When the SLS hit the scene in 2010, it made waves. With its truly unique – and stunning – styling, sinister exhaust note and steep asking price, it can’t be ignored, no matter who you are, the things you drive or how you drive it.
Having driven one close to the advertised top speed and blasted through canyon roads leaving thick trails of pricey Michelin tire smoke, I can tell you the SLS is one of the more confusing cars to rationalize, yet it’s also a definite riot to operate. It can make you smile such as a little girl, or throw you in a ditch to teach you a lesson.as an aggressively tuned import car. Did it must be updated and refreshed? Sure, did this number of tweaks solidify a logical place for the car, although the new GT is welcomed? We’re unsure.
The SLS GT sees a growth of 20hp from a smaller displacement V8. However, horsepower definitely wasn’t an area where the SLS required help, but we’ll never complain about too much of something so wonderful.
Before, the exhaust note is somehow better still than. The SLS remains to be the best sounding Benz, and possibly one of the best sounding German cars of all time. From burbles and pops to rev limiters and wide-open-throttle pulls, the car begs to be driven hard.
Though it performs well on a road course, its straight-line prowess is definitely the easiest to exploit. The jaunt to 60 takes 3.6sec and will blow beyond theare now faster and more precise. Even in full auto mode, the transmission does a great job of reading your thoughts, finding the correct gear for your driving style, although utilizing the paddles is undeniably more pleasurable.
The SLS would be a driver’s choice if all roads were silky smooth and racetracks didn’t have big curbs and tight turns. By turning-in hard or gently trail-braking, but both the last version and new GT suffer from a shimmy at the rear simply. And while you are able to adapt your look to induce less of this, nothing causes it to become ride smoother or softer.
We don’t want the SLS to float with a cloud, however the car is simply too stiff being daily driven. And even with a road course like Streets of Willow, the C63 Black Series felt more appropriate for track duty and was also far more compliant compared to the SLS. And we’re causeing this to be assessment in Sport mode, the softer of the two available suspension settings. Sport is much more rigid than most cars we’ve driven.
Have an affinity for burnouts and loud downshifts, spirited highway sprints and maybe some canyon hooning, then this really is a superb reason to spend $200,000, if you were purchasing an SLS AMG GT solely because you’re enthusiastic about its style. We’d recommend you shop around, as there are cars that could do more for less, but if you want a car for work and the track.
