2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series - Car and Driver
The SLS AMG GT is an incredibly fast and rare supercar that harkens back to the Gullwings of yore. Opt for the Black Series with 622 hp and other go-fast goodies. The insanity concludes soon with the 2015 SLS AMG GT Final Edition. Instrumented Test – 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series Mercedes-Benz’s technical director in the 1950s, Rudi Uhlenhaut, had what is arguably the coolest company car in history. It was a gullwing version of the W196S 300SLR race car powered by a 306-hp, 3. 0-liter version of Mercedes’ Formula 1 straight-eight engine. His daily driver sprang from his own genius, and the car is now widely known as the Uhlenhaut Coupe. The 2014 SLS AMG Black Series doesn’t have a straight-eight, but it does have the most potent 6. 2-liter V-8 Mercedes-Benz has ever built. As a retirement gift, AMG has given the engine new camshafts, specially coated bucket tappets, a more efficient intake tract, more-durable crankshaft bearings, and a titanium exhaust system that shaves 29 pounds. All 622 horsepower (up from 583 in the SLS GT ) show up at 7400 rpm with 468 pound-feet of torque coming in at 5500 rpm. An angry Sprint Cup car–like thrum pulses out of the Black’s four exhaust tips to warn the hard of hearing. Source: www.caranddriver.com
