What I Saw Today

[escobar929]

yea, I've seen a few already down here also. nothing special

and FYI OP, no one likes to click on a link, embed that shit

[Atorsesh]

Originally Posted by escobar929

yea, I've seen a few already down here also. nothing special

and FYI OP, no one likes to click on a link, embed that shit

I didn't want to scale the picture because the quality of it is horrible as it is. I also did not want to embed the picture in its native resolution because it would look ridiculous.

[CollinsE90]

I just farted in my car, its raining...should not have done that

[Daemonblitz]

Originally Posted by benmoooon

It was originally the body of the next generation viper, but Mercedes totally raped Chrysler and took the plans with them when daimler sold off Chrysler

If anyone got "raped" due to that merger it was the other way around, Chryler pawned off a bunch of ideas from Mercedes, and called them their own, like taking the old SLK platform and putting a new uglier body on it and calling it a Crossfire.

[FStop7]

I guess I'm the only one who likes the SLS. It's a beast.

[Kroy]

i like sls, but haven't seen one irl yet

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by liliceman13300

I figure its more for the big Mercedes enthusiasts. It seems a lot like the LFA where its just a car they made so they can say "hey look what we can do"

I couldn't go to highschool in brookville without seeing several ferraris, lamborghinis, Aston martins and maseratis.

An MB with looks too much out of the 50s just doesn't do it for me.

[CollinsE90]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

I couldn't go to highschool in brookville without seeing several ferraris, lamborghinis, Aston martins and maseratis.

An MB with looks too much out of the 50s just doesn't do it for me.

That was the point of making the car, looks like one of the greatest MB ever made.



http://www.jameslist.com/advert/2247...e-mercedes-300

look what they are still worth

[BrokenVert]

Originally Posted by CollinsE90

That was the point of making the car, looks like one of the greatest MB ever made.

That's my point too.

You can't remake a classic and they is a way to do retro-inspired design and there is a way of ripping off a old design.

The SLS AMG belongs to the the latter category

[Small Yellow]

I've seen two so far in Socal Irvine area on the 5 and two in Taipei.

[b0bab0i]

Originally Posted by Daemonblitz

If anyone got "raped" due to that merger it was the other way around, Chryler pawned off a bunch of ideas from Mercedes, and called them their own, like taking the old SLK platform and putting a new uglier body on it and calling it a Crossfire.

Chrysler was profitable before Daimler took control.

After the economic slump of 1991, [Chrysler] rebounded and was very profitable. It rang up $3.7 billion in profit in 1994 and $3.5 billion in 1996, when Chrysler’s market share hit its highest level since 1957.

That attracted the attention of Daimler-Benz, which acquired Chrysler in 1998 for an eye-popping $36 billion. The company talked about the synergy of an up-market German company with a mid-market American firm. Daimler boss Jurgen Schrempp described the DaimlerChrysler match as a “marriage made in heaven."

Schrempp took control of DaimlerChrysler, and Chrysler lost its independence. Money was poured into the luxury brand Mercedes, while Chrysler’s quality deteriorated. The U.S. automaker’s research and design team was moved to Stuttgart, Germany. A joke spread around Detroit: How do you pronounce DaimlerChrysler? Daimler; the Chrysler is silent.

“Daimler left Chrysler a hollow company,” [an industry analyst] said.

Ultimately, the transnational marriage turned into a disaster for both companies. Daimler, eager to avoid paying for Chrysler’s pension obligations, ended up essentially paying to sell Chrysler nine years later. By that time, Chrysler had slumped to fourth place in the United States, its only market.

http://www.undiplomatic.net/2009/04/...otten-villain/

[Year's_End]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

That's my point too.

You can't remake a classic and they is a way to do retro-inspired design and there is a way of ripping off a old design.

The SLS AMG belongs to the the latter category

I think it looks ballin. Sigworthy, even.

[1cleanm6]

ive seen one on sunset before,

i wouldnt pay more then 20 bucks for one, $200,000+ is so stupid for that car.

[Comet]

Originally Posted by Daemonblitz

If anyone got "raped" due to that merger it was the other way around, Chryler pawned off a bunch of ideas from Mercedes, and called them their own, like taking the old SLK platform and putting a new uglier body on it and calling it a Crossfire.

heh, and you have to see the attitude of some those Crossfire drivers..
and they say BMW drivers are pricks... sheesh

Originally Posted by FStop7

I guess I'm the only one who likes the SLS. It's a beast.

I love it. A friend of a friend has one, and that thing is slsexy.
seen a few.
First one I saw was back in April or so.