Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series
Why 3.2: DougScore 65, huge occasion and serious hardware, but values pushed it firmly into collector-supercar behavior.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The M159 runs to 8,000 rpm, higher than any other version of this V8, behind a titanium exhaust with minimal silencing. It is still a cross-plane bellow rather than a wail, which is what keeps it below the twelves and the flat-sixes above it.
8-cylinder · naturally aspirated · 8,000 rpm redline · rated 8.7 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €253k (2014) → €828k (2026), trending up · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
There aren't any — strict two-seater.
No ISOFIX up front, consistent with every other Mercedes 2-seater of this era — whether it also picked up AKSE transponder recognition like the contemporary SL and SLK isn't documented anywhere confirmable.
The most track-focused SLS of all; child transport was never part of the brief.
Mercedes front-passenger ISOFIX pattern — no 2000s–2010s Mercedes 2-seat sports car (SL, SLK, SLR, AMG GT) turned up with front ISOFIX (owner-community sourced, not manufacturer documentation)
The long version
The SLS Black Series is AMG's naturally aspirated V8 epic with the volume turned up until it distorts. It is lighter, angrier and more focused than the standard SLS, but the market has made it too expensive for most owners to treat casually. That tension is exactly why it scores lower than the drama suggests: the car wants to be used hard, the asset wants to be preserved. It completes the SLS family and the Black Series ladder in one move.