badm

Here's my 2 cents , I've seen sls up close don't care for base model , saw a black series sls in black getting on I-94 "its out cold" .. Their's CLA's all over A2 nothing special to me AMG is nice . I love all the AMG models C , E, S, class. May favorite is SLR , espeically the turner modded models.. Of course the CLS original model and the 2012 model I like stylish cars "Period"

CPBRI

Was never a big fan of the SLS. Hood is too long and the back seems chopped.
Gull wing doors are cool, but not something I'd want to use. Hard to get in/out of and too showy for me.

Did think the roadster version was better looking.

Am sure the Black Series is also better styled.

The motor is the best part of it.

PanzerLehr

I don't mind the SLS at all, but for the money I think I would have an AMG G wagon and C BS in my garage. Utility and sport with plenty of ego emissions haha.. But if someone gave me the keys for an SLS I would not complain at all.
I almost bought a CLA AMG instead of the C63. I really love everything about the CLA45 but the price and that stupid ipad thing floating on the dash. I want to kick it off and just do without so I don't have to look at it. Once the CLA was optioned the way I wanted it was over $65k and the dealer wouldn't budge to make the sell. So instead I found a dealer that would give me some wiggle room on the last MY of the M156 which has been my dream car for years. So I am driving the C for only a few dollars more than the CLA.
If the CLA45 was priced -15% across options and base it would be a lot more attractive but the price point just makes no sense.

ZephyrAMG

The SLS is an over priced, low build quality and materials, MB sports car. The interior is like my grandmas living room and the build quality is not refined. I don't think it looks youthful and sporty UNLESS you have the BS variant which is above $220K.

I think its more of a nostalgic piece rather than a "super car".

The only car from what I think to even look at super $100k and sub $100K is the BMW M6.
You can tell that they spared no expense with that car.

avery.whss

Wheres your grandma live? Sounds like shes a OG

M6's drop like a rock in value tho...I could get a 2010-2011 with 50-70,000km for around 50k in canada...I bet in USA they are <40k for that year ..they are insane cars don't get me wrong..I want one some day also
Plus BMW's aren't even that fast IMO (the M6 hauls tho)..after I walked a stage 2 M3 It kinda made me feel bad for M drivers ...no wonder a bunch of M4's crashed...one of the members here were right...they aren't use to all that torque

ZephyrAMG

Love your picture that you posted....all that dark leather and shadowing, some silver accents and the interior looks a sexy and smokey as a day time soap...

Have you sat in the SLS? Have you sat in the new S? It looks like a cheap strip club with all those purple LED lights under every panel. The interior MBs have much to be desired for. The interior of the SLS still, STILL looks like its out of the 90s. Sure they add some contrasted some stitching, embossed AMG here and there and added some silver accents. IMO its holds nothing to the interior of the 2015 BMW M6. The interior of the 2015 M6 looks like its with the times. Like a jet fighter, well finished with the quality and materials an interior should be.

Now, let's get something straight. I have disliked BMWs for a while now, and swore I would never get one again. I worshiped the E36 M3, the 750 from the 90s. But for the past 10 years it has been junk.

Fast forward to the 2015 5 series, 4 series, and namely 6 series. Once I sat inside it became clear to me. Once I drove the 2015 M6, it became even clearer...

What **** boxes MBs are, namely on the inside. Don't get me wrong...I love my C63. But the M6 is where it's at.

rage2

You can't compare an M6 to the SLS, completely different target markets. That's like saying a Porsche GT3 is a POS because the M6 has a better interior. I'd make a BMW comparison but they haven't had a track focused sports car in their lineup since America had a white president.

AMG X

The SLS was a spiritual successor to the 300SL gullwing and a halo car for AMG.

The SLR was a collaboration between Mercedes (AMG) & McLaren like their F1 partnership. It was a unique design that took cues of the iconic Mercedes of the era. Chances of that happening again for a production car is slim as McLaren makes its own road cars now.

I'm not a huge fan of some of the things AMG (Mercedes) is doing now (i.e. four bangers, smaller displacement engines, turbocharging every engine, AWD). Don't get me wrong, I understand the benefits, but it's deviating from the true roots of AMG... The reasons that made some of us fall in love with the brand in the first place.

jmueller

Personally I love the SLS. And after I was driven around in it at Palm Beach International Raceway in one at the Private Lounge event, I love them even more. But, your comment and criticism is the very reason why Mercedes and AMG make a variety of cars. You get to pick which one suits you or your wallet.

OC6.3AMG

I like the SLS, but am let down with its low interior quality especially the steering wheel (reminds of a 2011 C300 I had).

The SLS Black series is different, it is an amazing car and the only other car I would take over it at the moment is the Ferrari F12.

-Marlin-

M6...ehhhh, I don't know. At over 100k new, I can see why they lure buyers in but show poor resale. The direction that BMW is going in with all of the new models, and there are a lot of them, is interesting. But the cars are getting BIG. I passed an M6 today and it was a boat of a car. Pretty aesthetics, but a boat of a car none the less. I know the M4 is nimble, but it's big and it leaves the M3 in the dust holding the old flame in 4 door configuration only.

What's next an M3.5 to satisfy the craving in between model? M this and M that and odd and even and numbers of this series and that one.

jrcart

I hate the SLS

jrcart

Hahaha.....you mean the i8 is not a performance car lmao.

Yep BMW's are all crap now. BMW's M division is a joke and they do not even get specialized powerplants any longer, they just take "tuned" version of non M motors and drop them in and throw an M badge on the trunk. I just drove an M4 on a track, a nearly 7 year old CLK BS will run circles around it. Anyone on this thread that thinks BMW offers anything of substance performance wise these days is a fool or a pu$$y or both.

roadtalontsi

im shocked the interior is being bagged on. The only thing i thought of that was cheap on the inside was the suede wrapped slk 171 visors. That and the fact that an upgraded stereo was an option, considering the regular one is the equivalent of a base model C.

I'll agree all the neon lighting colors in the new S are a bit of a joke, but thinking bmw interior is miles ahead is definitely a personal preference.

rage2

I was driving around in a SLR 722 a couple months back, I wanna say it's a MY2009, so still fairly recent. No screen inside, and the radio had a cassette player.

Now that's a ****ty interior haha.

roadtalontsi

and i bet you loved every minute of it. Sick nasty car.

Mitch111

Yeah, I thought basically the same thing; get the S3 for about $5-6-7,000 less and call it a day. Or an A3 Quattro if you wanna keep it in the $30-35K range. Based on size (considering how the A4 has grown), it's kinda like getting a new A3, but in essence getting the old A4 in a 2014 package.

Not to mention, Q50 Eau Rouge.........oooh! Make mine black on black. And what took y'all so long, Infiniti. People have been begging for a hi-performance G35-37/Q50 for about 10 years now.

Aw man, pass me a barf bag, too. All BS aside, while we'll take the naturally aspirated V8s any day as first choice, did ya'll have to go all the way down to 4.0 liters, AMG? Geez! Why've you gotta be like Audi Quattro?

Having heard the 5.5TT, ah, it's not so bad. But why did ya skip past 5.0 (my choice) or 4.5??........?? That's not cool. Oh, and while I'm at it, must I remind you, AMG, of the NA 5.5 in the SLK55 AMG? With significantly better EPA gas mileage #s due to stop-start, direct injection, etc., while still getting around 420/400 HP & torque numbers?

To your credit AMG, while not an M156 sound, absent that comparison you seem to have managed to still get decent V8 sounds from the M157. Which is to say, some manufacturerers get that same sound - at best - even without turbos. Good job there.

But we're still @$&%ing pissed.

jrcart

...and the Stirling Moss edition SLR doesn't even come with a windshield....talk about bad interiors lol

-Marlin-

^ok, present company not included. You have the BS. With that said, can I try it?

Please

Quadcammer

have you been drinking? the m6 interior is a fugly piece of ****. And BMW is not upping the napa leather dash and door panels on the SLS.

The C63...now thats a ****ty interior for an expensive car, save the seats, which are nice.

-Marlin-

I wouldn't save the seats, atleast not for the horizontally gifted like myself. Uggghhh! If I could change one thing it would be the side boltsters. For crying out loud, LET ME BREATHE! Thank God the ride is so exhilarating because I literally have to suck in when I get in, then breathe out when I manage to pull myself out.

I know one thing's for sure. My car loves me because I get a big bear hug each and every day.

coladin

I guess it depends on your definition of a super car. If you are all hot and bothered by the new M6, best to revisit your definition perhaps!

I subscribe to the Richard Hammond definition of supercars. It has to have the look. It has to stand out. It has to have the performance.

You see an SLS on the road, you stare at it. People point, people give the thumbs up. I think it is a bargain compared to the Italians. Like I said, my seat time in the SLS is extensive and as a passenger I see people's faces. I see the reaction. Opening the doors is always a show to the masses. If people oogle and stare, ooh and ahh then to me that is a perfect definition of a Supercar.

But it's okay not like it. Like someone else said, MB has other cars that may fit your fancy. But to not call it a supercar...

rickclass

How can you not like this?

-Marlin-

So me and my baby momma decided to go out to an obnoxiously expensive restaurant the other night. Little back story...I have a route that I take after a long day of work. It's a 30 minute drive of twisties that I have been loving since buying my monster. I pass this expensive restaurant that I have been just itching to indulge.

We went Friday and wouldn't you know, there in the wild, I spotted an SLS AMG GT. I take everything I said back. It was gorgeous. I parked my C63 next to it and as I got out, the owner came walking up. He looks at me and says "Nice car..." We have a smile, both thinking "Yeah, we have AMG's and no one else understands". My baby momma turns to me and I say "Watch the doors go up" like a giddy bad little boy on Christmas. She rolled her eyes and walked ahead. I waited to watch the gull wings get to full lock out. Heard it start up then pursued to my dining event with a hard on. Loved it!

Regretfully, I like the SLS and have treated it like a chick out of my league. Who likes big ***** anyway?..........ME!!!

ced357

Lol, i'm glad to see your opinion changed I love that fellow AMG owners take the time to appreciate one another's rides. I get thumbs up all the time from other AMG club members, we are a great group.