SLS AMG and E 63 AMG receive awards from Auto Bild Sportscars

The SLS AMG and E63 AMG have been voted by the readers of German car magazine "Auto Bild Sportscars" as "Sports Car of the Year" in the "Production Super Sports Cars" and "Production Saloons" categories, respectively. Almost 70,000 readers of the magazine participated on the vote casting.

The award ceremony took place at the Essen Motor Show as part of the Auto Bild "Race Night".

Competing against 11 other cars the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG took the win in the "Production Super Sports Car" category, thanks to the vote of 24.5 percent of readers of Auto Bild Sportscars.

The E 63 AMG took the award home after beating a strong field of 15 vehicles in the "Production Saloon" category. The Mercedes-Benz saloon won with 19.2 percent of votes and came top in its class for the second year running.

These wins for the SLS AMG and E 63 AMG confirm the popularity of our sports cars' with customers. Both models embody the very highest level of fascination and performance - and the readers of Auto Bild Sportscars clearly feel the same way, too", commented Christoph Jung, Strategic Project Manager SLS AMG.

Since it premiered at the International Motor Show (IAA) in 2009 in Frankfurt, the SLS AMG has won several major awards, most recently the gold Design Prize of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011. The list of awards includes:

• "red dot design award"
• "iF product design award 2010"
• "Design Award 2010" (Auto Bild)
• "Plus X Award"
• "Golden Steering Wheel 2009" (Bild am Sonntag and Auto Bild)
• "The best cars", super-sports category (auto motor und sport)
• Autonis "The most beautiful cars" (auto motor und sport)
• "Auto Trophy 2009" and "Design Trophy" (Auto Zeitung)
• "Golden Classic Steering Wheel, Classic of the Future" (Auto Bild Klassik)
• "Most sporty cars of 2010" (sport auto)
• "Internet Auto Award 2010" (AutoScout24)
• "Best IAA New Product 2009“ (AutoScout24)
• “TOPauto 2010" (Motor-Informations-Dienst)
• "GT Car of the Year" (Top Gear, GB)
• "Best Dream Machine" (MotorWeek TV’s Drivers’ Choice Award, USA)