Monday, October 20, 2014

Mercedes SLC information exposure, take twin-turbo engine


Recently, foreign media brought the latest news Mercedes-Benz SLC sports car, the new car will be equipped with 3.0-liter engine and 4.0-liter V8 twin-turbocharged two engines, and put on the market in 2015. We can see from the name, SLC will be positioned between SLS and SL of a two-door two-seater sports car, the Porsche 911 for target opponent.

Mercedes-Benz sports car in serial, SL has been an emphasis on comfort large luxury GT coupe, SLS is a unique high-performance sports car charm, the new SLC will be positioned as a more athletic than SL , but the price is lower than the SLS Roadster. Therefore, to ensure the SLC with motion characteristics, Mercedes-Benz first thing to do is to use a modified version of the SLS aluminum body frame to build SLC, and the introduction of carbon fiber material, in order to get a lighter body weight. engine parts Standard Edition is expected to only 1550 kg vehicle weight, thereby allowing dynamic performance can get better play. And also to reduce vehicle weight from consideration, SLC will abandon the use of such a unique SLS gull-wing door design.

In terms of appearance, SLC will not become a trumpet SLS, but the engine layout at the front axle will decide after the SLC will also have a long front design. But it still has some exclusive designs to distinguish it from SLS, in addition to more compact body than the SLS, use of lines will be more sharp, which shows its position corresponding to the motion characteristics. High performance parts In addition, the concern is that in addition to the hardtop coupe version, SLC may also launch soft-top convertible version.
Power, according to the latest news, Mercedes-Benz SLC will provide 3.0 liters and 4.0 liters V8 engine twin-turbocharged two engines. Entry-level 3.0-liter engine models the maximum output power of about 338 horsepower; more powerful 4.0-liter V8 twin-turbo engine with maximum power output reached about 492 hp and maximum torque of about 677 N • m, this engine will also applied to the generation of the C63 AMG, the dynamic performance view, the dynamic performance better than 450-horsepower Porsche 911 Carrera S.Citroen Cartridge Additionally, SLC will launch a performance enhanced version of the model, the maximum horsepower will reach about 585 horsepower and offers carbon fiber brake discs, thin sport seats and other performance kit, and thus compete with the 911 GT2. With V8 power matching will be a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.

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