same as the also highly anticipated Mercedes SLC. That vehicle is expected to debut at the 2009 Geneva auto show.
Only 500 units of the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black are expected to be available next year. If you would like to learn more about this supercharged new vehicle, or any of our other Mercedes-Benz vehicles, why not stop by Mercedes Benz of Ft Washington, your West Chester Mercedes, or Mercedes of Wilmington? We would be happy to provide you with more information.
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