More info on the Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series

The Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series seems to be the constant talk of the town in the automotive world these days. The car has been spotted everywhere from the streets of Stuttgart to the famous Nurburgring test track in Germany.

What we know so far: Mercedes-Benz has already admitted that the SL 65 Black Series will be the most extreme Benz ever built. Power will come from a 6.0L V12 twin-turbo engine producing 670-hp with a peak torque of 738 lb-ft. The engine will be mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission with two Sport shift programs with the second putting out quicker gear changes.

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S4cabriofoxone - 4/26/2008 10:19:25 PM

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Matthew1 - 4/26/2008 11:29:23 PM

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How do you propose that low volume will keep Mercedes afloat?

Last time I checked, such limited-run projects like the SL 65 Black Series were bankrolled by the sucess of their volume sellers, C-Class et al.

enthusiastx11 - 4/27/2008 1:13:06 AM

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what?

MookGmbH - 4/27/2008 1:51:26 AM

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I'm waiting for Mercedes to dump torque converters and embrace the dual-clutch technology. Now I'm not just spouting banter. I have driven the E63 with the 7G-Tronic 'box, it drives well in auto and sport modes, it even blips the throttle on downshifts in full manual mode; but you can still tell the torque converter is present. For you haters out there you can't say dual-clutch 'boxes can't handle the torque that AMG engine dish out. Ricardo engineered one to handle the 900ft-lbs of torque that the Veyron rips out. So...... what then?

CLK63BlackSeries - 4/27/2008 4:05:11 AM

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no one cares about your ramblings...

Heyhuub - 4/28/2008 3:56:03 AM

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The Veyron's gearbox probably costs as much as this entire car. That's why it will be some time before you see cars with this kind of torque with Double clutch gearboxes.

Bored - 4/27/2008 2:46:32 AM

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GIGGITY!!!

Czelinski - 4/27/2008 4:48:09 AM

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Saw the face lift standard SL for the first time yesterday, must say. It does look good. So can't wait for this bad boy.

MookGmbH - 4/27/2008 1:07:40 PM

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***CLK63BlackSeries***

Can I PayPal you a box of tissues?

CLK63BlackSeries - 4/29/2008 12:25:52 AM

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CLK63BlackSeries - 4/29/2008 12:26:41 AM

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Once again I am left to question the relevance of your comment.

BozzorTheGreat - 4/27/2008 11:41:41 PM

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Enjoy it whilst it last guys: unless the environMENTALists actually are exposed for the morons they are, cars like this will become a dying breed in a world aiming for low CO2 emissions and better than 25 mpg averages.