Vehicle Description
RETRACTABLE HARD TOP
DUAL ZONE CLIMATE CONTROL
POWER LEATHER SEATS
POWER WINDOWS AND LOCKS
THE MERCEDES-BENZ SL-CLASS IS A GRAND TOURING CAR MANUFACTURED BY
MERCEDES SINCE 1954. THE DESIGNATION SL DERIVES FROM THE GERMAN
SUPER-LEICHT, (ENGLISH: SUPER LIGHT). THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS
SUGGESTED BY AN AMERICAN IMPORTER MAX HOFFMAN, WHO PERCEIVED A
MARKET FOR A TONED-DOWN GRAND PRIX CAR TAILORED TO AFFLUENT
PERFORMANCE ENTHUSIASTS IN THE BOOMING POST-WAR AMERICAN MARKET,
WHICH REMAINS THE PRIMARY MARKET FOR THE VEHICLES.
THE FIFTH GENERATION SL WAS IN PRODUCTION BETWEEN 2001 AND 2008.
THE ALL-NEW SL (INITIALLY JUST A 5.0-LITRE SL 500 VERSION) FEATURED
A RETRACTABLE HARDTOP (MARKETED AS THE VARIO ROOF) AVAILABLE ON THE
SLK SINCE 1997. THIS FEATURED A 5.0-LITRE 302 HP (225 KW) V8, WITH
A 5.4-LITRE AMG SUPERCHARGED V8 APPEARING IN 2002's SL 55 AMG. V12
ENGINES WERE AVAILABLE IN THE SL 600 AND THE LIMITED-PRODUCTION SL
65 AMG. THE SL 350 3.7-LITRE (3724 CC) 18-VALVE V6 245 HP WAS ONLY
AVAILABLE IN SOME MARKETS. THE R230 ALSO FEATURES THE ABC (ACTIVE
BODY CONTROL) WHICH OFFERS THE BALANCE OF COMFORT AND HANDLING;
THIS COMPLEX SYSTEM USES ACCUMULATORS AND HYDRAULIC FLUIDS TO
REGULATE THE FIRMNESS AND HEIGHTS OF THE SUSPENSION. NEWER MODEL
YEARS (2004+) FEATURE THE 7 SPEED TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS SUPERIOR
TO THE PREVIOUS 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION.
