Welcome back ladies and gentlemen; I hope you all had a fantastic January weekend.  To kick things off on this bright Monday morning, our good friend Vlad sent us the photo pictured above - a photo taken at the Autosport International racing car show - that describes a Mercedes ML63 AMG which attempted to break the indoor speed record last month in Birmingham, England.

You may be wondering what exactly I'm talking about, so let me clarify a bit. On December 12th, Autocar magazine, in association with Autosport International, set out to break the current indoor speed record, a mark that at the time was an 81 mph run set by a Toyota F1 car.  To do so, Autocar compiled an impressive grouping of vehicles, some of which included a Caterham CSR, Autograss Special, supercharged Ariel Atom, Ford GT, Aston Martin V8 Vantage and Mercedes ML63 AMG.  Although it didn't manage to set the record, the ML did perform admirably, beating out several of its rivals by delivering a 73 mph run.  The photo, shown above, describes the aforementioned record-breaking attempt.

As for whether or not any vehicle was able to break the record, yes, a new indoor speed was set, with the honor going to the Autograss Special (powered by a Toyota engine) after it managed to deliver a speed of 82 mph over the 210 meter run.

To learn more about the ML63 and the indoor speed record, you can click the photo above to read more about the ML63's showing in the event; you can head over to Autosport International to read a recap of the results; and if you have fifteen minutes or so of free time and a high speed internet connection, you can check out Autocar's video showcasing a number of vehicles taking part in the indoor runs.

As always, thanks for the tip Vlad; we sincerely appreciate it.