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This was Schuey...
Apparently. Re-release of Mercedes SLS stunt has us scratching our heads
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Pagani C9: many details
Company boss Horatio Pagani spills the beans on his Zonda successor. It sounds tasty
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Video: arrivin’ in style
How does a NASCAR pace car get to races? On a freakin’ Chinook, that’s how…
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SLS gets extra-retro
American tuning company turns Merc’s gullwing supercar more 1950s. We are not convinced
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Mercedes SL Black: part 1
Jeremy Clarkson reviews the 660bhp Mercedes-Benz SL65 Black Edition
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SLS: can’t quite fly
Then how the hell did the gullwing Merc get onto the roof of the Benz museum?
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SLS: back in Black?
TG’s favourite Dutch designer-chap dreams up a harder, racier Merc SLS. Do you like it?
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GT5 does Merc SLS
Hot on the heels of that awesome Ferrari 458 vid, Gran Turimso 5 has done the same for the new gullwing Mercedes...
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What’s cool at Frankfurt
The world’s biggest motor show opens its doors tomorrow. Here’s a rundown of all the headline metal
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Return of the Gullwing
Mercedes reveals the retrotastic, 571bhp SLS supercar in all its long-nosed glory
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Stig lap: SLR McLaren Stirling Moss
Stig steals the keys to McLaren’s SLR Stirling Moss speedster and heads out for a hot lap
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SLS goes electric
Mercedes confirms all-electric version of its gullwinged supercar. Watch out, Tesla Roadster
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And yet, and yet. For all its too-muchness, for all its bloody-minded, uncompromising bastardishness, there's something magical in the Black. Maybe it shares something with the snow that glints around us in the morning light: uncomfortable, slippery, downright dangerous in parts, but fascinating. You wouldn't want it every day, but you won't forget that one night.
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Rarity alone will ensure the Black's desirability. Just 350 will ever be built, making even the 500-strong Ferrari Enzo look commonplace. Only eight will reach the UK, at a price of £250,000: a frankly insane amount of money, especially when you factor in the cost of employing your own personal weatherman to alert you to the three days a year when it's safe to actually use it.
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