Tom LaPointe's Exotic Car Lifestyle Notebook

Ramblings on exotic cars, the car market, and things with wheels overall. We especially love Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, and all the events where you find them.

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I currently publish iParent Magazine in the Tampa Bay area and work as a freelance writer for Affluent Page Index, in NYC. I grew up in Michigan near the Motor City and finished high school in Fernley NV. After attending the University of Nevada as a music major, I joined the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent. As a writer and editor, I won many publishing awards for photography, writing and editing. What led me to the auto industry is simply this: I love cars. I have raced stock cars and sports cars and competed in Land Rover off-road competitions in Vermont and Colorado. I have been a pit official for the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and a pit crewman for Indy and a Hooters Pro Cup races. I've served as a manager of both sales and service for one the largest luxury car groups in the world. I'm still active as an off-road instructor for Land Rover and HUMMER dealers and owners. I enjoy crawling an off-road vehicle through the most severe obstacles as much as heel-toeing sports cars into hairpin turns! I am also a freelance writer for several automotive publications.

March 29, 2006

Mercedes released details about SL 550

The new SL 550 doesn't cover any radical new ground, with the German company instead preferring to upgrade the engine and and a minor facelift. In fact if they aren't side by side, you can't really tell the difference. This should help prevent the major slide in values that Mercedes vehicles typically have with the launch of a new body style.
The new vehicle shares its drivetrain with the all new S class. Its 5.5 liter powerplant jumps 80 horsepower, to 382, and now has 391 lb-ft of torque, an increase of 52. Power is transferred to the rear wheels through their 7G-tronic 7-speed automatic transmission.
Sterns has Mercedes SL 550 for sale

posted by Tom LaPointe | 10:05 AM

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