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gulwings are just a marketing gimmick imo...and its too showoffy
06-12-2012, 02:03 PM
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16Vs, 190 SL, G, SLK, CLS, E, C Black Series, SLS
I think these are just pictures of the SLS black series. The hood is covered like crazy to cover the holes in the hood like the C63 Black was plus that rear end that is covered up looks to have a wicked diffuser underneath. As well as the trapezoidal exhaust pipes.
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If you look at the rear end you can also see holes poked through the cladding to let the rear wheels breathe just like a C63BS has. I don't think they will have cooling vents, carbon ceramics, crazy diffusers, and a trap exhaust on a SLC test mule. Especially so early in testing.
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If you look at the rear end you can also see holes poked through the cladding to let the rear wheels breathe just like a C63BS has. I don't think they will have cooling vents, carbon ceramics, crazy diffusers, and a trap exhaust on a SLC test mule. Especially so early in testing.
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06-12-2012, 04:13 PM
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It's the SLC drivetrain hiding behind a hacked up SLS body. Pay attention to the length of the car in front of the windshield. It's about 20% shorter. Side by side:
The whole front end is covered up because it's a hack job. The side that's covered up looks to have a plate welded on to keep the body together.
The SLC will look nothing like this, it's just a mule to test the running gear, kinda like this old beast:
The whole front end is covered up because it's a hack job. The side that's covered up looks to have a plate welded on to keep the body together.
The SLC will look nothing like this, it's just a mule to test the running gear, kinda like this old beast:
06-12-2012, 05:05 PM
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16Vs, 190 SL, G, SLK, CLS, E, C Black Series, SLS
It's the SLC drivetrain hiding behind a hacked up SLS body. Pay attention to the length of the car in front of the windshield. It's about 20% shorter. Side by side:
The whole front end is covered up because it's a hack job. The side that's covered up looks to have a plate welded on to keep the body together.
The SLC will look nothing like this, it's just a mule to test the running gear, kinda like this old beast:
The whole front end is covered up because it's a hack job. The side that's covered up looks to have a plate welded on to keep the body together.
The SLC will look nothing like this, it's just a mule to test the running gear, kinda like this old beast:
06-12-2012, 05:13 PM
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Yea, I was trying to edit my post but the forums went down. Came back and you've already replied. What I meant was different running gear running in a completely different car, just an example of a mule.
Sorry 'bout that.
Sorry 'bout that.
06-12-2012, 08:50 PM
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I think these are just pictures of the SLS black series. The hood is covered like crazy to cover the holes in the hood like the C63 Black was plus that rear end that is covered up looks to have a wicked diffuser underneath. As well as the trapezoidal exhaust pipes.
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If you look at the rear end you can also see holes poked through the cladding to let the rear wheels breathe just like a C63BS has. I don't think they will have cooling vents, carbon ceramics, crazy diffusers, and a trap exhaust on a SLC test mule. Especially so early in testing.
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If you look at the rear end you can also see holes poked through the cladding to let the rear wheels breathe just like a C63BS has. I don't think they will have cooling vents, carbon ceramics, crazy diffusers, and a trap exhaust on a SLC test mule. Especially so early in testing.
oh well, both models are coming out eventually (the SLS BS first i'm assuming) we'll just have to see what MB gives us in the coming future
06-12-2012, 10:14 PM
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Yeah, I keep seeing people bounce between the two. All this time, I felt like we were seeing pics of the SLS Black Series, not the SLC... until today when the media picked up on it and started calling it the SLC. Now I'm confused, heh. 
06-13-2012, 12:16 AM
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16Vs, 190 SL, G, SLK, CLS, E, C Black Series, SLS
Yeah I know every MB/auto website has headlined this car as the SLC everywhere, but I'm confident it is a SLS black series; Nevertheless, the SLC will be one hell of a machine!
07-21-2012, 03:27 PM
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bad news .. doesnt look like a 5.5TT
http://www.worldcarfans.com/11207204...etails-surface
but it will have DCT
http://www.worldcarfans.com/11207204...etails-surface
but it will have DCT
07-21-2012, 04:22 PM
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I was on autocar.co.uk and found this on the SLC.
By Brizzok84 at 2012-07-21by Greg Kable
20 July 2012
Mercedes-Benz is gearing up its new Porsche 911-rivalling SLC sports car for a launch late in 2015. The model is still very much on the agenda due to Mercedes’ desire to appeal to a younger audience, despite some senior officials wanting the SLC to be put on hold to allow the German giant to focus on more profitable cars.
Pictured here in an exclusive rendering, the new two-seater will be the second stand-alone model to be created by Mercedes’ AMG performance arm after the SLS.
But AMG sources are remaining tight-lipped on whether the SLC will be built instead of the SLS rather than alongside it in a Mercedes sports car line-up that could swell to include four models: the SLK, SL, SLC and SLS.
The SLC, codenamed W190, is to sport a more contemporary appearance than the retro-inspired SLS as part of Mercedes’ youthful brief. “It is important that it appeals to the youth crowd, even though in all likelihood it will be bought by older customers,” a senior design source revealed.
Mercedes officials who have seen the car claim it gets a distinctive swept-back silhouette and an evolution of the ‘soft nose’ treatment seen on recent Mercedes models.
Dimensionally, it is described as being as wide as the SLS but shorter. Unlike the gullwing-doored SLS coupé, the initial fixed-roof version of the SLC is planned to receive conventional front-hinged doors. A roadster version using a traditional fabric roof is set for launch in 2016.
The coupé’s targeted 2014 launch has been pushed back a year, due to engineering capacity problems caused by the new 2014 C-class.
However, despite the delay, development is on track. “We are progressing the project in a methodical fashion, but there are limits to how many cars we can engineer at the same time,” confirmed a source.
Sources say AMG is benchmarking the SLC against the Aston Martin Vantage as much as the 911 due to its similar front-engined, rear-drive layout.
The SLC will adopt a lightweight aluminium body that weighs around 220kg and is expected to be supplied by Magna. A kerb weight of around 1480kg, some 100kg more than the lightest 911, is being targeted.
The SLC’s V8 will be mounted as far back as possible to optimise weight distribution, with a seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox located in the rear axle.
Mystery surrounds which Mercedes V8 engine the SLC will use. Initial plans were to provide it with a new twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8, early engineering of which has already taken place. But the cost of developing the new engine, which would produce around 450bhp in the SLC, is leading Mercedes’ financiers to push AMG towards using the SLK55 AMG’s normally aspirated 5.5-litre V8.
This engine currently produces 416bhp — 4bhp less than the Aston Vantage V8 but 21bhp more than the Porsche 911 Carrera S. But the V8’s 398lb ft comfortably eclipses both the Porsche and Aston.
AMG boss Ola Källenius has dismissed speculation of a twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 for a base version. “The V8 engine commands cult status at AMG,” he said. “It is what our customers demand.”
The issue of which engine the SLC will use is further clouded by Mercedes’ need to engineer its famed 6.2-litre V8 to meet future stringent EU6 emissions regulations without robbing it of power.
By Brizzok84 at 2012-07-21by Greg Kable
20 July 2012
Mercedes-Benz is gearing up its new Porsche 911-rivalling SLC sports car for a launch late in 2015. The model is still very much on the agenda due to Mercedes’ desire to appeal to a younger audience, despite some senior officials wanting the SLC to be put on hold to allow the German giant to focus on more profitable cars.
Pictured here in an exclusive rendering, the new two-seater will be the second stand-alone model to be created by Mercedes’ AMG performance arm after the SLS.
But AMG sources are remaining tight-lipped on whether the SLC will be built instead of the SLS rather than alongside it in a Mercedes sports car line-up that could swell to include four models: the SLK, SL, SLC and SLS.
The SLC, codenamed W190, is to sport a more contemporary appearance than the retro-inspired SLS as part of Mercedes’ youthful brief. “It is important that it appeals to the youth crowd, even though in all likelihood it will be bought by older customers,” a senior design source revealed.
Mercedes officials who have seen the car claim it gets a distinctive swept-back silhouette and an evolution of the ‘soft nose’ treatment seen on recent Mercedes models.
Dimensionally, it is described as being as wide as the SLS but shorter. Unlike the gullwing-doored SLS coupé, the initial fixed-roof version of the SLC is planned to receive conventional front-hinged doors. A roadster version using a traditional fabric roof is set for launch in 2016.
The coupé’s targeted 2014 launch has been pushed back a year, due to engineering capacity problems caused by the new 2014 C-class.
However, despite the delay, development is on track. “We are progressing the project in a methodical fashion, but there are limits to how many cars we can engineer at the same time,” confirmed a source.
Sources say AMG is benchmarking the SLC against the Aston Martin Vantage as much as the 911 due to its similar front-engined, rear-drive layout.
The SLC will adopt a lightweight aluminium body that weighs around 220kg and is expected to be supplied by Magna. A kerb weight of around 1480kg, some 100kg more than the lightest 911, is being targeted.
The SLC’s V8 will be mounted as far back as possible to optimise weight distribution, with a seven-speed, dual-clutch gearbox located in the rear axle.
Mystery surrounds which Mercedes V8 engine the SLC will use. Initial plans were to provide it with a new twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8, early engineering of which has already taken place. But the cost of developing the new engine, which would produce around 450bhp in the SLC, is leading Mercedes’ financiers to push AMG towards using the SLK55 AMG’s normally aspirated 5.5-litre V8.
This engine currently produces 416bhp — 4bhp less than the Aston Vantage V8 but 21bhp more than the Porsche 911 Carrera S. But the V8’s 398lb ft comfortably eclipses both the Porsche and Aston.
AMG boss Ola Källenius has dismissed speculation of a twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 for a base version. “The V8 engine commands cult status at AMG,” he said. “It is what our customers demand.”
The issue of which engine the SLC will use is further clouded by Mercedes’ need to engineer its famed 6.2-litre V8 to meet future stringent EU6 emissions regulations without robbing it of power.
