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If you happen to own a pre-facelift Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG but at the same time you're more fond of the redesigned version that was introduced at last year's Geneva Motor Show, then you have two options; either go buy the '09 model or give Inden-Design a call as the German tuner has developed a new package that will transform your pre-2008 SL 65 AMG into a 2009 model.
Using original AMG parts, Inden-Design replaces the pre-2008 SL 65 AMG's bonnet, front and rear bumper, grille, headlamps, side skirts, exterior mirrors and exhaust pipes to attain the MY09 look. These changes are complemented by a set of new 19-inch alloys shod in high-performance tires (255/30-19 up front and 305/25-19 at the rear).
Interior changes are limited to the new four-spoke steering wheel dressed in alcantara derived from the SL 65 AMG's evil-twin, the Black Series model.
Furthermore, Inden-Design offers a performance kit that includes a re-engineered turbocharger, a new intercooler, modified ECU and an extra gear oil cooler that helps the bi-turbocharged V12 engine produce an additional 68-horspower for a total output of 680HP.
The evil-twin of the recently facelifted Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG has a name: Black Series. The most menacing SL to exit AMG’s factory comes with a breathtaking $320,000 price tag and a twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V12 engine pumping out 670HP at 5,400 rpm and 738 lb.-ft of torque (SL65 AMG: 612Hp). But that’s not all as the SL65 AMG Black Series features carbon fiber hood, fenders and trunk, along with a fixed carbon fiber roof with an integrated roll cage that replaces the retractable hard top. As a result, the Black Series weighs in at 4,122 pounds (1,869 kg) or 550 pounds (250kg) less than the stock SL65.
[Source: Autoblog.com]
Following a streak of leaks the past two months or so, Mercedes-Benz finally came out with an official announcement on the 2009 SL 63 and 65 AMG models. Whilst the SL 65 AMG retains its bi-turbocharged V12 unit that generates 612 HP, the SL 63 AMG is an all-new model fitted with a naturally aspirated 525 HP 6.3L V8 and it replaces the outgoing SL 55 AMG which was equipped with a 515 HP supercharged 5.5-liter V8 engine. However, the big news here is that Mercedes-Benz has equipped the 2009 SL 63 AMG with its first ever double-clutch semi-auto transmission, the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7-speed sports gearbox. The bad news is that the new twin-clutch gearbox will be used exclusively in AMG high-performance vehicles. Sales of both AMG models will start in
Belgian tuners Expression Motorsport has released a set of photos and details featuring their latest project, the Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG Wide Body. The company's in-house aerokit is meant to "differentiate this ML from those of a more traditional variety." And that it does. A new front fascia swaps the bulky-looking standard bumper with a three-section unit that incorporates LED daytime runners, and what appears to be small, halogen fog lights. They also installed a front spoiler, and designed a more aggressive look for the hood. New, bulging wheel-wells fit bigger 22-inch wheels. A new rear bumper combines F1 lighting, and a lightweight rear diffuser.
Germans are generally so conservative that we sometimes wonder if their aftermarket scene exists only to provide for the anomalies that every society needs. Not many of you fell for MEC Design's first attempt at visually tuning the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, and we would have thought it was something from Tron Legacy if not for the fact of it being yellow. It appears that boys from Berlin returned to their easels and now present the MEC SLS, take two.It's called a "style study" and to its credit, MEC has deleted the most obscene gestures from the previous rendering: the mommy-make-it-stop nose and horrendous wheels. Nevertheless, MEC's Erector-Set-and-Laffy-Taffy design ethos has only been barely restrained, and the result is still quite troubling. If you have suggestions, you can leave them in the comments section below. We think MEC is reading...
[Source: Caradisiac]