New Safety/Medical Cars.

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the new AMG Safety and Medical cars that will stand watch over every F1 race this season. The CLK Safety Car of last year has been retired, and in its place is a modified SL 63 AMG. Beyond the usual Safety Car markings and lighting, this 525-horsepower SL sports a front fascia that's modified to allow for extra cooling requirements, composite brakes, carbon fiber body panels, as well as a redesigned rear diffuser insert. Since the SL won't be used for open-top cruising, the entire top mechanism has been ditched, and its roof remains in the upright position. That, plus additional weight reduction measures, shave a hefty 485 pounds (220 kilos) off the AMG SL, making it lighter than the production version even when you take the emergency lighting, communications gear, and other Safety Car-specific mods into account.

The Safety Car will be joined by the 457-horsepower C63 AMG Estate Medical Car. The Medical Car carries a team of four and a full suite of emergency equipment as it shadows the competitors on Lap 1 of each race (generally the diciest) and is intended to be the first vehicle on scene in the event of an accident. Like the SL63 Safety Car, the Medical Car wears a revised front fascia and rear diffuser, both of which are required for the car to meet its enhanced cooling needs. It too uses the AMG Performance Braking System, with composite brakes providing maximum stopping power. As you'll see in the attached gallery, both cars feature a pair of monitors in the instrument panel that allow the safety and medical teams to follow the race from inside the vehicles so they can be ready to move the moment an incident occurs. Look for both machines next weekend as the 2008 F1 campaign kicks off in Australia.

Gallery: Safety Car
Gallery: Medical Car

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Nice Car

Do you remember when a Ferrari Testarrossa was the Safety car?? Why now Mercedes and not Ferrari makes this cars?

Ferrari currently* don't make any estate cars, which is what is required for the medical car. I suspect both are the same manufacturer because of contracts.

* I say currently because there is a Ferrari 456 GT Estate called the Venice.



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That merc has to be one of the nicest cars ive ever seen! it awesome !

also anyone seen the new gulwing?? looks pretty cool!

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There is a new Gullwing? Link?

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Have to agree with Chet there, it really does look Fab, even if its a Merc. Go Safety Car! :P

Best car out there, well, when there is a crash or heavy rain.

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Rover would have been better.

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

Oh, I thought you meant they'd actually built one. Those are just concept renders. The first concept car hasn't even been built yet, nevermind a finalised model. You can almost guarantee that it wont look anything like that by the time it's released.

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Yeah sorry, I got mislead thinking it had been built already!!!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

beautiful safety cars!

Back to basics... I feel like a newbie! hahahahaa!!!

are you sure they are concept renders. those pics seemed real to me. here are higher resolutions:
[www.cepforum.com]

also
why the cheap photoshopping :s

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> are you sure they are concept renders. those pics
> seemed real to me. here are higher resolutions:
> [www.cepforum.com]
> 8-f1-sezonu-yardimci-araclar-amg_mercedes-sl-63-am
> g-pace-car-c-63-amg-medical-159053.html

The Medical/Safety car photos are not renders. The gullwing ones which me and chet were discussing are.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/08/2008 07:20PM by DaveEllis.

lol that merc just looks like the one they had back in 2002 but with a bigger grill

DaveEllis Wrote:
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> > are you sure they are concept renders. those
> pics
> > seemed real to me. here are higher resolutions:
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> [www.cepforum.com]
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> 8-f1-sezonu-yardimci-araclar-amg_mercedes-sl-63-am
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> The Medical/Safety car photos are not renders. The
> gullwing ones which me and chet were discussing
> are.


Hmmm, sorry, my misunderstaking

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ughh Ugly Mercedes.. The medical car looks good..

But that safety car is just Ugly :|

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