The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class Roadsters have long captured the hearts of sports car enthusiasts. Incorporating around 650 newly developed parts, the SLK models of 2008 are even more dynamic and now offer an even more emotionally charged driving experience. Key visual enhancements include new-look front and rear sections as well as a meticulously modified interior with a new instrument cluster and three-spoke sports steering wheel.
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After more and more spy shots of the facelift SLK here’s what it seems to be the official images of the 2008 SLK. Even if there is no official confirmation from Mercedes, this images look quite real.
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In the next two years, a good part of the Mercedes models will get a facelift. After news about the CLS, SL and B-Class facelift, now there are rumors saying that a facelift SLK will be unveiled at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show.
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The new SLK 55 AMG Black Series is now available for sale starting a price of €92,500 euros.
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Mercedes SLK facelift will be unveiled at Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The SLK will feature a Formula-One nose to mimic the front end design of Mercedes’ quite successful silver arrows F1 racers. It will also feature slightly modified taillights and newly shaped front air-intakes.
Under the hood you won’t see many changes. You will have the same choices of engines with output between 163, 231, 272 and 360 (...)
Mercedes is preparing a facelift for the SLK roadster that will be unveiled in 2008. The third generation SLK will be internally named R172 and like any roadster will feature a foldable hardtop option.
There are rumors pointing that Mercedes will continue using a “nose” design inspired by that of their F1 car for their sports cars. In 2001, Mercedes have presented the F400 Carving concept, and advanced roadster design, featuring top-edge automotive technology. While this sophisticated (...)
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Metal-roofed convertibles are sturdier, safer, and offer better handling and a dramatically quieter ride than any ragtop. They are sexy, unsafe, pricey, cramped, and eminently unsuitable for families.
As a result, many prospective car buyers just glance at them longingly in the showroom before driving off in a minivan or crossover. But safety is increasingly less of a factor. That’s because these days auto makers offer convertibles with the sensuality of a ragtop and the solidity of a (...)
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Even more alluring, more powerful and sportier than ever, the beguiling two-seater is due to celebrate its European market premiere in March 2004. Three dif-ferent engine variants are available for the new car, developing from 120 kW/163 hp to 265 kW/360 hp. The range includes – for the first time in this vehicle class – an eight-cylinder power unit from Mercedes-AMG. The V6 engine in the SLK 350, meanwhile, develops 200 kW/272 hp and delivers impressively dynamic driving pleasure.
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Mercedes-Benz has been producing their compact roadster for almost a decade now. The first modern car to feature a foldable hardtop, the Mercedes SLK, proved to be a real trendsetter and generated a real revolution in the convertible segment. At the end of this decade, the Stuttgart manufacturer will reinvent the compact two-seater convertible by presenting the third generation of the SLK. We did our best to anticipate how that vehicle is going to be like
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The "Edition 10" showcar with which Mercedes-Benz marked ten years of the SLK-Class at the Paris Motor Show is available to customers from January 2007. This special model is distinguished by a unique paint finish and choice of interior materials. The SLK-Class was introduced into the market exactly ten years ago, and immediately became a popular favourite. To mark this anniversary, Mercedes-Benz presented a showcar at the Paris Motor Show in September 2006 which is now about to be produced as an exclusive special series.
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