Sportiest Mercedes-AMG sheds its lid
Roofless version of Merc's sportiest car brings the noise and emotion even more to the fore. Picture: SUPPLIED
Like its fixed-roof stablemate, the Roadster is gunned along by a front-mounted V8 biturbo engine which puts out 430kW and 700Nm. Powering the rear wheels through an AMG Speedshift DCT 7G transmission with Race Start, it enables the rear-wheel-drive car to blast the 0-100km/h sprint in a claimed 3.6 seconds and reach a hair-ruffling 317km/h top speed — the same figures as the coupe.
Keeping the weight low are aluminium alloys used for the chassis and body. Magnesium is employed in the front deck, and this light metal reduces the inertia ahead of the front axle to improve driving agility. Further weight saving is achieved with the lightweight carbon-fibre torque tube that links the engine in the front with the rear-mounted transmission in a transaxle drivetrain.
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