2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG coupe review notes - AutoWeek
DIGITAL EDITOR ANDREW STOY: The 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG coupe drew more attention than just about anything I’ve ever driven. Credit the doors, really -- even if folks were unfamiliar with the car’s $200,000-plus price tag or its sub-four-second to 60-mph performance, two gull-wing doors in the up position yielded camera clicks, stares, catcalls and thumbs-up from nearly... The space restrictions limit the car’s usefulness as a grand tourer, relegating it more to the supercar class where its performance specs dictate it should live anyway. The car certainly sounds the part: AMG’s hand-built V8 is a monster with instant power and an overrun that would sound familiar to any Le Mans enthusiast. shifts are quick, but there’s some looseness in the initial take-up and during low-speed driving. A proper manual transaxle (the gearbox is mounted in the rear and incorporates the final drive) would be sublime, though the DCT’s automatic shifting provisions are no doubt preferable to the coupe’s customer base. EDITOR WES RAYNAL: This is one of the more switch-sensitive cars I think I have driven. By that I mean in comfort mode -- with its transmission and suspension settings -- the car is a boulevard cruiser. Switch to manual (transmission) and sport-plus suspension and whoa, Nelly, it suddenly transforms into a mean, nasty terrorizer. Source: autoweek.com
