Like It Or Not, The SLS Still Drives Like A Beast

Whether or not you agree with its design or looks, there is something that cannot be refuted, how well a car drives.

Supercar magazine, EVO, recently drove the SLS and has some interesting things to say, check it out below...

EVO reports:

"Walking along the pavement, getting ever closer to the waiting SLS that I can now see parked under the soft glow of a San Francisco street lamp, I’m suddenly aware that I’m almost as excited by the prospect of opening one of its doors as I am by the potential of a 563bhp V8 slung low in an all-new aluminium chassis. That might seem a bit wrong, but I’ve always thought that doors are more important than we give them credit for. I’m the one that will always choose to grapple with the revolving door into airports or hotels, even if there’s a normal door standing open next to it. They set the scene. They’re the architectural or automotive equivalent of a handshake.

Press the raised, Braille-like image of an open padlock on the key, the hazards flash once in the darkness, and on the door, down by the sill, a small horizontal bar appears, protruding by about an inch. Lean down, hook your fingers under the handle and the door swings smoothly skywards. Just like a DeLorean (or an original SL). The opening isn’t huge but because there’s nothing obstructing the aperture you can use all of it. Unlike the original 300SL there isn’t a hugely wide sill to clamber over, but the seat still looks a long way down. After several experiments I decide that the least clumsy way to get in is to fall bum-first into the seat and then swing my legs in. All that’s left to do then is reach up (and you really do have to reach up) to pull the door down with a thunk.

Headroom inside is limited, and through the relatively short and upright windscreen the bonnet looks vast..."


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