2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black got fire while testing

Mercedes-Benz has been working its new, and most certainly badass, SLS AMG Black models around the Nürburgring of late, doing the type of high-speed and managing assessments that such supercars need to be completely super.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG black suffers fiery wreck


Getting the bugs worked out is an advantage though, as these terrifying pictures captured by one of the spy photographer. This particular SLS seems to have dashed and, quite basically, burnt off while doing some high-speed operates on the ring. We're informed that the car was holding both a driver and one passenger, and that both stepped away from the smashed exotic before the fire even started.

As we've reported previously, expectations are that this beastly Black Series will produce horsepower figures north of 600, while also shedding weight and gaining strengthened internals. The fire-damaged hulk seen here would seem to indicate that this latest SLS will make use of the standard car's aluminum superstructure, rather than the carbon fiber used for the SLS AMG Electric Drive, however.

Mercedes-benz SLS AMG got fire while testing


As we've revealed formerly, objectives are that this beastly Black series will generate 600HP, while also reducing bodyweight and getting increased internals. The fire-damaged hulk seen here would seem to indicate that this newest SLS will make use of the conventional vehicle's metal superstructure, rather than the carbon fiber used for the SLS AMG Electric Drive, however.

Look for the unaffected development edition of the SLS AMG Black series to be officially presented sometime in 2013, most likely as a 2014 design.

Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG got fire

Toyota Latest Smart INSECT city car got the nice look

Just like car manufacturers have started infiltrating the Customer Gadgets Display in Las vegas, the same pattern might be beginning at the CEATEC show in Japan. Last week, we revealed you a making of the Toyota Smart INSECT, but now we're getting our first live look at the single-seat Electric car.

Toyota Smart INSECT car


Although its style is very bug-like, the Smart INSECT's name is actually an abbreviation that appears for "Information Network Social Electric City Transporter," and it is a sensible automobile in that it allows customers to connect a smart phone. That is not to say this car does not look the aspect of its INSECT name with a bug-eyed experience and wing-like gates, but this idea is all about displaying of the technological innovation.

Some of the technical gadgetry found within the car includes motion sensors, speech identification and even Toyota's cloud-based "Smart Center." Using Ms kinect, the car can identify when the car owner is nearing the vehicle and open the corresponding entrance based on which side of the car they are on. Once within, the car owner can get connected to a virtual operator to control systems like routing and audio, and it can also get connected to the driver’s home via a smart phone to control systems like door locks and air conditioner.

Toyota smart Insect inner view

Toyota Smart Insect back view

Toyota Smart Insect Inner view


In what seems to be more of an work out of what type of connection can be provided in vehicles rather than displaying off an real car, Toyota says it has no programs to create development edition of the Smart INSECT.