Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series

So, the Mercedes SL65 AMG Black Series is for sale from the end of 2008! We’ve been seeing spy shots of it for quite some time but now, finally, Mercedes have revealed the car.

Based, obviously, on the face-lifted SL, the SL65 Black Series shares very little with its lesser siblings, not least the performance. This is getting in to Porsche Turbo territory and is, in effect, a stepping stone between the outgoing SLR and the yet to arrive Gullwing SLC.

We’re big fans of the Black Series AMG models, and this is a real barn-stormer. 0-60 is coming in at around 3.9 seconds, and with 660bhp and 740lb ft of torque, there’s going to be no shortage of power. Top speed is 200mph, as near as makes no difference.

AMG have shaved 500lbs off the weight of the car, and carbon fibre abounds, including a fixed carbon fibre roof instead of the SLs normal folding tin-top. Copius quantities of air are fed in to the car from a multitude of gaping vents at the front, and body tweaks and a retractable rear spoiler all add to the aerodynamics.

Mercedes and AMG have got very, very good at these cars, and the Black Series is the ultimate performance AMG. I’m not sure how successful the new nose is on the standard SL, but with the added vents on the Black Series it certainly looks mean. And the mean looks translate in to a very mean machine.

Go on then. You’ve twisted my arm. I’ll have one!!

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