{"id":35,"date":"2009-09-16T17:21:38","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T16:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastgerman.com\/forum\/?p=35"},"modified":"2013-01-25T11:35:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T10:35:57","slug":"what-are-mercedes-up-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/what-are-mercedes-up-to\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Mercedes up to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Mercedes think they can produce more exotic, exciting, exhilarating and better accelerating cars than their German rivals do they?<\/p>\n<p>Well lets take a look at the latest efforts from Merc: &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>The fabulous Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has a 6.3 litre V8 engine which delivers 571 BHP and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. This monumentous partnership translates into chest crushing acceleration from 0 &#8211; 60 mph in 3.8 seconds. This performance is matched with a stunning body and of course, Gullwing doors.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastgerman.com\/Germany\/dsc01602.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You may have also noticed the latest track prepared SL keeping the F1 cars at bay on the safety car laps. A volcanic roar that perhaps the road version doesn\u2019t have, but you can have the same looks and similar performance.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastgerman.com\/slf1.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz SL F1 Pace Car\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mercedes really is on form this year, I would put them above BMW and Audi in terms of looks and performance but not quite sure if the handling is there yet. There is a sense of the traditional Mercedes-Benz comfort element retained with automatic boxes fitted even in their sports models.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Mercedes think they can produce more exotic, exciting, exhilarating and better accelerating cars than their German rivals do they? Well lets take a look at the latest efforts from Merc: &#8211; The fabulous Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has a 6.3 litre V8 engine which delivers 571 BHP and a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. This monumentous partnership &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/what-are-mercedes-up-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What are Mercedes up to<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[130,128,61,127,129,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}