We were not joking if we told you this year's traditional 0808 rounding was an intimate experience with the Traffic Police. sgCarShooters had the privilege to be the chase car for TeamCloud9SG, an exclusive Singapore supercar group that consists of a handful of exotic rides with a few hundred horsepower to spare.

The super convoy started from the West and continued to the North before heading our way down to the South, all these while with two Traffic Police bikes right ahead of us for almost a third of the journey. We wound up the "adventure" with a friendly Traffic Police taking down our particulars for routine checks.

Happy 50th birthday, Singapore!

Rides that took part in the convoy: Mercedes-AMG A 45, Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupé, Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, BMW i8, Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, Bentley Continental GT Speed Convertible, Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera. (Chase car: Mitsubishi Evolution X GSR SST)

Iconic as it is, the Mercedes AMG SLS reminds us, in pure character of the original 1955 300 SL that inspired her distinctive gullwing doors. Highly competent, exquisitely engineered and an exhaust note fit for all ages, the SLS is a great, if not the best, perfectly balanced driving machine in the market.

What you are looking at is possibly Germany's fastest and best all rounder super sports car with an eclectic touch of retro styling, and the one and only matte blue skinned right here in Singapore by WrapStyle. Are you stoked yet?

Perhaps a little visual cue on why we likened the SLS AMG to the 300SL roadster. One of us who visited the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany a couple of years back, managed to retrieve a priceless shot of the gleaming 3-pointed star automotive immortal. And in the same exact angle, we took a shot of the modern SLS, complete in full glory of her roof-hinged gullwings spread out.

(sgcarshoot file picture: Mercedes Benz 300SL at the Mercedes Benz museum, Stuttgart, Germany, 2011)