By Andrei Avarvarii
August 26, 2008 -
After squeezing all the history out of the SLR name (with the 722 and the Speedster, see the photochop from August 11) MB is set to revive another legendary, even mythical, nameplate: the Gullwing. While it may not have the same magic (and occasional widow-making proclivity) of the original, it runs the risk of being a little too high tech for its own good character. What I’ve done with this image, rather than design a futuristic - and fantasy - car, is to extrapolate heavily from the spy shots we’ve seen of the Gullwing test cars. That means ungainly bits and all, but then not every recent Benz has been a museum piece. The fascia of the test mule reminded me of the second-gen SL and inspired me to test out its application on the rendering, whereas the typical Benz side gills and door handles are all but guaranteed.
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August 26th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
So if this is the mess it quite possibly could be, what would YOU make it look like?
August 26th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Wow that is the ugliets one yet. A toad that got stepped on. Rich people must be blind. Did Mercades steal Chris Bangle from BMW, or are their 2 tasteless designers running around Germany uglifying the world and trashing their brands design language.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
oh my! so that’s what they did with all the tooling for the rear end of the Buick Reatta. or maybe the viper. The proportions need to be worked on a bit.
August 26th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I do believe I just threw up a little in my mouth…
August 26th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Leave the original 300sl coupe unsullied by some retro-cash-in knock off please.
Is nothing sacred?
(By the way, with a gull-wing door there is no need for that ginormous handle.)
–chuck
August 26th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
A lttle too TVR Cerbera for me…
August 26th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
@jgholt
I’ve rendered “my version” of the SLC a year ago. You can see it on my webpage, it is on the cover of the spyshots section.
August 26th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Please God, NO!!!!!!!!!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
This is a joke, right? Please tell me this is a joke…