matte Subscribe

Mercedes-Benz SLS goes from zero to gold in seconds for Dubai show

Over the past several years, we've seen no end of photos of high-end cars with bright chrome and gold finishes coming out of the Middle East and Russia. Until now, none of those have come that way from an automaker's paint shop. However, you just knew that couldn't last, and alas, Mercedes-Benz has created a special version of its new SLS AMG supercar for the 2009 Dubai Motor Show. Fortunately, Mercedes has decided to forgo the shiny route and applied a matte gold finish dubbed "AMG Desert Gold" to the gull-winged SLS. The badging and ... Read more →

Swiss Army Porsche? Matte olive-green 911 (video) Noah Joseph

Looking at this custom Porsche, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Swiss army had ordered up a fleet of military-spec 911s. Then you'd quickly realize that while it may be a versatile sports ...

Paris Motor Show: Lamborghini Gallardo Nera Noah Joseph

Lamborghini took the black wraps off the Gallardo Nera, a special edition of their "entry level" V10 supercar. What differentiates this Gallardo from all others is primarily its color scheme. ...

...loading

Browse posts by:

Make/Model Vehicle Style/Type

All Categories

Features Close Features

Mercedes-Benz SLS goes from zero to gold in seconds for Dubai show 6 days ago on Autoblog

Swiss Army Porsche? Matte olive-green 911 (video) 1 year ago on Autoblog

Looking at this custom Porsche, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the Swiss army had ordered up a fleet of military-spec 911s. Then you'd quickly realize that while it may be a versatile sports car, the 911 would not be the Porsche most utile for military applications, compared with, say, the ...

Paris Motor Show: Lamborghini Gallardo Nera 3 years ago on Autoblog

Lamborghini took the black wraps off the Gallardo Nera, a special edition of their "entry level" V10 supercar. What differentiates this Gallardo from all others is primarily its color scheme. Painted in Nero Noctis (Nero Serapis in Europe), with side mirrors housings, rear spoiler, select body ...

Featured
Breaking
Popular

View all

Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too!

Featured Galleries

AOL Autos

Find Your Next Car

Resources

10 Most Searched Cars on AOL Autos

Autoblog Video

Team Autoblog

Editors

John Neff: Editor-in-Chief; Email

Damon Lavrinc: Managing Editor; Email

Chris Paukert: Executive Editor; Email

Alex Nunez: Weekend Editor; Email

The Team

Autoblog bloggers (30 days)

#	Blogger	Posts	Cmts
1	Jonathon Ramsey	108	0
2	Noah Joseph	74	0
3	Jeremy Korzeniewski	71	1
4	Chris Shunk	66	2
5	Jonny Lieberman	60	0
6	Sam Abuelsamid	52	0
7	Damon Lavrinc	50	1
8	Frank Filipponio	38	3
9	Sebastian Blanco	29	0
10	Dan Roth	24	6
11	Michael Harley	23	8
12	Chris Paukert	20	0
13	Drew Phillips	16	0
14	John Neff	15	0
15	Alex Nunez	6	7
16	John McElroy	3	0
17	Tim Stevens	1	1

matte Subscribe