We've all seen the photos and read the specs about how the SLS Black Series uses its 630 horsepower V8 to good effect. Such as launching from 0-60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds, or hitting a top speed of 315 kilometers per hour. As you and I well know, most of us can only dream of riding in such a car, much less own one. So, we just have to content ourselves with what we can grab online.
Mercedes released a video of the SLS Black Series a couple of days ago, showing it in its element. Being the longish car that it is, the SLS is supremely suited to the roads shown in the video, which have wide sweeping corners and long straights. All the better test the fierce acceleration coming out of the turns. And of course, the wide open road and absence of traffic leaves little to the imagination of what one can do with such a beast and a foot to the floor. Sigh.
The many readers of Germany’s "Auto Zeitung" (which translates to Automobile Newspaper) magazine must love Mercedes-Benz, as they voted the SLS AMG Roadster as the best cabriolet and the SLS AMG Coupe as the best super sports car in the magazine’s polls. With those two citations in the bag, Mercedes-Benz was also awarded the Quality Trophy 2012 by the magazine.
Over 110,000 readers voted on the poll, which was being held for the 25th year. The poll’s aim is to rank the year’s top cars. Last year, the two aforementioned cars also took home the victories in their respective categories.
Auto Zeitung partners with the Association for Technical Inspection (Gesellschaft für Technische berwachung or GTU) to present the Quality Trophy award, which recognizes the best in terms of quality as well as dependability. It is based on technical inspections conducted by the GTU and on reader responses sent to the Cologne-based magazine’s quality and service report.
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