RE: New Mercedes SL63 AMG - official details

[benzito]

fastgerman said:

Can't see the SL55 AMG's (R230) models dropping much more in value i.e. 18-22k. They are so much better looking than the new models and the 2 before it. Modern classic?

I'm inclined to agree, the CLS and C63 look good but the rest of the modern mercedes range is a bit bland

[blindswelledrat]

I quite like it. [i]Quite[i/].
Assuming it will cost £120k or so, it never ceases to amaze me quite how many people will spend that much money on such a relatively bland car.
Nothing about it justifies that kind of money. Its not particularly fast, particularly luxurious, particularly nice looking. Particularly anything.

What is it about SL amgs that people love so much that they will spend as much as a house to own? I cant get my head around them

[LawAys]

Ellieb10 said:

Kind of reminds me of an Angry Bird from the back and one of those fish they haul up from the depths of the ocean at the front.

Spot on!

[Caulkhead]

They must've beat that with the ugly stick until they broke it!

It looks like the illicit love child of an ill-fated match between a Ssangyong Rodius and a Lexus SC430. . . . . .

[Sloppy]

Nice car, such a pity about the frontal design though, it really is PIG UGLY, I prefer the old one.

[rajkohli81]

blindswelledrat]I quite like it. [i]Quite[i/ said:

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Assuming it will cost £120k or so, it never ceases to amaze me quite how many people will spend that much money on such a relatively bland car.
Nothing about it justifies that kind of money. Its not particularly fast, particularly luxurious, particularly nice looking. Particularly anything.

What is it about SL amgs that people love so much that they will spend as much as a house to own? I cant get my head around them

Although I agree this one is ugly and not much of a progression..take my word for it that the SL55 was worth every penny of the £100k (+ premium) it cost back in 2002.

Drive one and it will shock you how real world fast it is...the performance embarassed most supercars of that era and it had a practical, 'soak up the miles to the South of France basking in sunshine with big suitcases in the boot' abilities too. And the noise...oh the noise

[rajkohli81]

[from MOTOR march '02 issue. test track - Nardo, Italy]

Ferrari 550 Maranello - 0-100kph - 4.7sec, 0-200 - 14.6, 0-300 - 61.2
top speed - 306kph

Aston Martin Vanquish - 0-100 - 5.6, 0-200 - 17.4, 0-300 - 55.0
top speed - 316kph

Porsche GT2 - 0-100 - 4.0, 0-200 - 13.1, 0-300 - 40.9
top speed - 316kph

Merc Benz AMG SL55 - 0-100 - 4.6, 0-200 - 13.7, 0-300 - 32.5
top speed 326kph

Lamborghini Murcielago- 0-100 - 3.6, 0-200 - 11.4, 0-300 - 34.2
top speed 330kph

[Walter Sobchak]

The new Merc AMG is fantastic and I'm sure this is good to drive but it wouldn't be the one I would buy, E63 or CLS 63 and change over an SL for me any day.

[tomoleeds]

front and sides look good,like the front grill, dont like the rear especially the lights,anyone who thinks 4.3 0-60 is slow for a convertible with the extra weight it brings does not know much about cars

[TACottle]

AND 28.5 mpg combined!!

Lies.

[Some Gump]

Well I don't care if you lot don't like it, it looks epic, the stats are epic, and with the right zorst it will sound epic.
If i had the cash, I would in an instant.

[RDMcG]

Might go down in my book as the ugliest SL ever. I have a 2003 R230 that , to me, is a much better looking car. Better again were the Pagoda cars and the original 300SLs.
This looks ungainly, nose heavy, lights way too big. If you took the Mercedes grille and stars away it would look like one of those illicit Chinese copycars ..

[johnnyboy101]

Itsallicanafford said:

...The SL in my mind is fine if your a 60+ male who lives in a gated community in florida and drives around in it to the golf course with his wife wearing one of those funny golf visors thing...but as a 37 year old male in the Uk, i think i would feel like an idiot driving one of these, especailly with the top down...IMO of course...

tbh mate if you think you'll look like an idiot driving this then you will probably look like an idiot driving anything

[Dave Hedgehog]

not my cup of tea

[nickwilcock]

God that thing is ugly.

No clever statistics can disguise the fact that the new SL is an UTTER dog's breakfast in the aesthetic department.

What a shame - earlier models were so much better looking.

[BlackPrince]

This one looks the bees knees imo.
The original R230 though it looked good when it came out, looks a bit effeminate now.
The facelifted version looks a lot more muscular.

This new one looks like something out of "Cars" with those anthropomorphized "eyebrows" and just looks ridiculous.

And yes these cars are bland but aren't most expensive cars even performance ones "bland", ultimately? Most ppl, even buyers of performance cars, don't want involvement and a lot of noise - its why F1-style transmissions have become so popular over the years (in addition to fuel economy and performance of course).

[Twilight1]

Rear doesn't do favors for me. Ugly.

These days asthetics are so important, Mercedes are constantly disappointing in that sector. BMW does the best job, Audi is okay but Mercedes is clearly loosing the touch here.

[mattbvw]

I really don't like the look of that at all. That's all...

[rm89]

There's an R129 SL sometimes parks just down the road from me. It's quite shabby, obviously very well used, and looks all the more fantastic for it.

Don't think this is Mercedes' finest styling hour personally. Bet it's a fabulous car though.

[Gridl0k]

Farewell then, V12 SL. Sad day.

And I wish they'd cut out all this badge crap, what's wrong with going back to SL55? LA housewives really that important? Mercedes cars have their displacement on the back. AMG versions omit the trailing zero. Simple. I can forgive the 63 on the 6.2 from a historic viewpoint, but this is most un-German.

Having said that, 'what size engine has it got?' is what I get asked most about my AMG. So I guess we're just nerds.