Mercedes-Benz SL Class News
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By now you’ve probably read everything there is to know about the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (if not, click here), but here’s a new mega-gallery and collection of videos to ogle. The new model is the sixth-generation of Mercedes’ luxurious grand tourer and convertible, which began with the original 300SL ‘gullwing’ model and following roadster back in the 1950s. Living up to its German ‘Sport Leicht’ designation, the new 2013 SL-Class features an aluminum body plus a host of other weight saving modifications that ensure it weighs a substantial...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 Preview: 2012 Detroit Auto Show
On the heels of a major leak, the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 has gone official, with full specs and details of the new R231, the sixth generation of the SL Class. Powered in SL550 form by a twin-turbo 4.6-liter V-8 engine rated at 429 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque, it's a significant...
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Last R230-Series Mercedes-Benz SL-Class Rolls Off The Line
The new 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is just around the corner so that means production of the current-generation, the R230, has to come to an end. That end happened last week when the very last R230 SL-Class, build number 169,434, rolled off the car’s production line at Mercedes' plant in...
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New Mercedes-Benz SL: "Less Weight, More Vision, More Sound"
Before the introduction of more extreme vehicles like the McLaren-Mercedes SLR and the current gull-wing Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, the regular SL-Class sports car was top of the tree in the Mercedes hierarchy. As such it was often a technological leader, frequently sharing innovations with the S-Class...
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More Details On 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL’s New Technology
UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. We recently gave you a taste of some of the technical highlights of the upcoming 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class, but now we have an in-depth look at the new technologies making their way onto the luxury...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Technology Preview: Lighter, Louder, More Magical
UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. Just ahead of the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz has given us a sneak peek at the upcoming 2013 SL-Class. While we can't share actual photos of the car with you just yet, we can give you...
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UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. We're already a good portion of the way through a whole new batch of Mercedes-Benz models to be launched, including the SLK-Class and C-Class Coupe, B-Class, and next-generation M-Class. Soon, the 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class will be joining the party, expected to debut early in 2012. These latest images show it in the least camouflage yet, with a revealing white paint job underneath. Though its proportions seem similar to the current model, a closer inspection reveals a few subtle differences...
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John Travolta's Classic Mercedes-Benz 280 SL Stolen
Thieves snagged John Travolta's 1970 Mercedes-Benz from a Santa Monica street, while the actor was visiting a local Jaguar dealership.
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class To Debut At 2012 Detroit Auto Show
UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL Class has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. A few months ago, Mercedes-Benz quietly dropped the V-12 variants from its SL-Class lineup, and the popular interpretation was that it was preparing for the debut of the upcoming 2013 SL-Class...
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Mercedes-Benz SL Stalls In Flash Flood, Toyotas Plough Through: Video
An R230 series Mercedes-Benz SL-Class has fallen victim to a flash flood that hit Ellicott City, Maryland yesterday. The driver of the Mercedes attempts to proceed along a flooded street before the car stalls, attracting the attention of onlookers who happily film the event. Several Toyota vehicles...
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2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Spy Video
UPDATE: The 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG has been revealed. Click here for all the info and photos. Mercedes-Benz is working on a brand new generation of its SL-Class luxury convertible, and once again there will be high-performance AMG variants, the future V-8 powered SL63 AMG captured here in our...
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NFL Coach Sells His Mercedes-Benz SL 500 To Cafeteria Worker For $20
Ray Horton, ex-secondary coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers and new defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, did a pretty generous thing recently: he sold his 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 to a long-time cafeteria worker that served the coaches and staff for just $20. The car is worth closer to...
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The official word from Mercedes-Benz for dropping its V-12 SL-Class models was to make way for the redesigned 2013 model but competition from the SLS AMG and new SLS AMG Roadster is also possible.
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Carlsson C25 Royale Based On The Mercedes-Benz SL: 2011 Geneva Motor Show
It’s been a while since we last heard of German tuner Carlsson and its wild C25 supercar loosely based on the Mercedes-Benz SL platform. At last year’s Geneva Motor Show Carlsson first took the covers off the C25 and announced a limited production run of just 25 units of the V-12...
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Study: Mercedes SL-Class Drivers Four Times More Likely To Get A Ticket
If you drive a Mercedes-Benz SL-Class convertible, you've probably gotten a speeding ticket, according to a new study from Verisk Analytics. If you drive a Buick Rainier, you probably don't know what a ticket looks like. The study found the SL-Class to be the most-ticketed car, at a rate four times...
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Jim Carrey Upgrades From Jenny McCarthy To The Mercedes SL 63 AMG
Well, okay, that headline is a little misleading: Jim probably didn't dump Jenny for a roadster. However, McCarthy and the Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG do share some striking similarities: 1. Their names both start with the letter "M". (Totally striking.) 2. They're both jaw-droppingly hot. 3. They've...
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Toray To Supply Carbon-Fiber To Daimler, First Up 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class
Carbon-fiber is seen by many in the auto industry as one of the most effective ways of reducing vehicle weight and thus improving fuel economy and emissions levels, but the relative expense of the material means that it’s still reserved for only a handful of high-end production cars. BMW has...
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Cameron Diaz Is Obviously A Class Act
Five reasons to love Cameron Diaz, as evinced in the photo linked below: 1) She's not Charlize Theron. 2) She's not Kate Hudson. 3) She's not Blake Lively. 4) She's not Kristen Bell. 5) She's not Sarah Jessica Parker. (Not even close.) 6) She did softcore porn [SFW], then tried to say "Nuh-uh!"...
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The Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series is one car not in need of an upgrade but that hasn’t stopped the guys at Brabus from increasing the car’s performance to the level of the world’s top supercars. In stock form the potent GT already develops a hefty 661 horsepower but after some Brabus magic the car’s twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 is now pumping out an even 800 horsepower. Dubbed the Brabus Vanish, the special one-off supercar was commissioned by a customer in the Middle-East and we’re sure would have cost ‘significantly’ more than the SL65 AMG Black Series’ $320,000...
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Mercedes-Benz Unveils SL Night Edition and SLK Grand Edition For Europe
Two special editions of the Mercedes-Benz's convertibles come alongside the Detroit Auto Show.
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Emmy Rossum Could Probably Do Better Than A Mercedes-Benz ML
Why hello there, Emmy Rossum! You sure are well-dressed in this photo -- especially to be dating somebody from Counting Crows. Though now that we think about it, Courtney Cox (aka Courtney Cox Arquette) didn't grunge up very much during her journey down that black hole of crap rock, either, and she...
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Blind Man Posts 200 MPH Record In A Mercedes SL 65 Black Series
The record run took place on a closed off runway at Upington International Airport in South Africa.
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Mariah Carey Rides The Time Machine--And A Mercedes-Benz SL
Her hair says 80s, but her car says NOW.
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Lauren Conrad Is The Anti-Audrina In Her Black Mercedes SL
But they can both outrun Speidi
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