We recently had a chance to drive the upcoming 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The vehicles weren't quite finished yet, but the impressions were solid. With its 571-horsepower V8, the AMG-engineered supercar ate up the Sachsenring race circuit like a true supercar.
Since we couldn't shoot video at the time, we figured you might like to see the SLS AMG in action. And this time it's on the Nürburgring, home of the world's biggest automotive pissing match.
As far as we know, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 holds the current production car record, or at least, the current-production-car-that-you've-actually-heard-of record. It's hard to tell if the SLS has a chance of breaking the Corvette's lap of 7:26.4.
Though it might look hard-core, the SLS is more of a grand touring car than a pure-bred sports car. At least that's how Contributing Editor Andreas Stahl described it. Then again, he also noted that it wears monster 295/30ZR20 tires in back that help deliver a skid pad number in the 1.38g range. Not bad for a GT.
Look for the debut of the production 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show in September.
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