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New Mercedes E63 AMG will debut at New York

The latest spy shot of the New Mercedes E63 AMG which will launch at the New York Motor Sow But at least we know now when that launch will be – the New York Motor Show in April. So we shouldn’t have to wait long to see proper pictures of the M5 rivalling E63 AMG in its latest iteration. So what do we know about the car?

First Sight: Mercedes-Benz SL

The new high-tech, low weight Mercedes SL roadster receives its official global unveil next week in Detroit but Car Design News got an early peek of the final production car and had a chat with its designers at Mercedes' US advanced design studio in Carlsbad, California back in November. "We want to get back to clean, long-lasting design," director of Mercedes global advanced design and SL project leader, Steffen Kohl told CDN at the exclusive preview of the sixth-generation model. "So the new SL is long, sleek and still full of tension in the feature lines but less wedgy." In a short presentation Kohl felt all SLs became successfully iconic in their times because they followed two key rules – ‘sensuality' and ‘cleanness' – but alluded that the first rule may have been lost in more recent eras.

Fast and Furious star Paul Walker dead at 40

Actor Paul Walker died on Saturday in car wreck in California. He was a passenger in a Porsche Carrera GT owned by friend Roger Rodas. The pair were leaving a charity event for Walker's organization Reach Out Worldwide, in which attendees were meant to bring toys for needy children.