SLS Mercedes-Benz Planning a mini-SLS

[bum-man]

The thing is Mercedes can still do two derivatives of the SLS... A Stripped out lightweight SLR and a more luxury oriented but still quicker SLS BS. Both of which I think they should do.

 

[Wolfgang]

Chop by Herbert Müdsam:

Mercedes SLM ? med mittmotor - Vi Bilägare

 

[FFranek]

New renderings from Larson



Mercedes SLC: Mercedes plant den Baby-SLS - autobild.de

 

[PHYBENZ]

I guess since Larson has been correct the last few times with his renderings, we should start believing him? Is he the next Huckfeldt?

 

[Sayyaaf]

I'd hit that in no time !

 

[FFranek]

in overall shape this concept looks too similar to latest SLK, mini SLS should offer something more than SLK - 4 seats, gullwing doors, or midengine configuration

 

[SKY]

I guess since Larson has been correct the last few times with his renderings, we should start believing him? Is he the next Huckfeldt?

Huckfeldt wasn´t the good part of the story, it was Autobild, the one how got the inside info, and Huck just did the renders. Now Larson has a different style, maybe more vivid colors, but as the info comes from Autobild, the accuracy is the same.

Just look at the ML and how close Larson was, and now the S-Class, which is shapping up pretty much as Larson hinted.

 

[HighestOfHigh]

now the S-Class, which is shapping up pretty much as Larson hinted.

I hope not.

 

[SKY]

I hope not.

Nah man, don´t trust yourself. Remember when you claimed you dislike the ML render?. I think I´ve read your opinions once the ML has been revealed, and I think they are very positive, am I wrong?.

Why won´t be the same with the S-Class. Please, just look at the proportions, they are flawless. You will love it. Have no doubt.

 

[-=Hot|Ice=-]

ProTip: How not to do a photoshop. Do not take an R8 and give it SLS headlights and front end.

 

[Levi68]

I prefere front-mid engine. It is better than rear mid engine in driving experience. 911 and Cayman are another story.

 

[Cashmere]

im confused. Isnt the SLK already a mini SLS? Where will this slot in?

 

[Wolfgang]

Where will this slot in?

Between SLK55 AMG and SL63 AMG?


SLK55 -> eu60,000 421hp
SLC -> eu80,000 500hp
SL63 -> eu120,000 535hp
SLS -> eu177,000 571hp

http://www.germancarforum.com/new-m...25-mercedes-benz-slc-headed-production-4.html

 

[Levi68]

Between SLK55 AMG and SL63 AMG?


SLK55 -> eu60,000 421hp
SLC -> eu80,000 500hp
SL63 -> eu120,000 535hp
SLS -> eu177,000 571hp

http://www.germancarforum.com/new-m...25-mercedes-benz-slc-headed-production-4.html

Are not the prices a bit low? An M3 Coupé starts at 75.000 €.

I´ve heard AMG is preparing some new stand alone engines. a 5.0 V8 TT with 760 PS, for the rumored SLR AMG, a 4.0 V8 TT good for 610 PS and a 3.8 I6 with 540 PS.
Of course, the source is not any official, but has been accurate some other times.

Is then really true that the SLC AMG could get a stand alone I6 engine? Now for all these years Mercdes replaced all the I6s by V6s. It would be really nice if so.

 

[Wolfgang]

Are not the prices a bit low? An M3 Coupé starts at 75.000 €.

Those are just approx base prices. To compare the M3 Coupé on bmw.de starts for 57.773,11 €.

Now for all these years Mercdes replaced all the I6s by V6s. It would be really nice if so.

Mercedes already switched commercial trucks from V6 to I6 in the last few years.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

Greg Kable
20 July 2012 12:02am
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.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/mercedes-targets-911-baby-sls

 

[Levi68]

Repost.

http://www.germancarforum.com/community/threads/mercedes-benz-slc-headed-to-production.37525/page-9


Could the mods maybe close this thread, as we have the other one.