Mercedes SLS AMG contest

Fancy a new Mercedes SLS AMG? The 1955 300SL Gullwing – one of the most evocative shapes in motoring history. Fast forward second thererrrs 55 years and Mercedes determines to reinvent an image.

Same long bonnet, these times housing a 6.three or more litre V8 with 571bhp. And the ones exquisite doors, swinging in place like wings of a swan. Not just quite a face though, this SLS was born to the famed Nurburgring, taught, created and fast an anything out there. Jump within, pull that theatrical door down, start the 'ninja-like' and away you move....