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  1. tuttebenne

    tuttebenne F1 Rookie

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    The Mercedes SLS Pace Car makes quite a stir on track, but the C-CLass 6.3 powered Medical Car is a real sleeper. It steals the show in my opinion.
     
  2. Anthony_Ferrari

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    That's true. The safety car used to make a great noise too until they changed it to an SLS.
     
  3. tuttebenne

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  4. Smiles

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    My daily driver is a W216 AMG CL 63. I love it.

    My wife drives a W203 320 wagon.

    I would love to have that 6.2 liter V-8 in a W204 wagon for the USA.

    Anyone at Mercedes listening?
     
  5. Ira Schwartz

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    #5 Ira Schwartz, Jun 13, 2012
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    Heard the SLS safety car most recently in MC a couple of weeks ago, and it sounded pretty throaty.
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  6. tuttebenne

    tuttebenne F1 Rookie

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    I had a couple more photos of the course cars but am at my lF-Chat limit for image attachments (?)

    Anyway, the 6.3 wagon sounds better than the SLS; especially off throttle.
     
  7. schumacherf2006

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    That's a great looking car :)
     
  8. Ira Schwartz

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    #8 Ira Schwartz, Jun 14, 2012
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    Here's another shot of the SLS . . .
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  9. TifosiUSA

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    Nice looking cars in person. Saw one pass me the other day on the beltway, was matte silver and looked mean.
     
  10. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    C63: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c[/ame]

    SLS: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MlGucYOxOM[/ame]

    C63 wins in terms of sound imo. :)
     
  11. Remy Zero

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    No doubt the SLS is a pretty looking car, but in terms of exotic, the SLR's looks could have been a better safety car, IMHO.
     
  12. TifosiUSA

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    The FIA would have been accused of McLaren bias :)
     
  13. tuttebenne

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    And Mercedes would have had to provide it.
     
  14. Remy Zero

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    And Lewis might get a penalty :)
     

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