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The SLS supercar produced by Mercedes-Benz, and just announced as a super-quick electric coupe, is getting the final tweaks for roadster work. Carparazzi has caught the droptop SLS once before, but new pictures fresh from Germany show the car with far less camouflage and with a clear look for the first time at the top-down work.
The SLS is going to be an old-school soft-top - not one of the new-age coupe-convertibles with a folding hardtop roof - and it will also have conventional front-hinged doors when it is revealed towards the end of the year.
The body of the convertible - likely to be called the SLS Roadster - is almost identical to the gullwing coupe, apart from the tail-end changes necessary for the soft-top mechanism. It is similar, says Carparazzi, to the system used for the open-air version of the McLaren- Mercedes SLR produced in a collaboration between the German prestige brand and its former frontline F1 outfit.
There is no news yet on whether the SLS Roadster will get the E-power pack just revealed for the coupe. There is also uncertainty on timing, with the car not expected in showrooms for around 18 months - the first Australian deliveries of the gullwing coupe begin this month - following a likely preview at either the Paris or Los Angeles motor shows before the end of this year.
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