Triple-three-plated Mercedes coupe with a 6.3-litre V8!
There remains a soft spot for Gen Z for supercars in the 2010s. We’d have grown up possibly being exposed to the rise of the modern video game, with countless titles either on old consoles, early computers or pioneering mobile games.
Gran Turismo, Forza Horizon or Motorsport, Need for Speed… even Asphalt 8 on mobile. Point is, these games were licencing new cars, which for impressionable young kids meant that these contemporary supercars now landed in our (virtual) hands.
I was one, who remembers doing barrel rolls with a Mercedes-Benz SLS Electric Drive in Asphalt 8 before wrecking it into a bridge. Looking back, it was crucial advertising for Mercedes-Benz to have given the rights to use that model, because its one that did linger in my consciousness for probably a decade. Exposure works, take note.
I don’t think it has aged gracefully – the front end looks more ugly than unoffending, but everything else works out for the SLS. Its a front-engine supercar that is a legal Dodge Viper equivalent for right-hand drive markets – with additional gullwing doors just to sweeten the deal.
The family tree for the SLS AMG is rather sparse when considering Mercedes’ history with their high-performance supercars, especially bonding all those that are a front-engine, rear-drive coupe. The gullwing doors are a direct homage to those found on the 1950s SL, which afterwards was replaced by a more market-friendly SL most recognized by the 1990s R129-generation.
Come 2003 and the Mercedes SLR McLaren – a joint venture between the German and British brands – was the next “supercar” to succeed the original SL 300. The AMG-engineered SLS AMG as pictured would then be the next in its lineage. A non-direct replacement for the SLS would come as the Mercedes-AMG GT, AMG’s next car produced entirely in-house by the brand.
Cycle & Carriage – official distributor for Mercedes-Benz in Singapore – likely brought in only the AMG variant into this market. The demo unit was unveiled around September 2010, a ripe time to release it with the intervening F1 race of that year. It was finished in Le Mans red with a white-contrast interior.
Talking about specs, this particular SLS AMG is finished in Pure White with a full red leather interior. As the AMG spec, power was rated at 563 horsepower and 650Nm of torque. Power is sent to the rear wheels using a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission – a different system that differs from the 7G-Tronic transmission in Mercedes’ more humdrum models of the time.
Brand new in 2013 and these SLS AMG were around a million SGD locally. Prices have technically risen up since but not obvious due to COE depreciation.
Surprisingly, numbers for these are still plentiful despite their high cost of ownership. I don’t have exact figures but seemingly both coupe and roadster variants of SLS AMG are still around – population numbers are likely around ten.
This would not be the only white unit around, but to memory there is a dark red and a light green unit amongst the remaining units. This or a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Edition, what’s your pick?
~Efini
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Photos taken 17 December 2025
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