Mercedes has released the first pictures and information of the SLS AMG Roadster during final testing. The car, already known in great detail and designed in parallel with the coupe, waiving of course the gull-wing doors of the SLS AMG Coupe and offers a classic, lightweight fabric roof. Its official debut is set for next September at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
No technical data has been revealed, but granted the adoption of the 6.2-liter V8 from 571 hp without any changes whatsoever. Particular attention has been paid in torsional rigidity, which are essential to ensure the roadster coupe's the same feeling: this was provided reinforcements to aluminum space frame in the area of the sills, new reinforcing structures in the area of the dashboard and the windscreen; to the center console and an additional structure that reaches from the roof area of the tank and stiffens the rear.
The total weight of the space frame is increased by only 2 kg, from 241 to 243 kg. The fabric roof, with opening system with electrohydraulic components in steel, aluminum and magnesium, can be operated in 11 seconds up to 50 km / hee were prepared fixed rollover bars in case of rollover.
The hood has been tested thoroughly on the slopes of Nardo, Idiana and Papenburg, to resist without problems 317 km / h top speed of SLS Roadster, also was equipped with a glass rear optimized to reduce noise pollution and a system to prevent stagnation of rainwater. Among the hardest tests carried out on all Mercedes convertible, are those of the opening and closing in extreme weather conditions, including stationary cycles and 20.000 in 2500 movement. 
No technical data has been revealed, but granted the adoption of the 6.2-liter V8 from 571 hp without any changes whatsoever. Particular attention has been paid in torsional rigidity, which are essential to ensure the roadster coupe's the same feeling: this was provided reinforcements to aluminum space frame in the area of the sills, new reinforcing structures in the area of the dashboard and the windscreen; to the center console and an additional structure that reaches from the roof area of the tank and stiffens the rear.
The total weight of the space frame is increased by only 2 kg, from 241 to 243 kg. The fabric roof, with opening system with electrohydraulic components in steel, aluminum and magnesium, can be operated in 11 seconds up to 50 km / hee were prepared fixed rollover bars in case of rollover.
The hood has been tested thoroughly on the slopes of Nardo, Idiana and Papenburg, to resist without problems 317 km / h top speed of SLS Roadster, also was equipped with a glass rear optimized to reduce noise pollution and a system to prevent stagnation of rainwater. Among the hardest tests carried out on all Mercedes convertible, are those of the opening and closing in extreme weather conditions, including stationary cycles and 20.000 in 2500 movement.
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