New SL65 AMG

[CHaserTourv]

Mercedes-Benz will soon release a new SL, called the SL65 AMG, it features MB's new Bi-Turbo V12 AMG tuned to 612 HP!!!!! no fotos r available, but the car will release sumtime i think in 2005

[buymeabmwm3]

I saw a picture in last month's Car and Driver. The amount of power that car has borders on ridiculous.

[Quik$ilver]

[CHaserTourv]

a pic to satisfy ur needs

[blindside.AMG]

Man that car is gonna be sweet. I can't wait until I get a customer that has problem under heavy acceleration!

[Carrera GT]

The present SL55 AMG is limited to 155 mph, but do you think with an SL with that much power they will limit it again? Because that would be even more of a waste than with the SL55.

[buymeabmwm3]

Why does that car look like it just came from the Dakar Rally? Sweet ground clearance.

[AlexusVTEC]

that car says SL 55 on the plates, any distinctive features setting it apart from the SL55? are there any body panel differences between the 500, 55, and 600?

[MeanRex7]

id imagine similar to sl600, maybe a chrome grill, and v12 badges, dunno if theyd change the AMG body parts between the 55 and 65 or not.
definately badass

and i read on the cl65 for a price MB will slap on some higher rated tires and switch the limiter to 186mph, which is as high as the tires are rated for.
the problem is the tires, what tires can go 200mph+ on a 4000+lb car?

[s4fanatic27]

when the new SL 65 comes out it will be sick. When the Sl 55 came out i couldnt believe it, now they r coming out with even a faster and better looking car. i cant wait to see what they will come out with after that. if anybody knows of any early prototypes or concepts then please post and leave the pics and specs. thanks

[MioCLK]

Originally Posted by Carrera GT

The present SL55 AMG is limited to 155 mph, but do you think with an SL with that much power they will limit it again? Because that would be even more of a waste than with the SL55.

thats is just a "GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT" between the German automakers (exclude Porsche)
But in Germany, Mercedes is more than happy to remove the limiter for their customers because they know their customer wouldn't be happy when they get burned by a Porsche after 250km/h
(I am not sure about the US Mercedes dealer, because i asked my dealer to remove the limiter for me and they wouldn't do it)
No matter what the top speed still have to be "limited" some where, because no tires can hold speed up to 200+mph when a car weights nearly 4,500lbs (SL600 4,429lbs / SL55 4,319lbs)

[zyajzarc]

Originally posted by MioCLK
No matter what the top speed still have to be "limited" some where, because no tires can hold speed up to 200+mph when a car weights nearly 4,500lbs (SL600 4,429lbs / SL55 4,319lbs)

The tires on the present SL55 can't hold more than 180 or so. After that they just rip right off because of the weight. And to my knowledge, there will be NO sl65 AMG. The only 65's are the S and CL classes. If there was an SL65 AMG, its performance may rival the SLR, and thus would hamper the sale of the $440k supercar, and Mercedes does not want this. Plus, in my opinion, if they did make an SL65 it would outsell the SLR. A current CL65 AMG costs around $180k, so if they made the SL cost $200k or even $220k, for the convertible/hardtop feature and looks it would be a bargin compared to the SLR.

[SPEC_Tech]

The vehicle in Car and Driver is not a 65. In fact it was not even a SL600 AMG It was in fact a straight SL600 without a sport package.
YET STILL the ¼ mile speed on this luxurious roadster IS 11.90 and traps at 120MPH. You could give a Yamaha R1 the race of its lifetime. While he is squint eyed and popping his gears and laying hoizontal on his iron horse, you are changing CD's and lighting your cigarette (you get the idea). That long crankshaft of the M12 motor is a perfect balance for this body weight thus there is no flatening in the torque band

[zyajzarc]

umm SPEC Tech do you know how fast a 11.9 quarter mile is? PRETTY DAMN FAST. I guarentee you that the SL600 doesn't run a 11.9, actually it runs a 12.9 @ 109mph, conservativly. A 12.4 to MAXIMUM 12.2 can be achieved, but now we're talking about skilled drivers.

Only a few cars can run sub-12 second quarter miles. Ex: Murcielago, Enzy, F1, Saleen, Koenigsegg... Now, i've read the article (as it was posted on another forum), and C&D mentions that torque has something to do with the massive acceleration boost over the SL55 AMG. The SL55 AMG, according to C&D, ran a 4.5 0-60mph and a 13.0 quarter mile. A torque change from 516 to 590 should have this kind of repercussion on the quarter mile OR 0-60 ALSO mentioned by C&D was the fact that their SL600 had 3 different transmission shifting options. Or to quote C&D themselves:

Originally printed by Car and Driver

The five-speed automatic offers a three-mode manumatic function, just as it does in the SL55, but with such an abundance of muscle, augmented by quick throttle response, it seems superfluous.

For all owners of a 2004 SL600 PLEASE DO NOT BE ALARMED. YOU ARE NOT MISSING AN EXTRA "MANUMATIC" FUNCTION. Or for all other people who don't know, the 2004 SL600 that was sold in the U.S. and Europe only had 2 different transmissino shifting options. Thus, the conclusion can be made that this car was modded by MB.

But how you ask? Simple. These cars are delievered to magazine, such as C&D, by the manufacture. They are hand picked and sometimes even slightly better prepared. This SL600 has been tested with the SL65 trasmission modification, [More on that later] as well as some ECU management modification to allow for this exceptional performance of the car. This is the most probably explanation, and if you read on other forums on this subject, you will see that either an CL, S, or SL 600 model with a simple ECU and transmission computer modifcation can run these times.

So, that is what I have to say to the C&D results. Complete rubbish, and quite impossible with a STOCK, OFF THE SHOWROOM FLOOR, SL600. The C&D results are both physically and mathematically impossible. If you wish me to post the mathematics behind its impossiblity just ask.

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Now, I'll also correct my former post. The SL65 AMG will be coming to the U.S. It is already released in Europe on special orders, and thus isn't listed on the AMG website. The C&D article already uses what is the upcoming SL65 AMG transmission, with its 3 shifting options. The results achieved by C&D on the SL600 should only be a real indication of the expected performance capability of the SL65 AMG.

[MioCLK]

Originally Posted by zyajzarc

The tires on the present SL55 can't hold more than 180 or so. After that they just rip right off because of the weight. And to my knowledge, there will be NO sl65 AMG. The only 65's are the S and CL classes. If there was an SL65 AMG, its performance may rival the SLR, and thus would hamper the sale of the $440k supercar, and Mercedes does not want this. Plus, in my opinion, if they did make an SL65 it would outsell the SLR. A current CL65 AMG costs around $180k, so if they made the SL cost $200k or even $220k, for the convertible/hardtop feature and looks it would be a bargin compared to the SLR.

I found the info on the top speed for Euro SL55.
AMG offers a reprogrammed ECU (cost 2,494 EURO), which limits the top speed to 186mph (probably the one used during Motor Trend's test for CL55).
This option also requires new set of special tires that could actually hold speeds that fast.