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24-Year Old Student Won an SLS AMG

by Clarissa (RSS feed) July 17th, 2011 at 9:12 am

Marco Calvo, a 24-year old student from Spain won at the Mercedes-Benz GT5 Driving Challenge. A contest where the world’s top 15 GT5 drivers joined and raced on a real track.
The participants underwent an orientation about the characteristics and performance of the SLS AMG at the Austrian Red Bull Ring first. This introduction/orientation was facilitated by DTM driver David Coulthard and Bernd Schneider. After a number of tests and hands-on practice, the 15 participants raced behind the wheels of SLS AMG to determine the winner.
Calvo, emerged as the winner, and as a prize, he gets a key to an all new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG.

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Tags: Bernd Schneider, David Coulthard, Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, dtm, Mercedes Benz, mercedes benz sls amg

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World’s Fastest 3D Road Car Movie Trailer and The Making

by Kharl Prado (RSS feed) August 15th, 2010 at 9:10 pm

Are you fond of watching 3D films? But, perhaps a better question is, have you ever watched a 3D film, or much less know what it is? Simply put, it’s a film that requires you to wear 3D glasses in order to have a live experience. It’s like having the characters, objects and background come alive right before your eyes—that’s what a 3D movie is. And Mercedes-Benz set out on the Isle of Man to create the fastest-ever road car movie in 3D. What we have for you here is both the 2D version of the movie, plus behind-the-scenes footage of the stars and the crew making it.

What you’re about to see is David Coulthard pushing his SLS AMG to the limits that the Isle of Man mountain road allows. It may look simple to you at first, but if you really think about it, it’s DC that has the hardest job of all—and that is to keep himself from overtaking the SLS AMG in front of him. Yes, there’s another SLS AMG and it’s being driven by DC’s friend, fellow Scot and champion rally driver Robby Head. Robby’s job is to drive as fast as he could to give DC as much space to work with as possible.

Well, enough talk. It’s time you see it for yourself. In 2D, that is.

Making of the World’s fasterst 3D Road Car Movie after the break below

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Tags: 3D, David Coulthard, SLS AMG, Video

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Fifth Gear and David Coulthard play with the SLS AMG on the Isle of Man

by Kharl Prado (RSS feed) July 21st, 2010 at 10:52 am

How fast would you drive an SLS AMG? 120 miles per hour? Well, it’s not enough to beat David Coulthard’s run on the Isle of Man on his very own (spare) SLS. He was invited by Mercedes-Benz to drive the SLS while shooting a scene for a certain 3D film. What film that is doesn’t really matter right now. What does matter is we’ve got video of an interview with DC on the Isle of Man, as well as a challenge run by Fifth Gear main man Tiff Needell to meet, if not surpass, DC’s 160 miles per hour maximum speed estimate.

Why is this exciting for Needell? Well, it’s only the country’s sole stretch of public road that doesn’t have a speed limit—you can more or less strike a guess of what roads they have there—AND, it’s been closed to the public. Which means, DC and Needell had every inch of road to themselves.

As for whether Needell was able to attain his goal, we’ll leave you to see it for yourselves in the video. What we can tell you is that according to both DC and Needell, the SLS truly comes alive when nearing the limit of its performance—which is around 200 miles per hour. That should serve as a good clue. Enjoy the video!