Between 1928 and 1932, Mercedes-Benz built what was the fastest car of the time—the Mercedes-Benz SSK. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche, the SSK was that legendary engineer’s last design for Benzo before he left to start his own little car company (you may have heard of it).

80 years later, Mercedes’ AMG division has announced the next generation SSK—and it’s planned to compete directly with the modern Porsche 911s, “in your face, Ferdinand!”  Spy photos have yet to leak; however Autocar, who broke the story, has a nice rendition here.

The K in SSK stands for Kurz, German for “short.” But, if you’re kurz on cash, sorry, this new Porsche/Audi eater is set to retail for around $130,000 USD. But that’s a lot cheaper than a 1929 SSK that sold for $7,400,000 USD back in 2004!

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0 # Duddly DooRight 2009-11-23 04:48

Wow interesting look. This is attractive because of adding modern features in old fashion car & it looks pretty. I like it.

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