Despite being manufactured for less than five years now, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is being slowly phased out this year, spreading a wave of sadness on its fans all over the world in the process.
Thankfully, the ones already sold have a fan base that stretches on pretty much every continent, while tuning shops around the world are still battling in offering performance upgrades for them.
The Germans from PP Performance, for example, also have an office in Dubai in cooperation with the locals from Simon Motorsport, and that is where the roaring SLS AMG bellow was upgraded.
Although it looks just like a “regular” model, not even the GT, this red Gullwing sports quite a bit more punch than you would expect, since it has the Stage 2 power kit from PP Performance.
In translation, this means that its fabulous-sounding M159 engine develops 626 hp and 685 Nm (505 lb ft) of torque, or about the same as the M155 in the SLR McLaren, while still remaining naturally-aspirated. To top it all, it sounds like this:
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