Mercedes SLK Facelift Keeps its F1 Nose
The F1-nose remains
Scheduled for a presentation at the Geneva Show early next year is the minor facelift for the Mercedes SLK, likely to feature triangle bars underneath the Formula-One nose to mimic the front end design of Mercedes’ quite successful silver arrows F1 racers. Contrary to outside reports, it also appears that the prominent SLR McLaren style nose of the car will remain and just receive a mild restyling as it’s not dipping anymore down into the frame of the grille. Other new features will be slightly modified taillights and newly shaped front air-intakes. As the driver of the prototype snapped here undergoing tests in Stuttgart was very keen on covering the dashboard, we suppose that this is going to get some minor changes, too. On the other hand, we do not expect new engines and mechanics despite reports of the new 6.3 liter AMG engine replacing the current 5.5 liter AMG engine. Buyers will still have the choice between 163, 231, 272 and 360 bhp engines.
Rolli, the SLK is 4 meters. even the CL is only 5 meters. where did you get the 7.8 meters from ?!
I thought we were talking about blue whale-babies.
53° 3.510'N 8° 54.550'E
that shot was easy to find;-)
on google @ that location there's one SLK under a canopy and one open... the rest is private employees vehicles, and construction trucks... gardening or something.... i love GE;-)
a compact roadster indeed. Mercedes-Benz of course invented the car and continues to make the worlds finest autos over 100 years later while shitting on american and japanese companies
Mercedes works in the right way. the F1 front must stay.
Silversedanman, you do sound like you come out of some advertising segment from motor trend or something, but with crappy handling of the english language, lol!
Epic girls car, hahaha, no guy would drive that, not even slk 55 amg! LOL!
i disagree... even though i don't like the design it's a model driven by both genders...
This car is built for cool islands where the houses are small and the car is everything. Defenitely a cool car when you travel arround Europe. Small, smart, fast!
Stop it with the ¨SLK is for girls¨ talk. The previuos model was a bit of a girly thing, but this one lookes nice even without the facelift. Can't wait to see the facelifted one.
a nice compact car!