Mercedes-Benz showcases SLS AMG ambulance concept at emergency vehicle expo
 

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Retasking a supercar as a pace car for a racing series has almost become standard fare. We've even seen the odd exotic commissioned to serve as a police car. But as an ambulance? Of all the vehicles that could fit the task, the supercar might seem the least likely, but <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes-benz/">Mercedes-Benz</a> is evidently out to prove this notion wrong this year at the RETTmobil emergency vehicle expo.<br />
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To highlight their medical vehicle offerings and the versatility of their range, Mercedes has outfitted their top-of-the-line <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/sls+amg">SLS AMG</a> gullwing as an emergency medical vehicle. For the task, they've equipped it with the traditional German ambulance livery, a pair of flashing lights on the hood and a host of communications equipment.<br />
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The 6.3-liter V8 engine, Alubeam "liquid metal" paint job and the gullwing doors (equipped with explosive charges to blow them off their hinges if there's a rollover) carry over from the showroom-stock model. No word on whether medical equipment like a portable defibrillator has been fitted to the first-responder concept car, but a quick spin around the block in this puppy ought to be enough to revive anyone from even the deepest coma. Follow the jump for the German-language press release.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/11/mercedes-benz-showcases-sls-amg-ambulance-concept-at-emergency-v/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Mercedes-Benz showcases SLS AMG ambulance concept at emergency vehicle expo</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/11/mercedes-benz-showcases-sls-amg-ambulance-concept-at-emergency-v/">Mercedes-Benz showcases SLS AMG ambulance concept at emergency vehicle expo</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 11 May 2011 09:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/11/mercedes-benz-showcases-sls-amg-ambulance-concept-at-emergency-v/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19936908/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/11/mercedes-benz-showcases-sls-amg-ambulance-concept-at-emergency-v/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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