The gull-wing doors car is powered by a 6.3 571hp V8 which offers a 0-110km/h time of 3.8 seconds.
No details of the number ordered in Ireland are available, but Mercedes-Benz Ireland Ciaran Allen says demand is likely to exceed allocation.
The car has picked up a number of top-class awards. After being awarded the AUTO BILD Design Award 2010 for Germany by AUTO BILD readers, it went on to notch up a double victory in the European-wide vote.
Around 200,000 readers of the international editions of the popular specialist publication not only voted it into first place in the coupés and cabriolets category, but at the same time also ranked it as the overall winner of this car beauty contest.
