Mercedes-Benz SLC Class News
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Mercedes-Benz will show two special-edition roadsters at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show next month and each will likely signal the end of the line for their model lines. On Tuesday, Mercedes unveiled the 2020 SLC Final Edition and the SL Grand Edition, both of which will make their public debuts in Geneva. Like the first SLK from 1996, the SLC is available in yellow. That color was called Yellowstone in Europe and Sunburst Yellow in the U.S. This version is called Sun Yellow. Both the SLC 300 and SLC 43 get the Final Edition treatment, but only the SLC 43 will be offered in yellow. The SLC 300...
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Report: Mercedes to axe SLC
Mercedes-Benz boss Dieter Zetsche revealed to media during last month’s 2017 Geneva auto show that the automaker would be pruning back the number of specialty cars it currently offers, namely coupe and convertibles. Zetsche said Mercedes would continue to offer multiple specialty cars but not...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC first drive review
Roadsters like the 2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC aren’t exactly in vogue right now. The Honda S2000 faded away a few years ago. BMW Z4 sales have fizzled to levels far below those of the more expensive 6-Series Convertible. Porsche’s pushed the Boxster upmarket. And the only bright spot on the...
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Mercedes celebrates SLK's 20th birthday (with a name change)
Taking the stand for the first time 20 years ago at the Turin Motor Show with its folding metal hardtop was Mercedes-Benz's innovative SLK roadster. The original SLK was an attention-grabber, for sure, arriving in a market where only a handful of convertibles had been offered with folding metal...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC preview
Mercedes-Benz today unveiled the 2017 SLC, which is a heavily revised version of the SLK roadster, prior to its public introduction at the 2016 Detroit Auto Show. The updated roadster will be offered as the Mercedes-Benz SLC300 and the Mercedes-AMG SLC43. The SLC300 will be powered by a...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC Spy Shots
Mercedes-Benz is bringing back its SLC badge next year, but it won’t be affixed to an ‘all-new’ car but rather an updated version of the current SLK. The SLK is now one of the oldest models in the automaker’s fleet, having been on the market in its current form since the...
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Mercedes-Benz’s entry-level sports car, the SLK-Class, is about to undergo a mid-cycle update and in the process be rebranded an SLC. According to a new report, when the SLC arrives, there won’t be a dedicated performance offering to replace the current SLK55 from Mercedes-AMG. Instead, the new performance range-topper will likely be an ‘AMG sport’ model built by Mercedes-Benz rather than Mercedes-AMG. Spy shots of prototypes have already been spotted. This model is expected to feature a version of the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V-6 fitted to existing AMG sport models...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC450 AMG Spy Shots
The SLC450 is set to make a comeback, only this time around the famous badge will be affixed to a version of Mercedes-Benz’s entry-level sports car and not the SL-Class. We’re talking about the SLK, which will soon be rebranded an SLC as part of its mid-cycle update, an update that...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran