I stopped by the dealership today to pick up some spring pads, this is not the dealership by my house but rather the newest MB dealership in Oregon which always has all of the coolest MB toys. I was hoping to see an SLS but alas they had just sold it a month prior and are waiting for their new one to arrive. When I was back at the parts counter this kid walks up to help me and it turns out it is the younger brother of an old friend of mine. We start talking for a little bit as he is ringing me up and I ask about the SLS, after he rings me up and I pay (SUPER DISCOUNT BY THE WAY 50% OFF!!!!) I ask him to look up some parts for the SLS to see if we can find how much some of the parts are. Get ready for this:

Rotors for the SLS = $9,000 A PIECE!!! (makes the C43 rotors look CHEAP!!)
Brake pads for the SLS = $7,000 FOR A SET!!!!

Then we stumbled across some parts for a different model of SLS, the SLS GT3. The sticker price of the BONE stock SLS is $180,000 (I'm sure they sell for more than this but that is the listed sticker price at the MB dealership) start adding options and you quickly get into the $200k range. The stock SLS GT3 has a $400,000 sticker price!!!!

PICS of the SLS GT3:
http://www.google.com/images?q=sls+g...w=1024&bih=579

 

Wow!

 

Are those brake prices for the optional carbon ceramic brakes, or the standard iron discs?

Racing versions always cost more than the road going brethren, so it's not surprising to see the price jump. So you don't get a lot of creature comforts, and you can't even drive the thing on the road, and you probably need an engine rebuild after x number of hours.

But I suspect in this case you would get the FIA papers for competition purposes and of course all the necessary safety gear and uprated competition spec components. And I'm guessing you can't just walk in and buy a SLS GT3 either, you probably need to show some racing credentials, or maybe they just supply them to private race teams.

 

Wow. We drive Civics lol

 

Lambo prices

 

As far as I could tell the $9,000 was for the rotors that come stock on the SLS As far as obtaining an SLS GT3, GOOD LUCK!!! You have to special order the GT3 and wait for it to be built (they said there was a 6 month wait) but as far as I know no special credentials are needed (I could be wrong) just A LOT of $$$$$

 

You could buy 2 C43's for the price of 2 SLS rotors

 

all in good fun, but come on now, our cars are entry level C class, plus they are 12-ish years old.

i saw the SLS at the 2010 LA auto show AMG preview night. pretty cool car. id LOVE to see the GT3 in person. that thing is sick!

 

Some further info on the GT3 version here: http://pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=22337
Check the SLS forum here: https://mbworld.org/forums/sls-amg-gullwing-145/

 

Saw the car in person at NYIAS '10. Most impressive car in the building. Took these:







Full res on flickr.