Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG 2014 Black Series version

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG has received its first facelift, will eventually be available declination Black Series for the 2014 model year.

The Black Series
In this constructor, all designated car Black Series receives aesthetic appeal announcing the aggressiveness of the car. To this are added sport wheels black 20".

It is the same for the interior that welcomes lightweight sports seats and a center console in carbon.

From 583 to 622 hp
The gleaming Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, used to propel better, the same engine found under the hood of the long entry level models.

This block air is a powerful 6.2-liter V8 that develops a force of 622 horsepower and 468 lb-ft.

According to the manufacturer, the gullwing coupe from 0 to 100 km / h in just 3.6 seconds. The top speed stands at 315 km / h.

In this range, which currently includes the coupe and convertible, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series is positioned between these two models and the version for GT3 race track.

This beautiful car will enter dealerships in the summer of 2013.

Photo ©  Mercedes-Benz

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Maserati Quattroporte 2013

The future Maserati Quattroporte will be officially unveiled in January at the Salon International Motor Show in Detroit.

Today, the Italian manufacturer presents the first official pictures of its luxury sedan.

The changes that are needed
Maserati Quattroporte 2013 is the longest and most significantly slimmer. This gives it a much nicer figure, which will necessarily allow it to compete with much more insurance against other prestige sedans, including the cars manufactured in Germany.

Although the size of the next Quattroporte is raised, the car announces a reduced weight of 200 kilos.

Maserati, it also took the opportunity to redesign the entire interior of the sedan by giving it a new dashboard that will receive the most advanced technologies of telematics.

The most important changes
As is often the case with European manufacturers of luxury vehicles, the main changes can be found on their new resident often under the hood. And the future Maserati Quattroporte is no exception to this basic rule.

Thus, it will inherit a V8 engine Ferrari's engineers reworked by the Maserati.

Biturbo mill which the force be around 530 horsepower.

Photo : Maserati

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Audi Q9: it will dominate the segment

If you find that the Audi Q7 with its overall length of 5089 mm is a vehicle too big for nothing, you know that the German automaker is considering seriously to make a vehicle even larger, which will face the Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator and Mercedes-Benz GL.

Moreover, the popularity of the great Mercedes-Benz GL can not be foreign to the decision to Audi to see larger than its Q7 model.

The next year, Audi Q7 proceed replacement of the arrival of a new version that want lighter, thanks to extensive use of aluminum. A specialty manufacturer of the rings, which began in 1994 with the release of its large sedan A8.

It is from this new generation of massive Audi Q7 that will be built the impressive Audi Q9.

There is also a good chance that the SUV could inherit developing a trapezoidal grille, more visible than the Q7 model to come.

If the next Q7 to happen in 2013 as SUV model year 2014, one can easily imagine that the theatrical release of Q9 should follow a few months.

By 2016, Audi should offer no less than nine different SUV: Q9, Q7, Q5, Q3 and Q1. To these, will add the Q8, Q6, Q4 and Q2 resuming the elevated style of cut.

All these models, the most impressive will be sold in North America and China, while Europe will remain the largest market for smaller models.

photo : Audi

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