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2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Suits Up in Desert Gold

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mb_slsamg_dubai_1600_3.jpg Why? Because the good people of Dubai will buy up a great many 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMGs (or rather their Abu Dhabi benefactors will) -- and because gold is evidently as popular in the Emirates as steel gray is in the United States.

And so for this week's Dubai Auto Show, Mercedes painted the reborn Gullwing in "AMG Desert Gold." And says Mercedes, "Given sufficient customer demand, this special gold paint finish could become available as an individual optional extra from the AMG Performance Studio."

Wonder if Matthew K. would fancy a golden Gullwing?

First Drive: 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

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4 Comments

redliner says:

10:50 AM, 12/15/09

Why is it that the people with the most money have the poorest tastes?

I refuse to call this car color 'gold' and will refer to from here on in as 'baby poop metallic'

zoomzoomn says:

12:59 PM, 12/15/09

Eeeeiiuuuuw! My mom had a '73 Dodge Dart that was this color. Funny.

estreka says:

08:18 PM, 12/15/09

Ok, ok, fine. So the Gullwing doesn't look good in EVERY color...

jederino says:

05:52 PM, 12/17/09

The "brown mustard" color is works on this car, because it makes you forget how natively unnatractive the car is. Also, it looks kind of alien and sci-fi.

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