Mansory Carbon Fiber Body kit set for Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Cormeum

MANSORY Cormeum for the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG — the M159-V8-hearted gullwing in carbon

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, internal chassis code C197, is the car that announced AMG as a clean-sheet engineering business rather than an in-house tuner. Designed at Affalterbach with body styling by Mark Fetherston, the SLS AMG was AMG's first independent vehicle programme — aluminium spaceframe and M159 6.2 V8 NA, both developed at Affalterbach rather than carried over. Production ran June 2010 through July 2014 across coupé, roadster, GT, Black Series and GT Final Edition variants, total run approximately 8 200 cars. The Mansory Cormeum is a collector-class kit — the SLS is now a fixed-production halo with no direct successor.

Cormeum is Latin: "of the heart". The name refers to the M159 — the last front-engined, naturally-aspirated, rear-drive V8 grand tourer AMG built. Mansory framed the Cormeum programme around preserving the SLS's mechanical identity in carbon rather than re-architecting the car's aerodynamics. The kit is therefore narrower than a typical Mansory widebody; it does not bond fender flares or push the wheel arches outward. It supplies a full schedule of carbon visible panels matched to the SLS's existing body-line, plus a dorsal roof scoop and a rear deck spoiler that work with the M159's airbox geometry. Cross-marque AMG halo siblings in the Hodoor catalogue: SLR McLaren (R199), AMG GT (R190), AMG GT 63 S E Performance, AMG SL 63 (R232).

SLS AMG C197 — the chassis underneath the Cormeum

The C197 is an aluminium spaceframe with a transaxle gearbox and front-mid-engine layout. Wheelbase: 2 680 mm. Length: 4 638 mm. Width: 1 939 mm. Front track 1 682 mm, rear 1 653 mm. Kerb weight: 1 695 kg wet for the SLS AMG coupé; Roadster adds ~40 kg for the soft-top mechanism; Black Series sheds ~70 kg through carbon-roof construction, lithium-ion battery and stripped interior to land at ~1 550 kg wet. Double-wishbone aluminium suspension at all four corners. Drivetrain across all variants is the AMG 7-speed dual-clutch transaxle (gearbox mounted behind the differential for near-50/50 distribution) driving the rear wheels only. The SLS was never produced with all-wheel drive.

M159 6.2 V8 — the engine the Cormeum dresses

The M159 is the last AMG-produced naturally-aspirated V8. Bore 102.2 mm, stroke 94.6 mm, capacity 6 208 cm³, dry-sump lubrication, redline 7 200 rpm. Output by trim:

• SLS AMG (2010-2013): 571 hp at 6 800 rpm, 650 Nm at 4 750 rpm. 0-100 km/h: 3.8 seconds. Top speed: 317 km/h.
• SLS AMG GT (2012-2014): 591 hp at 6 800 rpm, 650 Nm at 4 750 rpm. 0-100 km/h: 3.7 seconds. Top speed: 320 km/h.
• SLS AMG Black Series (2013-2014): 631 hp at 7 400 rpm, 635 Nm at 5 500 rpm. 0-100 km/h: 3.6 seconds. Top speed: 315 km/h.
• SLS AMG GT Final Edition (2014): 591 hp / 650 Nm — Black Series chassis tune in non-Black bodywork.

The M159 in any trim is unmodified by the Cormeum programme. The kit is body-only; the airbox geometry around the dorsal roof scoop is preserved at OEM specification, with the roof scoop functional only on the Black Series donor (the standard SLS roof is sealed; the Black Series carries a roof-mounted air-feed for the cold-air induction).

What the Cormeum kit ships

Hand-laid 2x2 twill weave on visible aerodynamic pieces, pre-preg dry-carbon for the splitter and the rear deck spoiler. Surface options: clear-lacquer gloss, matte clear, painted-carbon matched to the OEM body colour. Cross-style options include the Mansory "forged-carbon" visible-flake finish on the splitter and rear deck spoiler for owners who want a contemporary read against the SLS's 2010-era body shell.

• Carbon front splitter bolting to the underside of the OEM front bumper; preserves the SLS's signature front-fender vent geometry without touching the bumper aperture.
• Carbon side skirt extensions running below the OEM rocker line, integrating with the gullwing door's cut-out (coupé) or roadster's lower door reveal (drop-top).
• Carbon rear deck spoiler tuned to the C197 rear deck-lid geometry — sits ahead of the OEM electrically-deployable rear-wing module which retains its OEM auto-deploy function.
• Carbon rear diffuser with full-width fence elements and twin oval exhaust bezels matched to the OEM C197 exhaust footprint.
• Dorsal roof scoop (Black Series donors only) with NACA-style air feed onto the M159 cold-air intake. Standard SLS donors specify a smooth carbon roof overlay instead of the scoop.
• Carbon mirror caps matched to the SLS gullwing-door mirror geometry.
• Carbon front fender vent surrounds — the SLS's signature side-vent louvres are bezeled in carbon without altering the vent's air-extraction function.
• Front-bonnet powerdomes — twin carbon overlays on the OEM bonnet's powerdome spine.

Wheels — 20" front / 21" rear forged staggered

OEM SLS AMG wheels run at 19" front / 20" rear in standard trim, 20" front / 21" rear in GT trim, and a forged 19"/20" magnesium pair on the Black Series. Mansory's Cormeum wheel programme defaults to a 20" front / 21" rear staggered forged set: 275/35 R20 front, 305/30 R21 rear. PCD 5x112, centre bore 66.6 mm, ET range matched to the OEM SLS arch geometry — the Cormeum runs at OEM track and does not require fender modification. Patterns: YN.5 double-Y, FD.16 dual-spoke concave, M.7 classic multi-spoke. Surface finishes: satin black with diamond-cut spoke contrast, polished face with painted contrast spoke, matte gunmetal, paint-to-sample matched to the body. Forged catalogue: hodoor.world/collection/forgedwheels. The wheel set carries TÜV documentation against C197 kerb weight including the GT and Black Series mass envelopes. Black Series donors running the OEM forged-magnesium pair are routed to a Mansory magnesium-spec wheel SKU as a separate quote.

Where the Cormeum ships in 2026

The SLS AMG is now a 12-to-16-year-old chassis with a fixed total production count and a meaningful collector premium on Black Series and GT Final Edition cars. The Cormeum order book reflects that — most commissions arrive on garage-kept Black Series donors or on long-held standard SLS coupés held by single-owner enthusiasts. Geographic distribution is Europe-and-Asia weighted, with less Gulf-market demand than on more recent AMG halo cars:

• United Kingdom sits at the top of the Cormeum book. UK SLS AMG ownership concentrates around the Surrey-and-Cotswolds collector cluster, and the Cormeum is most often commissioned during a chassis refresh or post-restoration cycle. Right-hand-drive cars accept the kit on the same SKU set as left-hand-drive donors.
• Japan follows on a similar volume curve. Japanese SLS AMG ownership is famously concentrated in the Tokyo-Osaka collector lane and most Cormeum commissions in this corridor specify the matte clear lacquer over the gloss option — the read is more sympathetic to the SLS's 2010-era body lines.
• Monaco and the Swiss collector corridor ship a steady share of Black Series-donor commissions; the Cormeum's dorsal scoop fits the Black Series silhouette and is the typical specification in this market.
• UAE takes a smaller-than-expected share — the Gulf market migrated to more recent AMG halo cars (the AMG GT and the AMG GT 63 S E Performance) and SLS commissions in the UAE are typically restoration-driven on garage-kept cars rather than active-use orders.
• Taiwan closes the Asian corridor with Taipei taking a steady tail of standard-SLS-coupé commissions in the painted-carbon body-match finish.
• Isle of Man and Guernsey together account for a small but steady Channel-Islands enthusiast tail; collector SLS owners in these jurisdictions commission the full Cormeum schedule including the dorsal roof scoop on the Black Series chassis subset.

Lead time, certification, commission process

Cormeum carbon kit (full): six to seven weeks from the workshop. The dorsal roof scoop adds two weeks where ordered (Black Series donor only). 20"/21" forged wheel set: four to five weeks. The kit ships with full panel-by-panel weight documentation against the donor's wet kerb weight to support concours-class restoration paperwork where applicable. Email [email protected] with the C197 VIN, donor variant (SLS AMG / SLS AMG GT / SLS AMG Black Series / GT Final Edition / Roadster), the OEM body colour code, and an indication of whether the donor retains the OEM electrically-deployable rear wing module. WhatsApp +44 7488 818747 for landed-quote channels.

FAQ

Will the Cormeum kit fit the AMG GT R190 or the AMG GT R192 (the cars that succeeded the SLS)?
No. The SLS C197 and the AMG GT R190 are different chassis — different wheelbase, different bumper line, different door geometry (the GT does not have gullwing doors). Each AMG halo platform has its own dedicated programme: the AMG GT (R190), the AMG GT 63 S E Performance (R192), and the older SLR McLaren (R199). None of those programmes share panels with the Cormeum.

SLS AMG Roadster (drop-top) — is the kit different?
Largely the same with two exceptions. First, the dorsal roof scoop is a coupé-only Black Series specification; the Roadster has no fixed roof to mount it to. Second, the side-skirt cut-out integrates with the Roadster's lower door reveal differently from the gullwing door's cut-out — a separate side-skirt SKU is bundled for Roadster donors. All other Cormeum components fit the Roadster at OEM dimensions.

Black Series-specific cooling and aero — does the kit interfere?
The Black Series carries a unique front-fender vent enlargement, a unique carbon roof, a unique cold-air intake routing through the dorsal roof scoop, and a fixed (non-deployable) rear wing in place of the standard car's electrically-deployable module. The Cormeum components for a Black Series donor are dimensioned to clear all of those Black-specific features. The fender-vent surround SKU has a Black Series variant; the rear deck spoiler has a Black-Series-fixed-wing variant; the dorsal roof scoop is functional only on the Black Series. Specify the variant at order so the correct SKU set is bundled.

Slug typo — why does the URL say "slc-class"?
Historical slug from the original Hodoor catalogue migration. The product is the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197), the Cormeum programme. The slug "slc-class" is preserved as a fixed legacy identifier for SEO continuity reasons. The Mercedes-Benz SLC R172 (the 2016 SLK rename, a small-roadster chassis) is unrelated to this product page.