Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3's Win Title

Team Heico Motorsport, with their two Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3s, secured the team title of the 2011 FIA GT3 European Championship in Zandvoort, Netherlands. It is the first title for the gullwing car in its first full racing season. In the final two races at Netherland’s North Sea coast, Christiaan Frankenhout/Patrick Hirsch came home fourth and sixth respectively while their teammates, Dominik Baumann/Brice Bosi, finished fifth and second. Thus, Heico Motorsport improved from third overall to the top in the final race. Congratulations to Heico Motorsport!

Big racing weekend for AMG.

AMG C-Class driver Paul DiResta made it 3 in a row in the DTM (German Touring Car Championship) with a convincing win over Audi's Timo Scheider at Hockenheim. This win puts DiResta in the lead of the Driver's Championship over HWA team mate Bruno Spengler who failed to finish. The DTM Manufacturer's Championship is virtually assured for AMG Mercedes, as is the Driver's Championship as the Audi drivers and Teams are now mathematically eliminated with only 2 races remaining in the 2010 DTM season. In future DTM news, old rival BMW has confirmed that they will be joining AMG Mercedes and Audi in the new look 2012 DTM. Some old battles will be resumed between the major high performance German brands.

While the AMG C-Class drivers were having things their own way over at Hockenheim across the country at the Nurburgring in the VLN Endurance series, the SLS AMG GT3 scored its maiden victory in only its second outing. The 4 hour race was won by SLS GT3 test driver Tomas Jager and Christopher Haase in a Black Falcon Racing entered SLS AMG GT3. Another SLS AMG GT3 entered by Mamerow Racing with Bernd Schneider and Chris Mamerow qualified on pole but was eliminated in a crash while running second. A new era in AMG customer racing has started. The SLS GT3's will run one more VLN race this year before an all out attack on the major European endurance racing series' in 2011 with a number of customer team entered cars. Three SLS GT3's are expected at the Dubai 24 Hour Race on January 14-15, 2011.

DTM Hockenheim:
1. Paul DiResta- AMG Driving Academy HWA AMG C-Class DTM
2. Timo Scheider- Abt Sportline Audi A4 DTM
3.Mike Rockenfeller- Phoenix Racing Audi A4 DTM
4.Gary Paffett Salzgitter HWA AMG C-Class DTM
5.Martin Tomczyk- Abt Sportline Audi A4 DTM
6.Oliver Jarvis- Abt Sportline Audi A4 DTM
7.Susie Stoddart- TV Spiel Film Persson Motorsport AMG C-Class DTM
8.Jamie Green- Junge Stern Persson Motorsport AMG C-Class DTM

VLN Nurburgring:
1. Tomas Jager/Christopher Hasse Black Falcon Racing SLS GT3

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WORLD'S FASTEST 3D CAR FILM. MANX MEISTER TRAILER. F1 TAKES ON TT.

David Couthard drives the AMG SLS supercar on the 37 mile Isle Of Man TT course.

2011 SLS AMG Price Released

Relase from MBUSA

April 7, 2010

We are pleased to inform you that the base price of the 2011 SLS AMG was officially announced during last week's Mercedes-Benz press conference at the New York International Auto Show.

2011 SLS AMG MSRP: $183,000*

This price point represents an extremely aggressive position in our endeavor to compete directly with the competitive models from Ferrari and Lamborghini. While the wonderful press reports on the SLS AMG have almost universally estimated a price around $225k, we feel that this sub-$200k price point represents incredible value in this competitive segment.
Proven by its performance statistics, the SLS AMG enters the super sports car segment not just to participate, but to win. What is most impressive is that our new Gullwing flagship delivers this stratospheric level of performance without compromising the refinement, comfort and technology expected of a Mercedes-Benz. It is the everyday supercar.
Launch of the 2011 SLS AMG is still scheduled for early May, 2010.

* price does not include transportation, taxes, dealer prep charges or license fees.

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The victorious Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of 1952 leaves the Mercedes-Benz Museum for Mexico

Joining the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG along a stretch of the original race route

The original winning car from the 3rd Carrera Panamericana Mexico in November 1952 is to return to the scene of its great triumph. The 300 SL racing sport car (W 194) will temporarily be removed from the “Races and Records” display at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, in order to join the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and set off once again along a part of the original route through Central America.


The 3rd Carrera Panamericana was one of the top international races of the 1952 season. The double victory achieved by Mercedes-Benz there ranks as one of the brand’s most spectacular successes. Karl Kling and co-driver Hans Klenk won the race, a long-distance event covering 3111 kilometres, against strong international competition at an average speed of 165.011 km/h. Second to cross the finishing line, also driving a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, were Hermann Lang and co-driver Erwin Grupp.

Kling’s collision with a vulture at 250 km/h, which left his car with a smashed windscreen and Hans Klenk with head injuries, went into the annals of racing history. In addition to replacing the screen, the mechanics also immediately fitted eight thin vertical metal bars to protect vehicle and driver in the event of a similar collision – still the vehicle’s most distinguishing feature.

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Start of Formula 1 Season Upon Us

Don't forget this weekend's opening round of the Formula One World Driving Championship from Bahrain, broadcast live on SPEED channel Sunday, March 14th at 7:30 am EDT, (remember the clocks jump forward this Saturday night), and look for the SLS AMG Safety car sitting proudly at the front of the grid. Catch live coverage of practice at 6:00 am Friday and qualifying Saturday at 7:30 am on SPEED.

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SLS AMG is the new F1 Safety Car

When the new Petronas Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Team, the first factory Mercedes GP Team since 1955, makes its debut at the season opening Bahrain GP on the 14th of March a new AMG car will be sitting at the head of the grid in its position as Official Formula One Safety Car... the SLS AMG.

Driven by our friend and AMG Driving Academy Team member Bernd Maylander, the SLS AMG F1 Safety Car is only modified slightly from the street version that goes on sale in the US this spring.

With 571 hp (DIN) it is the most powerful F1 Safety Car yet in a tradition that goes back to 1994 when AMG supplied the first Safety Car for F1, a C36 AMG. Again created in the AMG Performance Studio the SLS AMG F1 Safety Car features AMG Carbon Ceramic brakes which are also available on the street car. Unfortunately the special LED lighting system is not.

Again for 2010 a C63 AMG Wagon serves as the F1 Medical Car that follows the field around the first lap and is available for quick response to an accident scene during the race as well.

Along with the SLS AMG F1 Safety Car, and C63 AMG Medical Car there will be 6 Mercedes powered race cars in the field:

Petronas Mercedes GP- drivers: Michael Schumacher, Nico Rosberg

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes- drivers: Lewis Hamilton, World Champion Jenson Button

Force India Mercedes: drivers: Adrian Suthil, Vitantonio Liuzzi with AMG DTM driver Paul Di Resta as reserve driver.

All Formula One races are televised in the US on Speed Channel. Check local listings.

The AMG Teams will be kicking off their season in the DTM at Hockenheim on April 25th.

The AMG and Mercedes-Benz Motorsport tradition continues.

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Jay Leno Drives the new SLS AMG

Talk show host Jay Leno is in the SLS AMG in search of Los Angeles’ hidden race track. Leno, who describes himself as a ‘car nut’ was inspired by the short film 'Rendezvous' with a gripping car chase through Paris. With camera angles at a dynamic perspective just over the asphalt the viewer really experiences the ride through the ‘unknown’ side of Los Angeles and the Hollywood hills.

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http://mercedes-benz.tv/en/clip-1124/Jay+Leno%27s+hidden+street+circuit

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