Watch as a tuned Mercedes Benz SLS AMG crushes a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 in a pair of highway roll races.
The Mercedes Benz SLS AMG is arguably one of the greatest performance cars in the storied history of the German auto industry and the Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 is one of the quickest and most powerful performance cars from the USA. The video above shows these two high performance beasts going head to head in a pair of highway roll races with the AMG taking the win in both runs. The footage is captured from a GoPro camera facing out the rear of the Benz, so we can only see the Ford when the race is over – but that is all that we really need to see.
This racing action comes to us from the Kill Stories section, where it was shared by MBWorld member SLS Qatar from his own YouTube account of NimirQatar and in this video, SLS Qatar’s 2011 SLS AMG is taking on what he believes to be a 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500. In stock form, the 2011 SLS AMG delivered 563 horsepower while the 2013 Shelby GT500 packed 662 horsepower, suggesting that the Mustang would be a lock to walk away in these races – but the SLS isn’t stock.
The details are a brief, but the Mercedes has a free flowing exhaust setup and a custom tune, so while we don’t know the exact output – we know that it is making well over stock power. As for the Mustang, there is some debate whether it is a 2012 version with 550hp or a 2013 version with 662hp, but it does appear to be the more powerful model based on what we can see in the video.
In any case, the first race begins with the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG getting a bit of a jump, so the driver lifts, allowing the Mustang to hop back out in front, but after a few seconds, the GT500 appears in camera view as the AMG pulls away. For the second run, the SLS driver “unleashes AMG hell” and switched to ESP off and in this race, the Mercedes absolutely destroys the mighty Mustang.
The exhaust setup on this Mercedes Benz SLS AMG sounds incredible from the in-car, so crank up your speakers and enjoy!
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