Mercedes Benz’s AMG
Mercedes Benz’s performance division, AMG will be unveiling
a new compact sports car at a major auto show later this year. Codenamed SLV (V
for variable body styles), the new sports car is a smaller version of the SLS
AMG brought in to take on the likes of the Porsche Boxster, the Cayman and the
BMW Z4.
Compared to the SLS AMG, a smaller vehicle will conceivably
handle better and when paired up with a smaller engine the new sports car
from AMG would also go easy on the gas. While the SLS AMG has a 6.3 liter V8
powering the beast, a 3 liter V6 might make it under the hood of the baby SLS
AMG, the SLV.
Apart from the basic facts, no other information is
available at present including the knowledge of which motor show the new
Mercedes Benz SLV AMG will be debuting at. Stay tuned for more updates.
We’ve just learned that the compact AMG sports car we
reported about in June 2010 may debut at a major auto show later
this year. The car, which at one time used the codename SLV (V for variable
body styles), will be branded as an AMG instead of a Mercedes-Benz, in the same
way the new Viper will be badged an SRT, not Dodge.
Mercedes Benz'sThe two-door AMG sports car will have just two seats and
could do battle dynamically with the third-generation Porsche Boxster and
Cayman. A smaller footprint should help improve the AMG model’s handling, and,
coupled with a downsized engine, will no doubt lead to better mileage than the
14/20 mpg city/highway EPA ratings of the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG,
which is subject to a $1700 gas-guzzler tax.
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