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Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Transformers News: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

Sunday, April 10th, 2011 11:13PM CDT

Categories: Movie News, Rumors
Posted by: El Duque   Views: 72,498

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Director Michael Bay recently dropped by his own Shoot for the Edit forums and chimed in on a discussion about the possible identity of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. Some fans have speculated this may be Soundwave's earth mode based on clues from the game trailers and comics. This is what he had to say:

Originally Posted by michaelbay
Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's really frown on that - I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car.


As you can see Bay indicates the Mercedes isn't a Transformer at all, but just a regular car driven by Carly. Shoot for the Edit site admin nelson then had this to say on the matter:

Originally Posted by nelson
That's what I've been saying since day one.


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Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207603)
Posted by Blackstreak on April 10th, 2011 @ 11:19pm CDT
Willing to bet they will make a transformer toy out of it though. They did that to several human vehicles in the first movie...and probably the second movie too.
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207625)
Posted by Rated X on April 11th, 2011 @ 1:18am CDT
So Carly is a rich stuck up college girl that mommy and daddy spoil rotten ???
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207649)
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 11th, 2011 @ 4:24am CDT
El Duque wrote:
Originally Posted by michaelbay
Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon..... It's Carly's car.


In an American movie about alien robots who transform into all-sorts of vehicles it seems quite pointless to have such a flash German sports car take on essentially a background role. Maybe it'll start out lifeless and then become an Autobot or some kind of good Decepticon.
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207654)
Posted by Trikeboy on April 11th, 2011 @ 5:11am CDT
Sodan-1 wrote:
El Duque wrote:
Originally Posted by michaelbay
Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon..... It's Carly's car.


In an American movie about alien robots who transform into all-sorts of vehicles it seems quite pointless to have such a flash German sports car take on essentially a background role. Maybe it'll start out lifeless and then become an Autobot or some kind of good Decepticon.


Just because it is Carly's car doesn't mean it isn't a Cybertronian. Legally, Bumblebee is Sam's car. I too noticed the bad Decepticon part. Could we possibly be getting a Movieverse Drift? Even if it is toyline only that would be cool.
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207662)
Posted by prowl123 on April 11th, 2011 @ 5:45am CDT
Isn't Michael Bay known for feeding us false information without actually lying to us?
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207674)
Posted by Noir2099 on April 11th, 2011 @ 6:32am CDT
This is Wheeljack!If you read Rising Storm 2,you would notice that it is Wheeljack.
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207692)
Posted by Razatron on April 11th, 2011 @ 7:58am CDT
Man if thats Soundwave's Earth mode, he must be a "G"
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207714)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:12am CDT
Damn...
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207729)
Posted by griftimus prime on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:33am CDT
lol it will still be a transformer toy. look at the other movies. anything that moved got a toy robot form.
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207732)
Posted by First-Aid on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:41am CDT
Rated X wrote:So Carly is a rich stuck up college girl that mommy and daddy spoil rotten ???


...with great legs!
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207733)
Posted by First-Aid on April 11th, 2011 @ 9:41am CDT
Rated X wrote:So Carly is a rich stuck up college girl that mommy and daddy spoil rotten ???


...with great legs!
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1207794)
Posted by Red 50 on April 11th, 2011 @ 12:45pm CDT
Noir2099 wrote:This is Wheeljack!If you read Rising Storm 2,you would notice that it is Wheeljack.


Wasn't Wheeljack supposed to be the BLUE Mercedes?
Re: Michael Bay on the Identity of the Silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (1208190)
Posted by SlyTF1 on April 12th, 2011 @ 11:31am CDT
God freaking dangit! Oh well, it will probrobly still get a toy. That's good enough for me.

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