Popularmechanics.com - If a car has Final Edition in its name, it seems safe to assume the vehicle is the end of the line. Not so with Mercedes-Benz. Despite its moniker, the 583-hp Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT Final Edition unveiled at the 2013 L.A. Auto Show and the Tokyo Motor Show last week might not be the last SLS, according to a source from the German carmaker.
Apparently there is supposed to be one more version of the car, but that's all we were told. As previously reported by Automotive News, the SLS's replacement will be the twin-turbocharged GT meant to compete with Porsche's 911.
With the SLS AMG GT's standard 6.3-liter V-8 under the hood, the Final Edition (should we start using quotes now?) is less powerful than the 622-horsepower SLS AMG Black Series, but it features an exclusive exposed carbon-fiber hood, front splitter, and fixed rear spoiler along with a set of forged alloy wheels. Able to hit 60 mph in a lickety-split 3.6 seconds and 124 mph in 11.2, the gullwing supercar tops out at an electronically limited 197 mph. Mercedes says it plans to make only 350 units of the Final Edition.
Which reminds us: What would Mercedes call the true final version of the SLS? The Last One Forever And Ever Edition? Whatever name they land on, it'd be nice if we didn't have to say goodbye to the spectacular SLS just yet. Even if we did feel a little duped.
With the SLS AMG GT's standard 6.3-liter V-8 under the hood, the Final Edition (should we start using quotes now?) is less powerful than the 622-horsepower SLS AMG Black Series, but it features an exclusive exposed carbon-fiber hood, front splitter, and fixed rear spoiler along with a set of forged alloy wheels. Able to hit 60 mph in a lickety-split 3.6 seconds and 124 mph in 11.2, the gullwing supercar tops out at an electronically limited 197 mph. Mercedes says it plans to make only 350 units of the Final Edition.
Which reminds us: What would Mercedes call the true final version of the SLS? The Last One Forever And Ever Edition? Whatever name they land on, it'd be nice if we didn't have to say goodbye to the spectacular SLS just yet. Even if we did feel a little duped.
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