As the age old saying goes, when in Rome do as the Romans do. Not to stereotype, but you have to admit that the United Arab Emirates have had their fare share of gold-finished exotic supercars and as such, Mercedes-Benz decided to show off a special SLS AMG Gullwing with the designation "AMG Desert Gold" with a matt gold color at the bi-annual Dubai Motor Show that runs from December 15 to 20.
In addition to matt gold paintwork, all the decorative and mounted features like the Mercedes star at the front and the fins on the bonnet and flanks that are in shining chrome or Silver Shadow in the standard SLS AMG have been given a deep-black paint finish on the show car.
The same goes for the black-painted AMG light-alloy wheels in size 9.5 x 19 at the front and 11.0 x 20 at the rear that are embellished with a golden ring on the rim flange.
Mercedes chose to leave the interior of the 571HP gullwing-supercar intact, opting for black leather and carbon fiber trim.
The Stuttgart automaker noted that while the AMG Desert Gold treatment has been used only for the display vehicle at the Dubai show, if there's enough interest generated, the special gold paint finish could become available as an individual optional extra from the AMG PERFORMANCE STUDIO.
And if not, we're pretty sure that those SLS AMG owners that find the gold finish alluring will find a way to do it anyway...
12 Comments:
What a tragedy!!!
A beautiful car made to look like a tacky tuner!
god it's beautifu1!
awful
Horrible
1 word: Cool
Guys.
In THAT Part of the World it called Camouflage ..
I think it looks alright.
Guys.
In THAT Part of the World it called self-indulgent ..
Arabs have to have the worst taste when it comes to cars. Matte gold??? It looks terrible!!!
I think it's all relative my friend.
Different part of the world, different culture, different artistic views.
Arabs have the worst taste closely followed by the Americans
What does everyone think about matt paint jobs?, any colour. On a SUV in black, possibly, but sports cars??
To me it looks like it needs a good polish with some cutter, or that someone forgot to apply the clear coat. I'm just not sure.
Davo
Post a Comment