{"id":83272,"date":"2009-12-15T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2009\/12\/15\/mercedes-benz-sls-goes-from-zero-to-gold-in-seconds-for-dubai-sh\/"},"modified":"2009-12-15T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-15T15:58:00","slug":"mercedes-benz-sls-goes-from-zero-to-gold-in-seconds-for-dubai-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/83272","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz SLS goes from zero to gold in seconds for Dubai show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Coupe<\/a>, Performance<\/a>, Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, Misc. Auto Shows<\/a>, Middle East<\/a><\/p>\n

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2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG “desert gold” edition – Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

\nOver the past several years, we’ve seen no end of photos of high-end cars with bright chrome and gold finishes coming out of the Middle East and Russia. Until now, none of those have come that way from an automaker’s paint shop. However, you just knew that couldn’t last, and alas, Mercedes-Benz<\/a> has created a special version of its new SLS AMG<\/a> supercar for the 2009 Dubai Motor Show. <\/p>\n

Fortunately, Mercedes has decided to forgo the shiny route and applied a matte gold finish dubbed “AMG Desert Gold” to the gull-winged SLS. The badging and trim bits like the three-pointed star also go from the usual chrome or silver to a deep back look, as do the wheels. The overall appearance is actually quite much easier on the eyes than the mirror-finished gold appliques we are used to seeing. At this point the show car is a one-off, but Mercedes has said that if there is enough interest (read enough checks with sufficient zeros) the desert gold paint will be offered through the AMG PERFORMANCE STUDIO program.<\/p>\n

Joining the gold SLS on the Dubai stand is a special 30th anniversary “Edition 79” G55 AMG KOMPRESSOR<\/a> SUV. This one gets a matte grey finish that is normally only offered on the SLS. The Edition 79 comes with a 507-hp supercharged V8 under the hood for quick blasts across the sand. In proper high-end limited edition fashion, only 79 examples of this old school Benz will be built with all of them headed to the mid-East. <\/p>\n

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Gallery: Gold Mercedes-Benz SLS for Dubai Motor Show<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n[Source: Mercedes-Benz]<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Misc. Auto Shows, Middle East 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG “desert gold” edition – Click above for high-res image gallery Over the past several years, we’ve seen no end of photos of high-end cars with bright chrome and gold finishes coming out of the Middle East and Russia. Until now, none […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83272\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}