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01-08-2010, 07:21 PM
Filed under: Coupe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/coupes/), Performance (http://www.autoblog.com/category/sports/), Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Videos (http://www.autoblog.com/category/videos/), Mercedes-Benz (http://www.autoblog.com/category/mercedes-benz/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/01/amg630sls.jpg (http://www.dfwautoclub.com/forums/www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued)Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG set to do the impossible - Click above to view the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued)
Years ago, when reading about the Saleen S7 supercar (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/18/saleen-s7-competition-makes-quick-impression/), our mental jaws were dropped by one particular info-tidbit. Seems as if the ground effects and aerodynamics on the S7 created so much downforce at speed that you could drive it upside down! Likely? Let's just say no. But a fantastic mental image nonetheless.
But surely no one would be crazy enough to actually, you know, drive a car upside down, right? Mr. skeptic, meet Mercedes-Benz (http://autoblog.com/make/mercedesbenz). Or more specifically, meet the SLS AMG gullwing supercar (http://autoblog.com/tag/slsamg), which does its best Lionel Richie impersonation in the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued).
The obvious question is whether this is real? Internal Autoblog opinion is sharply divided. Some of us feel that sure, given the right conditions plus luck and one hell of a driver you very well could drive this car upside down. Others are screaming, "fake!" Still others are on the phone with in-the-dark Daimler PR folks trying to get a straight yes or no answer. All we know for sure is that, "marbles don't need no downforce." And yes, Top Gear (http://autoblog.com/tag/topgear) did it first, we know. Videos can be found after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued).
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)
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Continue reading Video: Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG spits in the face of physics (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/)
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Years ago, when reading about the Saleen S7 supercar (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/18/saleen-s7-competition-makes-quick-impression/), our mental jaws were dropped by one particular info-tidbit. Seems as if the ground effects and aerodynamics on the S7 created so much downforce at speed that you could drive it upside down! Likely? Let's just say no. But a fantastic mental image nonetheless.
But surely no one would be crazy enough to actually, you know, drive a car upside down, right? Mr. skeptic, meet Mercedes-Benz (http://autoblog.com/make/mercedesbenz). Or more specifically, meet the SLS AMG gullwing supercar (http://autoblog.com/tag/slsamg), which does its best Lionel Richie impersonation in the video after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued).
The obvious question is whether this is real? Internal Autoblog opinion is sharply divided. Some of us feel that sure, given the right conditions plus luck and one hell of a driver you very well could drive this car upside down. Others are screaming, "fake!" Still others are on the phone with in-the-dark Daimler PR folks trying to get a straight yes or no answer. All we know for sure is that, "marbles don't need no downforce." And yes, Top Gear (http://autoblog.com/tag/topgear) did it first, we know. Videos can be found after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/08/video-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-spits-in-the-face-of-physics/#continued).
Gallery: First Drive: 2010 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/01_mbsls63amgfd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/03_mbsls63amgfd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/02_mbsls63amgfd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/04_mbsls63amgfd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/11/05_mbsls63amgfd_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-sls-amg-first-drive/low/)
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