Larus michahellis swings completely calm about the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster. No hassle, no screaming. The Red thing there below, so much can see the common gull, has no wings, also no longer bears the nickname Gullwing and is thus not courtship or competitive object. That the gull suddenly panic away fluttering, as a major Eagle dive behind her was produced, is located on the enormous rumbling, reflected by the sharp rocks at Sainte Agnès. It appears that a single Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster would bring the Monegasque Maritime Alps with its V8 fanfare to collapse. However, which are used a lot, have experienced already Röhrl and Mouton in legendary group B rally special audits. But if they could talk, they were probably still excited by this combustion anthem and the dynamic smoothness, with the monkey age’s 195,000 euros manifestation through the narrow serpentines, passing nasty Curbstones, storms.

Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster with American V8 sound as Roadster exchanges the Mercedes SLS AMG the exclusivity of the gull-wing doors against the emotionality of wind and sound. In the many short tunnels the rider topless bathing in the Crackle of 6, 2-liter inductor. A cooler, more broadly, yes American sound floods from the two final pipes. Over 7,000 tours he verkneift the hysterical attitude of a Ferrari V8 or the monotonous sound of a Porsche 911 to Turbo. When the load changes, schmatzt and sprazelt he satisfied. It pops hearty, if ignited under “controlled misfire” spirits in the hot exhaust tract.

It is a privilege to experience this sucker concert before ever stricter emission standards make kill him. Also the V8 teat in the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster belongs strictly speaking, despite his short construction period, to the old iron – which depends on a 5, 5-liter turbo engine with better consumption values close to the manifold at AMG. But this is the future, we enjoy the present, in which it has managed the Mercedes sports task force, the excellent performance and the brute power (0-100 km/h: 3.8 s) to get the Coupé version. Not a trivial task, is not so easy because a convertible only abgeflext the roof, and get then the Roadster would over itself like an unfilled garden hose. So enhanced AMG side skirts, supports the instrument panel with additional sticks and spans a strut behind the hood. Roadster weighs 40 pounds more than the Coupe you see already upward swing the needle of the scales? The aluminium Spaceframe of Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster weighs 243 kilograms only two over at the Gullwing. That increase the total weight at the end but to moderate 40 kilograms, is due to the fabric folding roof construction. Electrically, the kepi whirring in just 11 seconds from the rear. The fixed Klapperei works up to 50 km/h, and only three litre trunk steals the three-layer aluminum-steel-magnesium construction of the already sparse 176-liter loading compartment of the Coupé. At 27 degrees on the Mediterranean, purists enjoy the wind in the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster with lowered disks and without wind deflector. So really nasty it anyway never rushes in the two seater, for the windshield pulls too shallow inside, and it sinks too deep under the high edge of the door in the excellent leather seat. Is the disk array driven upwards and the warm scarf (Airscarf) under the headrest to the Huff, a pleasure for the convertible can be even in the winter celebrate.

At the Nordschleife as soon as the Coupe but until then Luckily a few months in the country pull, and the view is the one with a AMG-, the other with a damper icon on it first in addition to the speed dial Hebelchen on two buttons. With the latter can be three stages the new Adaptive damper of Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster, with tight sport plus mode according to Mercedes for “ambitious rounds” is good. Who presses then even AMG, gets the full package on the screen of the infotainment system quer-and longitudinal dynamic information cute animated displays. Even the Northern loop is stored, and a further touch of a button would start the lap keeping. Finally, will you at AMG tirelessly to stress, lose the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster at the cult circuit no time on the Coupé. But is this important? If you would enjoy only in km/h, one would need no convertibles. Rather, no fahrerischer hustle needed to explore the benefits of double wishbone suspension. Playful and around the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster directs, the neutrality is impressive and is based by the weight balance (far rear reclining front-middle engine), which is even slightly to 53 percent. Spirited to elegant and quiet who pepper with kurvenausgangs still game on the gas, feels, not critical as the Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster around the waist (PSE, at), but willing to play begins. There is a Swabian striker with Latino temper paired, so what you know only by Mario Gomez. ESP from opens another chapter of course, because then the 295er rear tires smoking also times across by the curve. In 571 PS the pilot should know very well what he is doing, otherwise the power spin – ends with the boot ahead – in the ditch.

By the way: Who rushes the open Beau, performs well, that the GETRAG dual-clutch transmission while gently, but pure schießt not with consummate rapid determination the seven course. What may be completely schnuppe a stroll on the Croisette. The Mercedes SLS AMG Roadster flows past elegant and quiet especially in comfort mode the posh. A countenance that also acoustically distinguished him, if one closes the roof in the cool evening breeze. So quiet like him also the Seagull again – lack wings or no.