Firstly may I take the opportunity to wish a Happy New Year to all Gran Turismo fans.
To kick start the year I have some news for those eagerly anticipating all things related to the world of the ‘real driving simulator’.
We can confirm the cover for this year’s must-have title will feature what some motoring journalists are acclaiming as the car of 2010 – the Mercedes Benz SLS AMG.
The SLS is due to be officially launched at Mercedes-Benz dealerships across Europe in March. A spiritual successor to the 1954 300SL Gullwing, the SLS is every bit as astounding a piece of
automotive engineering as the original 300SL was in its heyday. The statistics are no less impressive either; the power behind those graceful looks is delivered by a 6.3 litre V8 which propels the supercar from 0-60 in just 3.8 seconds and on to a top speed close to 200mph.
The SLS is one of the first cars to be entirely designed by Mercedes Benz’s AMG division and their tuning expertise is clearly evident in the handling of the car which has been variously described by the motoring media as hugely engaging and utterly exciting.
This dynamic and groundbreaking vehicle was a natural choice to grace the cover of Gran Turismo 5 and we expect it to be a hell of a lot of fun to drive and race in the game.
Whet your appetite with some screenshots of this drop-dead gorgeous aluminium supermodel and keep a look out for further news on Gran Turismo 5 and the SLS AMG on PlayStation Blog.
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 9:03 pm by eryony
the box art is beautiful.
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 9:03 pm by hdplsa
One word: Beautiful!
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 10:00 pm by Lewis2
Wow thats one cool box. Can’t wait to finally play the full game. Release date please SCEE….
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 10:11 pm by mhector
This game is getting better and better
even the cover is getting me excited
woops! toilet break !!!
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 11:13 pm by tonif430
I don’t know what’s happening but FINALLY Sony is doing decent covers… And WE LOVE IT!!!!!
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Posted on 6 January, 2010 at 11:43 pm by appie17
Great news. Thnx PD
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 1:33 am by GTR34mh
I knew it was more or less going to be the cover car, as rumours leaked about it a couple of months ago, but I don’t really like it. I would have preferred to see something else on the cover, but oh well.
Still going to be the best PS3 game of all time though
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 8:17 am by NYGTASD
woooooooooo thats looks amazing great job
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 8:41 am by wing126
don’t tell me eu boxes are going to have that tacky “Only on playstation” tag for exclusives now.
i like the overall box art but i hate that tag.
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 9:39 am by muzzar69
am i the only one who thinks that looks like a 20th century mustang?
or even a stretched out mazda MX5.
i normally really like mercs like the CLS 55 AMG is absolute pornography.
but Jesus tap dancing Christ that is the ugliest car i have ever seen!
anyway, i have to ask a question im sure you’ve been asked a million times.
release date?
sorry, i couldn’t resist.
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 9:51 am by RuskiDubh
@3
“I will be purchasing the NEW GT steering wheel…”
Has a new wheel been announced or are your referring to the Driving Force GT that has been around for a while now?
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 11:17 am by B1L7Y_PSN
yeah….!!!!!! the cover is look so good!!
and how about printed materials iside the box???? i hope printed materials look good too….
POLIPHONY CAN U RELEASE THE GAME IN THIS MONTH????
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 4:20 pm by Alpha_89
Should have been an Aston Martin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted on 7 January, 2010 at 10:01 pm by akristoffer
Now that is what you call an amazing box art.
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Posted on 10 January, 2010 at 10:03 pm by Alexand20
I think this is the most stupid comedy in the world! For almost 4 four year Sony say Gran Tourismo 5 gonna come out for sell and still now they do it again it was suposed to come out the 2 of february 2010 and now it gonna come out the Q4 of 2010… And just because they will still sell the game and konw they will do money with it, Sony just dont care about the time. And the game is ready to sell now. That is a big joke!!!!!
ps: How many fan of GT5 are tired to wait ?
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