The Mercedes Shark II; Would You Donate it to Charity?
Monday, December 1, 2008 22:11Let’s take a little break from talking about fuel economy - in fact, let’s just forget for a minute that you cared about how many miles per gallon your car got and can afford a $100,000 car - because it seems everyone is talking about the Mercedes Shark II. It’s an amazing car, born from the union of the Mercedes Benz CLS 55 and the design package by the Mercedes Benz tuning company ASMA Design.
So why is everyone talking about the Mercedes Shark II right now? Because Kim Kardashian (of Keeping Up With the Kardashians fame) and her boyfriend, Reggie Bush (of the New Orleans Saints, but not as famous), have decided to auction off some of their belongings for charity. And somehow she talked him into auctioning off his Mercedes Shark II! It seems they really needed the fame more than the money, however, because they actually submitted a press release to all the major marketing outlets to let everyone know just how “philanthropic” they were being. I guess he didn’t like it that much anyway - in the past 2 years he only drove it about 7,100 miles.
You can follow the auction for the Shark II on Ebay - it’s up to $80,000 at the time of this writing, and doesn’t end until Dec. 3, 2008. I tried to find some specs on the car, like how much gas mileage it gets, but it seems when you have that much to spend on a car you’re not so concerned with mpg. The standard Mercedes CLS four door coupe gets about 12-14 mpg city, and 18-21 highway, and starts at about $65k. But that’s before ASMA Design got to the car.
ASMA Design took a 2006 Mercedes AMG CLS 55 8-cylinder, chromed it out with a new front grill and chromed alloy rims, and gave it a new Bi-Color finish. The changes are subtle, but that’s all it takes when you’ve got a brand new Mercedes to work with. Some more info on the Mercedes Shark 2:
- Mercedes Shark II Photo Gallery
- More Info on ASMA’s Mercedes Shark II
- Other stuff Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush are auctioning on eBay.
Charity Donation says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
What a great idea even if it is to get attention. They are doing some good even if the the purpose isn’t really meant for that. It is too bad I don’t have a couple million sitting around anywhere cause I could use this car.
Fuel Economy Advisor says:
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:16 pm
@Charity - you don’t need a couple million - the ebay auction for Reggie Bush’s Mercedes Shark II is only at $80,100 and it ends in 9 hours.
Rebecca says:
December 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
While getting some attention and showing the rest of the US that giving to charity is still a necessary good, it does sound pretty desperate that they went ahead and submitted press releases. Hopefully the money raised can go to a good cause tho.
That being said, does anyone else think that the front end (mainly the grill) sort of looks much like a Prowler?
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Szybkie Fury says:
December 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
I think Mercedes CLS tuned by ASMA looks very nice. However in Europe it costs much more.
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Coral Snake says:
December 16th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
I really do love this design. It looks unique, I’ve never seen such a body kid on a car like this before! And I’ve seen alot of cars, since I am a car lover
Till then,
Jean
Sell Cars says:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 am
Car design looks really awesome and can be only dreamed!
Cool Post!
California says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Holy crap that’s a hot looking CLS! The grill is a little too attractive though…