RE: Mercedes-Benz SL500: Review

[Oddball RS]

Any car that needs a cosmetic job so soon should pretty obviously not have been released looking like it did in the first place.

[kambites]

Oddball RS said:

Any car that needs a cosmetic job so soon should pretty obviously not have been released looking like it did in the first place.

The R231 was released four years ago. That's about normal for a mid-life facelift isn't it?

[Ed Straker]

I guess I would say this, but I prefer the pre-facelift (which I own)
And I prefer my 500 to the SL55 I had before that.
It's quite simply an epic bit of kit.

[only1ian]

Hill Hunter said:

What SL driver weighs 75kg!

This one

[powerstroke]

Will it fit a set of golf clubs and will the bridge club and rotarians like it ??? could be a winner !!!!

[TOOMANYMS]

Hill Hunter said:

What SL driver weighs 75kg!

Most women?

[anonymous-user]

Completely forgetting this model, it will be interesting to see what the next SL will look like. The ingredients are simple - a front engined, RWD, folding hard-top convertible with a big engine. It also has to 'fit' the bloodline. You wouldn't thought it was easy to muck that up, but as cars become more jammed-packed (even by M-B standards) full of electronics and devices, I can't help thinking the days of the Pagoda and R107 are over.

R230 was nice though.