Car Throttle

If you cringe at watching expensive cars being destroyed, look away! Mercedes-Benz is a brand that has prided itself on the safety of its vehicles and in a variety of innovations over the years. The company recently demonstrated a renewed commitment to that with it's Experimental Safety Vehicle 2009 that is based on what is arguably already the world's safest sedan, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class. That expertise is being carried over across the lineup, even to high-performance cars like the SLS AMG. The demonstrations in the video aren't your typical car crash test - the car is even dropped on its roof. Given the gullwing doors, passengers exiting the vehicle might be a particular concern if the car was to land on its roof. Mercedes has created a

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing has hardly just been introduced and tuners are already hard at work on modifying it. Mercedes-Benz tuner Lorinser is the first to put out it's own interpretation of the car's styling. While the SLS AMG is already inspired by the original, Lorinser takes thing a step further. Wait - make that a few steps further. The first pays homage to the original Gullwing that was designed for motorsports. Instead of using aluminum though like that car, this one uses carbon fiber. "If carbon fibres had been available then, the lightweight concept of the 300 SL would definitely have contained this material", says CEO Marcus Lorinser. This model replaces the Mercedes star with the 15th century Lorinser family crest.  I like it! Then