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SPY VIDEO: AMG's 911 rival breaks cover
SLS-based SLC takes aim at Porsche icon with 4.0-litre twin turbo V8It’s a battle for the ages: Porsche’s iconic 911 taking on AMG’s latest and potentially greatest sports car, the SLC.
We’re already drooling at the prospect and it’s still roughly two years before Benz’s performance hot-house releases its latest V8 coupe onto the streets.
Codenamed C190 and dubbed SLC (although there is speculation it could also be called GT in production), it is based on a chopped version of the SLS’ aluminium spaceframe chassis.
Power will come from a brand new 4.0-litre twin turbo V8 sitting mid-forward driving the rear wheels.
The 360kW donk (and that’s just for starters before power up kits, Black Series etc appear) will also see service in the AMG C63 replacement – and much more besides no doubt).
Housed in a long-bonneted, short arsed body evocative of the SLS, the SLC will abandon big bro’s gullwing doors as well as a decent amount of pork as it strives to diet to within coo-ee of the 911’s 1400kg (approx) minimum kerb weight.
While the SLC’s drivetrain layout has more in common with the Aston Martin V8 Vantage and new Jaguar F-Type S, there’s no doubt the iconic 911 is the car the new AMG has in its sights.
It’s a battle we fancy the rear-engined boxer six-cylinder Porsche will be up for. After all, it’s seen off a few other challenges in its 50-year history!
One question the SLC poses is what happens to the SLS after it arrives in mid 2015, following a launch at the Detroit or Geneva shows.
At one stage the common chat was that it would be retired. But now the smart money appears to be on some mild upgrades followed by a complete overhaul in the second half of the decade.
“I can’t imagine that AMG wouldn’t replace it,” was how our in-the-know snout put it.
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