Mercedes unveils SLS roadster

05 May 2011 - 11:00

Good news! Mercedes has finally sent us some full-frontal pics of the SLS Roadster. And it's official - we don't care about its doors' ungullwingyness anymore. It. Looks. Awesome.

To perform a successful roofectomy, AMG needed to stodge up the aluminum spaceframe chassis. Extra bracing's been fitted on the sills, a-pillars and behind the dashboard and the seats, too, which has endowed it with 40 more kilos than the coupe.

See more pictures of the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster

That's not messed with the SLS's alacrity, though - the coupe's 6.2-litre V8 winds out 420kW at 6800rpm and 650Nm of torque at 4750rpm. It gets from 0-100km/h in 3.8 seconds and top whack's a barnet-rearranging 317km/h, which is exactly the same as the coupe's.

The new, remodeled scalp's made from three layers of cloth and incorporates a heated rear glass window. It opens in 11 seconds while you're driving at up to 31mph and only munches three litre's of the coupe's 176-litre boot space.

Inside, the door cards and sills have been re-jigged for ungullwingerized doors, there are some rolls hoops and a slot-in Plexiglas air deflector. Otherwise, it's par for the SLS course.

Want one? It'll land in showrooms early next year. There's no Oz pricetag just yet, but the one with the roof costs $464,000.

What do you think, TopGear.commers? The perfect way to hear that V8 thunderstorm or a watered down gullwing?