Doesn’t all of this one-upmanship remind you of the eighties before everything went KABOOM? And everybody got modest and back the their “roots.”

I don’t remember the 80’s

The exhaust looks like 2 surprised eyes and a little mouth saying exactly what i thought about this car…………….wow!!!!!!!

and on that note i dont like the exhaust.

I really hope the car doesn’t look like this and I really hope the car is a stripped out racer then a GT like the over weight SLR.

Hm….Very Interesting.

The design is interesting. I like the rear minus the exhaust. The front is hideous. Designing a road car to look like the front of a F1 car is wrong. The side is also ugly. The car needs to be redesigned. The SLR is a very nice car but not nice enough at its price tag compared to the competition.

nice wheels though…

Mercedes-Benz has been putting me to sleep lately.

its a bit obvious really theyre nort gonna make a super supercar as they already have an slr for that. im expecting it to have a lot more power than all the rest of its competition.

The SLR was one of the best cars ever made. Certainly one fo the best FR cars ever. But I did start life as a $600K+ supercar. At the time the market was not hip on that price tag. Obviously that has changed but I think Benz is after some racing cred and frankly not too many folks would be willing to sac a $450K-$600K car on something as risky as racing.

I will miss the SLR because it was just an amazing machine. A masterpiece of the manufacturer. It looked it and by all accounts drove it as well.

This car is, I agree, on the funky side but is quite a looker. I’ve been liking the S-class and CL-class lately But this one I’ll have to let grow on me.

Very cool, and somewhat more attainable at that price point.

You don’t have to be mega-wealthy to own this car, just relatively well-off and a little stupid with your finances. I like it

Time for BMW to join the race…

I’m not an expert or anything, but does it make a lot of sense for a DTM race manufacturer to be building a mid-engined car? Unless of course Mercedes intends to compete with the R8–and possibly M10–with an FR car.

Furthermore, am I the only person who thinks Mercedes’ biggest problem will be marginalizing their existing AMG models? It makes sense for Audi to offer a mid-engined supercar in the 100-120k range because it’s still pretty much the most expensive car Audi makes (save perhaps a W12 A8). And I can just about guarantee that if BMW decides to build the M10 it will, price-wise, slot above the M5 and M6 making it pretty much the most expensive car in the BMW lineup (again save perhaps a 760iL or something). Mercedes has the relatively unique problem of already having a variety of cars priced well above the 100k mark.

It seems to me that one of the biggest arguments against buying the SLR was the availability of the SL65 AMG for about 250 grand less. True, the SLR was, from a performance standpoint, the better car, but not necessarily $250000 better. It seems to me that Mercedes is simply going to be reversing their problem this time around. Why would anyone buy an SL65 AMG or even an SL55 AMG if they can get an SLS for cheaper?

Mercedes has always been a very upmarket brand (regardless of whether or not they have always deserved to be), so how much sense does it make for them to field a car in this segment? I mean, I’m not going to complain if they do, but if it was my company I sure as hell wouldn’t be doing this.

=============>time for Daewoo to join the race…lol

LMFAO.

No one is buying the arrogant krrrraut’s überteueren zooooperwagen, and so now zay rrrrrun mit dem Schwanz zwischen den Bienen zurück to vher somevun might vant ihr Scheißstück. Vielleicht if zay vood built zumting dat jemand will in zee furrrst plaice, dann können sie was verkaufen. Blöde Stuttgarter.

==============>>nowei, you are very intelligent….you brought up a SUPER good point bigger than mt. everest…matter’fact, its so good i’ll repeat it: “Why would anyone buy an SL65AMG or even an SL600 OR EVEN an SL550 if they can git an SLS for equivalent or cheaper???”…..i didn’t even think of that, u are an expert….

After around $250k, most cars aren’t better just rarer and more expensive.

Yes agree with you guys, SLR is just too overprice.

For those who keep on saying that the SLR isn’t 450k worth of a car, think twice and make sure you do a little research around the manufacturing cost of each vehicle and the cutting edge F1 technology that came straight from Mclaren into the SLR. Example- entire carbon fiber body (which is ultra expensive and hard to make). Which is why the Pagani Zonda and the Enzo is also around that price range. When you use exotic materials and technology from F1 cars that costs well north of $3mil, you’ll see why the SLR cost so much. They aren’t making 250k on each vehicle they make. They’re lucky if they break even, especially since the sales have been disappointing.

Youtube the comparison between the SL55 and the SLR from Top Gear. It’s cool, the SLR is on an entirely different league.

Wickedated,
I think the people who are saying the SLR is overpriced are looking at it from a performance/price standpoint… and in that respect, I agree with them. From a purely technological perspective, I guess you’d have to say it was worth it. However, for all the technology incorporated into the SLR, a lot of people – myself included – think it should’ve performed even better. All that carbon fiber and it still weighed in at just shy of 3900 lbs! About 1200 lbs more than a Zonda. And the front end styling was too dramatic. In my opinion, Formula 1 inspired front end styling doesn’t belong on a street car. Unfortunately it seems this new concept continues the trend, although slightly less dramatic. I like the rear end though… minus the exhaust treatment.

On a different note, it’s a shame McLaren and Mercedes aren’t doing a new supercar together. The partnership is doing great in F1. Both cars have been reliable so far, and bloody quick as well. The team is now 28 points clear of Ferrari in the constructors standings. It’s still early in the season though.

Note that Porsche is out of the running unless they stop holding back the Cayman and give it an engine that can compete w/ cars half its price.

dont know why you all bother scrutinizing the design… its just an idea of some artist, who doesnt have the least to do with the MB design department…

noo continue making ultra top of the line expensive cars please. i love the SLR. its my favorite supercar. but make this R8 rival also, although id still like it to be front engined

by the way i think the reason Mclaren is doing much better than last year is mostly because of the drivers.

dont think MB will really consider making a rear-engine car… the only one they ever made was the C111 or the C112 – both marvelous cars, but huge failures, profit wise, because they were featured at the wrong time…
my idea of future cars would be:
Top of the line, luxury segment: Maybach
Top of the line, luxury sports: MB AMG with some kind of a SLR-successor
top of the line, ultra-sports: MB-McLaren with a rear-engine rival to R8 or carrera gt

Yet another niche market for mecedes to do something stupid in… Maybe they can make the R8 rival 4WD and seat 7 people. It could also have the smart cars’ engine to get better MPG. Have it priced at $25,000 and you’ve got a winner there. Quick mercedes, do it… BMW and Audi are thinking about the same thing…

the comment above this one is so stupid, i won’t even bother…

The rumors seem to be true, but the pictures are obviously just an artist’s guess.

Why are you all commenting on the pictures? You can discuss the idea of the car and the market segment it’s going to be in, but why comment on the pictures and blame Mercedes for the design?

~shahedc
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—another thing if you cant afford the SLR then an SL65 AMG would be a better alternative as it has more torque for higher speeds

===========>>so who’s gonna buy the SL65 AMG when you have the SLS for supposedly under $110thousand?

55amg – Mclaren is doing better in part to drivers but in most part to reliability. I bet you Kimi would’ve killed for a reliable McLaren when he was there.

This Mercedes should be firmly in the 150k range. Thereby not hurting SL65AMG sales and giving a natural progression to MB’s next supercar.

I agree with you Jazz. Although Lewis Hamilton has proven to be the real deal so far and Alonso didn’t get to be 2 time world champ on luck alone, there’s no denying Raikonen’s talent. If the car was this reliable last year, I’d bet the last few races would’ve been an all out three-way brawl between Schuey, Alonso and Kimi for the championship. Remember, in 2005 Kimi had just as many wins as Alonso at 7 each, but too many DNFs cost him the championship.

hmmm… Doubtfull Concept. UGLY

Woo hoo! Mid-engine, baby! I hope Mercedes knocks Porsche AG off its arrogant high and mighty pedestal. Then we might finally see a Cayman with more horsepower and LSD.

wow nowei good point, its nice to see that someone actually thinks on this forum and not just blabber biased propaganda.

YEs it would be awkward to fit a car like that in MBs line up, the R8 seemed a natural fit in the audis. If MB decides to make competitor cars it would sort of be like them making an R8. which throws logic out of the window in regards to thier whole marketing standpoint.

If anything i see them just scrapping the SLR and making another car that showcases the best of their technology. I kind of see why they were not happy with Mclaren’s product, the SLR didnt have that much of a presence in the league of cars it was competed with. Its price of 300-400 k put it in a league with murcielagos,enzos, carrera gts etc while in a way it was always sort of a reskinned supercharched SL. THe next car will not be a rival for the R8 it will have a simmilar purpose (a showcase of company’s technology) other than that it will most likely go back into the leauge of enzos and lambos like the SLR. because other wise as nowei pointed out, it would cause many marketing conflicts.

Another thing is that if they do make it, it would really be expensive for them, since they dont have a mid-engine platform in their ranks right now. They would need to develop one from scratch for this project, and being them i would really have to contemplate if its worth using it for making a R8 compettitor or diving back into the super league and regaining their lost territory. Given the recent finacial chaoes in DCX i dont think mercedese in a position where they can make a move like this without thinking it over carefully, so i see just an SLR replacement not an R8 competitor, both? probably not at this time.