The Paris Motor Show has produced undoubtedly one of its most interesting announcements, the new Merc AMG electric car.

Four synchronized motors work together to produce a whopping 552kw and a torque of 1000Nm. The high voltage batteries are a result of a collab between the AMG folk and some intelligent Formula 1 engineers. The resulting vibration-free electric motors produce all of their torque immediately and weigh only 45 kgs each. They all also drive each wheel individually, so power is distributed where it is needed.

This is now the quickest production electric vehicle available, and the recharge time has been cut down dramatically to get you running quicker than before.

Acceleration, 0-100 in 3.9 seconds, and top speed of 250km/h.

Oh, and it’s wearing a Silver Surfer suit.

More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SLS_AMG#SLS_AMG_Electric_Drive

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The new roadster packs in a massive AMG 6.0-litre V12 “biturbo” (twin-turbocharged) engine that’s producing 463 kW, up from 450 in the previous version. Toque comes out at an impressive 1000Nm.

While the power’s gone up, the weight has gone down, by a prop-forward’s weigh-in of 170kgs. That’s thanks to the all-aluminium body shell found also in the SLS AMG.

The reduced weight means reduced fuel consumption, in this version 17% goes back in your wallet. Not that you need it if you’re driving this thing in the first place. But maybe you care about the environment…who knows. That and the AMG Speedshift Plus 7G-Tronic transmission and a start/stop function on the engine all do their bit.

Total consumption, 11.6-litres. Which is terrible LOL, let’s be honest.

Performance numbers: 0-100 in 4 seconds and top speed of 250km/h. And let’s not forget the V12 AMG sound that your money buys you.

1%…your chariot awaits.

Get it: R2 621 000
From: www.mercedesbenz.co.za

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You work at Mercedes Benz in the supercar department. You’ve got a perfectly respectable supercar on the market, albeit a bit of a show off. You look at your calendar and you realize, shit…it’s nearly a new year. We better put something new out.

So you slap on some new leather, add a few extra kilowatts and change the suspension to make it more comfortable, and then tell people to go touring in it.

The 2013 SLS AMG GT is still bloody cool though.

Heightened dynamics give it an enhanced max output, they’ve re-calibrated the DCT 7-speed transmission to make gear changes even faster and modified the engine mapping to make this chariots 0-100 time only 3.6 seconds. Top speed? Near on 320km/h

A new AMG adaptive performance suspension enhances the vehicles ‘sportiness’, it’s stiffer and more aggressive and they’ll sell you one in roadster or coupe styling.

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