wow thats one hot looking car!

Looks great…but why bother entering into an already overpopulated market segment? They should make it ever so slightly expensive…say 100-150k, and build it like it should be built, with no compromises. That’s what made Mercedes great, not building to a price point.

Wow.

She is a stunner…

like the exhaust placement

looks like the took a page out of pontiacs styling book from the 80’s then shortened it up a bit. this would work as Knight Rider 2010.

Too much of a curved half-moon for me. Produced as is, I would not buy this. The SLR McLaren is a good looking car, so why are they trying to make this one look like a Honda Accord aka “The Bubble”?

Why do they like these lines? This has the same effect on me as did the Mazda Nagare: it’s like one big wing or fender. It’s as if the designers want to have you drive a car that looks like a single lump on wheels.

Nope, I do not like this exterior design.

Speechless, this thing is hot!

I was hoping they would make it a McLaren

pz build it instead of the R-class!!!!!!!!!!

Hyperion, I’m pretty sure if you actually had the money to buy this you wouldn’t be spending time posting on this web-site.

Choice of transmissions will be slushbox or slushbox. Yeah Ferrari and Lambo are shaking in their boots. LOL

Cadillac already has an SLS in china, so is this name going to get a bunch of heat?

im not a fan of the rear nostril exhaust either

That is one really hot car. But, like A4 mentioned, they will more than likely not be able to use the SLS name considering Cadillac has the “name” trademarked out of their asses.

——>THAT CAR’S HOTT! especially after my STOMACK CATCH ON FIRE from them SUPER HIGH exhausts!!!lol

that looks hideous

Nice shape overall, a bit too overdone with the creases, and the headlights are just god-awful.

It’s like a 13-year old designed it. These illustrations are just pointless. Anyone could throw a picture up there of what they think it could look like. This is a perfect example of this.

Ugly as sin. The frame probably looks better than this horrible illustration.

—->LOL 6ix……

SLR - Sport Light Racing
SLS? Sport Light Sport? what else could another S stand for?

hockeygod1331, you’re absolutely right. I might not be on this website at all if I were filthy rich but I sure do know what I like in design no matter how much it costs and this sure isn’t it. Sorry.

I’m also fond of manually shifted transmissions, which is something the SLR didn’t have, so why would this new car have one? Would making me filthy rich change my likes, dislikes and sense of taste? No. For that money I’d rather have a Ferrari 599GTB because it appeals to what I like.

Why is it that if someone on this site expresses an opinion about a car’s exterior design and that car just so happens to cost a fortune it’s automatically assumed that person’s opinion has no validity whatsoever?

This will be a fantasticly fast luxury car. No, I cannot afford one. If I could I still wouldn’t put down a huge deposit on one. Why? I don’t like how it looks and I prefer a manual transmission in a sportscar or grand touring coupe.

It’s cool but it looks like a futuristic Dustbuster.

I would love to see this come out as a sportier, ultra-lightweight, version of the next generation SL.

Nevertheless I still like the idea no matter how it come out.

“Hyperion, I’m pretty sure if you actually had the money to buy this you wouldn’t be spending time posting on this web-site.”

I can get an Enzo each year off my bank acct’s interest alone but I’m still here. The fact of the matter is, it doesn’t matter how much $ you have, if you’re someone who cares about cars in general either as a hobby or as in my case for business, this is a good site to check. I do have a problem when someone claim a Lambo is technically superior to a Ferrari as if they’ve test driven both since that scenario is very unlikely.

looks like a door wedge.

Sean: even mercedes doesnt know what half of their letters stand for anymore.

This cannot be true…Don’t like the overeffusive and puerile design and the “Ducati-exhaust” are downright ridiculous…Looks like a door wedge, a fast one though.

It looks sick, but its a little big if they are thinking about competing against the f430, gallardo etc. The Ducati style exhaust (just like my bike) it… interesting.

Veda, thank you.

i dont get it, if i had the money to buy a ferrari or lambo, i would definitely spend the time to test drive both…i mean who wouldnt unless they didnt like one in the first place?

I like the design, though it doesn’t really look like a mid-engine car to me.

I like it. The old SLR was ugly to me. This car cleans up the extra long front end of the SLR. The notches and angles were wierd at first but look better every time I see it. I love the lights. Something seems wrong about the rear view mirrors and finally I do not believe that that exhaust will be 50 state legal.
What is the purpose of putting the exhaust so high?

A bit overdone with the styling and German quality and reliability is no where near as good as say, GM. So we have another Corvette wannabe, with 5% of the
engineering talent and 95% of a 3rd grade drawing.

Another flop from Mercedes if they even bother with it. Money would be better spent improving reliability and build quality. I’m sure the millions spent designing this could have been put to better use, like building a car as agood as a Buick or Cadillac.

God shoot me now. Another insult to the Mclaren F1

the Z06 will kill this thing……………………………………………………sarcasim

And the moron posts another ignoramus statement such as “overdone w/ styling, corvette wannabe”, and my personal favorite “building a car as good as buick or cadillac”. Ive driven yugos that had better build quality than a buick. My daughters barbie big wheel has better fit and finish than an 06 CTS. Oh what luxury that crap box offers what with the painted black blastic buttons, that with only say 8560 miles start to scrape off. That is American Luxury at its best!

Now I’m hoping McLaren builds a racing version that will compete in the ALMS GT1 class just so they can join Aston Martin in stomping some Corvette C6-R ass.

Take that GMnumberonedumbass and put in in your pipe and smoke it!

Redesign the back half of the car and make it AWD and it’ll be a winner.

The SLR has nicer classic lines than this thing. I don’t like what modern Lamborghinis look like either and that is exactly what this thing looks like.

yes pleaseeeeeee but keep it front engined. otherwise its gonna be like its competitors. i want something different from merc. give it the same 5.5 liter engine as the SLR and its good to go! LOL @ gmnumber1. your kindda funny today

Reminds me of when you were a kid and would fold a piece of construction paper in half and then you would cut out a design, be it a snowflake, something abstract or heart for that cutie a couple of seats behind you. It’s too wantonly exaggerated to my eyes.

Nonsense.

Mercedes will keep adding weight until the McLaren badge officially becomes an automotive joke.

Well i think its a sick looking car, and for people who can afford it… I dont know about you, but if im going to spend over 100k for a car, its going to be comfortable and fast, so dont diss mercedes benz for making this car the best of both worlds. Most of you sound like you want it to be sctrictly a race car based, no interior, difficult to use racing clutch, just a spedometor, basicaly a Mclaren F1, but the problem with that car was besides the high speed, it was an incredibly hard to drive and twitchy car, one false move would get you into a spinning fire ball of death.

So big whoop mercedes comes along and is trying to make someone good even better.