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With three driver & team championships under its belt, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupe has taken the European GT3 Series racing scene by storm. In celebration of AMG’s 45^th anniversary, Mercedes has created the SLS AMG GT3 “45^th Anniversary”, which according to the company, is marketed “at car collectors with a particular penchant for motor racing”.

The car is built as a pure collector’s item and only five examples will be produced. Bernd Schneider, who has won five DTM titles, as well as the 1995 FIA GT world championship, will be assisting the AMG engineers in installing the 6.3-liter V8 into the car and putting his signature, alongside the engineer’s, on each of the five V8s.

British car builder Noble has finally released their production version of the Noble M600. At first glance, the M600 looks somewhat like the iconic McLaren F1 and it isn’t too far from being in the same class of exclusivity and exoticness (is that even a word?).  The new M600 comes complete with a beautiful all-carbon fiber body and a mid mounted 4.4 liter twin turbocharged V8 engine from Yamaha.  The V8 is capable of producing up to 650 horsepower at 6,800 rpm and 604 pound-feet (868 Nm) of torque at 3,800 rpm and is mated to a Graziano six-speed manual transmission.

Since the economic turmoil of 2008, Ford has been leading the domestic market in re-branding itself and giving the company a fresh start. Ford has survived the recession without the threat of going bankrupt (as far as we know); they’re finally showing their true colors and are ready to compete with the European and Japanese manufacturers.

In my opinion, domestic vehicles are boring and very unattractive compared to their European and Japanese counterparts. The recession in 2008 was a wakeup call for the domestic manufacturers that they really needed to step up to the plate. Ford has performed that feat flawlessly with the revamp of their entire vehicle lineup.