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If you fancy a nifty, not-so-thrifty top-down car, this could be the one for you. (If you don’t have a spare $1500 for every 1 km/h of speed you want to squeeze out of a car, look away now.)

Good

Top speed is 317km/h. The base model costs a fraction shy of $490,000. But boy, is it fun. Very naughty. But fun. Rocket-like acceleration. The raw figures — from 0-100km/h in 3.8 seconds — don’t do it justice, especially if you have the top down.

Read the full Mercedes-Benz SLS 2012 review.