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If you ask me, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 would make a perfectly competent daily driver.

Who needs in-dash navigation, Mercedes COMAND, or a radio anyway? Who really needs map storage or reclining seats or windows that roll downwards? Door latches, Bluetooth connectivity, vertebrae-friendly suspension: the GT3 has none of these.

Here’s what it does have, however: a fire extinguisher. A row of toggle switches. Windshield wipers. A functional wing on the back big enough to host the 14th Annual NHRA Midwest Nationals. Carbon fiber chin splitters. A striking orange band around the grille that looks like it’s illuminated. Oh, and a reworked version of the 6.2L V8 (though they prefer if you call it the 6.3), supposedly good for 600 horsepower, ready to roll in the FIA GT3 European Championship. And they’ll sell you one if you’re cool enough.

But if you do need all of those things, Mercedes graciously parked a roadgoing version next to it, just in case its well-heeled owner needed to make a quick getaway through the Italian Alps for the weekend. Supermodel girlfriends tend to get cranky if they can’t turn on the air conditioning.

— Blake Rong

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