$1.6m car with ‘no turbos, no gimmicks’
A “very rare” race car with a $1.6 million price tag is up for sale in New Zealand and comes with a spare engine.
One of the final production Mercedes-AMG SLS GT3 cars, originally built by HWA Competition in Germany and initially part of the AMG demonstration fleet, is being listed online by Eyrewell Forest Motor Company.
Andrew Farrow, director of the South Island-based business, says the vehicle represents AMG’s Asia-Pacific GT3 expansion era and retains strong international provenance.
The car has 7,063km on the clock and the chassis competed internationally under Petronas Malaysia Super Taikoo in Japan and Malaysia, including at the Sepang 12-Hour and in Asian endurance competitions.
It also raced in the Australian GT Championship and the Bathurst 12-Hour, with drivers including Jono Lester and Ash Samadi, and was driven to first place in the 2016 Three-Hour South Island endurance race by Dwayne Carter and Shane Hodgson.
Farrow notes the unit is the last of the eight SLS track cars produced by AMG during 2013-2014 and comes with a raft of spare parts, including a complete spare engine.
“The 2014 AMG SLS GT3 in iconic Petronas livery is a full-blooded factory race machine, built with exactly one purpose: to go very fast for a very long time, while making everything else on track feel deeply inadequate,” he says.
“At its heart sits the legendary 6.2-litre naturally aspirated AMG V8, tuned for endurance racing brutality. No turbos. No gimmicks. Just throttle response so sharp it feels like it’s reading your mind.
“Power is delivered through a sequential race gearbox, backed by motorsport traction control, adjustable ABS, and a chassis engineered to be driven hard, late, and relentlessly.”
The interior boasts a carbon race seat, FIA-specification safety gear, a digital dash and a quick-release wheel.
“Whether destined for track days, GT racing, or a no-excuses race collection, this SLS GT3 represents peak AMG before the world went turbocharged and polite,” adds Farrow.
