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With Mercedes wrapping up their first Formula One drivers title for nine years, launching what is arguably their most extreme performance car to date seems well timed.

But unlike Lewis Hamilton’s F1 steed and the under loved SLR this Mercedes has nothing to do with McLaren, it’s the latest offering from the firms in house tuning arm AMG.

The third creation to wear the Black Series badge - which signals the highest level of AMG modification – the SL65 Black Series comes with an eye watering price tag but there’s certainly no mistaking it for the standard SL65.

With its huge swollen wheel arches and gaping air vents, it’s wide, solid and low and oozes aggression even when standing still. The track has been widened by 115mm at the front and 103mm at rear, while the standard SL’s folding top has been replaced with a lower profile fixed roof.

Like most of the new body panels it’s made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic to save weight and as a result the Black Series is 250kg lighter than the SL65.


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