Mercedes SL65 Black Series
The tires shredding Mercedes
SL65 Black Series has a $320,000 price tag, a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V12
which will rival the top fast cars in the world and only 200 will be on their way to the U.S., it’s a nice gap between the discontinued Mercedes SLR and Mercedes 2011 SLC gullwing supercar.
Mercedes in-house tuners applied their tried and true philosophy to the Mercedes SL65
Black Series, beginning with a carbon fiber hood, fenders and trunk, along with
nixing the retractable hard top in favor of a fixed carbon fiber roof with an
integrated roll cage. As such, the Black is 550 pounds lighter than the stock
SL65, coming in at 4,122 pounds. Seven vents – three in the bumper, two on the
hood and two in the fenders – feed copious quantities of air to the 6.0-liter
V12, fitted with a duo of upgraded turbochargers. Power in the Mercedes SL65
Black Series is up to 661 hp available at 5,400 rpm, while torque remains the
same at 738 lb.-ft. With a five-speed automatic gearbox equipped with AMG’s
speedshift software, the Black can hit 60 mph in 3.9 seconds on its way to a
gearing-limited top speed of 199 mph.
