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Mercedes SLS AMG by Prior Design
To say that Prior Design has been pretty busy with aerodynamic programs for the past couple of months is the first understatement anyone has said since the calendar turned to 2012.
The German tuning firm has released plenty of new widebody kits, including one for the Mercedes-Benz E-Class less than a month ago and a further for the BMW 5-Series only six days ago. Now it appears that they’re far from finished, mainly after they released the first brainteaser photo of their next project involving Mercedes’ resident supercar, the SLS AMG.The entire kit is still not complete, but judging from the brainteaser photo, Prior Design is taking a different approach on the SLS AMG with a kit that’s far more aggressive and flashy than any of their previous facility.Our trained eyes are seeing a vented hood, a revised front bumper with a few air intakes, and a spoiler lip that appears to have been made in carbon fiber. In addition, we’re also looking at new side vents, new side skirts, and flared wheel arches. Even if there are no shots of the rear end of the SLS AMG, we expect Prior Design to have an extensive kit on that side too, possibly a rear wing, a boot lid, and maybe even a new diffuser with new exhaust tailpipes.Performance figures are probably out of the question basing on recent history, but that’s not to say that the SLS AMG is a droop on the road that needs extra juice. The German supercar still packs a 6.3-liter V8 engine that develops 563 horsepower and 479 lb/ft of torque. If we could get that bodykit with those performance numbers, we’d gladly take it too.Porsche Design Tower set to be built in Miami
We all know that automakers have slowly begun to pay more attention to consumer commodities as a way of branching out their business models, but in the case of Porsche Design – Porsche’s styling arm – they might have taken it to a whole new amount by diving into real estate development.
No, they’re not building their own theme park like Ferrari did, but they did build a new condominium project in the sensitivity of Miami Beach.The building is set to be christened the “Porsche Design Tower” and will be a collaborative project between the companionship and real estate developer Gil Dezer. The new condominium is expected to rise on 2.2 acres of real estate along Collins Avenue in Miami, making up 132 housing units on the 57-tale building. One of the most fascinating features of the Porsche Design Tower is the inclusion of three robotic car elevators that will allow you to really bring your own car up to your condos without, apparently, needing your own basement parking.We’re more than interested to see how the whole set-up is vacant to work, but we have neither the car nor the funds to make a play for one of those units, which, we expect, will sell for more than what our bank accounts can handle.But hey, the whole thought of bringing your car up to your condo unit is pretty sweet in its own right. At the very least, you won’t have to worry about it being stolen in the basement.