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Carsales Staff19 Jul 2010
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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 63 AMG busted

Benz's new hyper drop top spied testing near the 'Ring

Our master spy photographers, Carparazzi, have managed to snap these images of the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK 63 AMG testing near Germany's famed Nürburgring.


The prototype shows SLS AMG-inspired styling, high performance brakes beneath 10-spoke alloy wheels and a quad exhaust.


Under the bonnet power will likely come from Merc's 5.5-litre twin-turbo V8 with output figures estimated at 400kW/800Nm, similar to that already seen in the recently announced S 63 AMG and CL 63 AMG, eclipsing acceleration times posted by the current 265kW offering.


And while Mercedes-Benz may limit the amount of power produced by its production version, like they did with the outrgoing R171, we're certain a few tuning companies will be itching to get their hands on both the car and the AMG Performance Package capable of pumping the figures as high as 420kW/900Nm.


-- with Carparazzi


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