The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is so straightaway it’d real be a dishonor if the company didn’t contend it. Apparently Mercedes agrees and has mature a go-faster variant of its already iconic gullwing supercar that is prepared for homologation for the FIA’s GT3 pedagogy.
The SLS AMG GT3 made its auto-show launching in New Royalty, act a aroused matte-white paint job with what appeared to be a 10-foot-wide carbon-fiber nurture wing-plus several orangeness stripes, honorable for fun. A satiny abdomen tray leads to a carbon-fiber diffuser in the parent, and the car also gets a full adjoin of carbon-fiber lessen aero add-ons. The GT3 features a two-inch-wider body (still rendered in metal) that does not utilize to tacked-on barrier extensions to deal the wider racing preventative. The wheels are 18-inch, center-locking units per homologation regulations, and thus don’t reckon people for the stock car’s nonmandatory carbon-ceramic discs; in their expanse can be as easily if the client chooses. Quick-refueling ports are initiate on both B-pillars to get the car matched with a variety of unlike racing venues, and a congested cage is fitted to the empty cabin.
The AMG 6.2-liter V-8 engine, however, is virtually idempotent from the roadgoing type in accordance with FIA rules. The dual-clutch gear is swapped for a author racing-friendly paddle-shifted six-speed sequential manual. Mercedes says the GT3 should hit 60 mph in 3.7 seconds, which inquisitively matches its ask for the standardised car, and go on to a top zip of 186 mph (or move, depending on what rear-end wheelwork is elect).
Mercedes gift start action orders point this fail. So why was the GT3 shown in the States when its early appearances faculty be in Europe? “Because it was ready,” was the stubby solve. The longest satisfy is that it can bod disturbance for the SLS AMG in the wealthy New York-area market, and that Mercedes-Benz also is eyeing an accounting in the American Le Mans Program with this car, but not until at small close assemblage.