The Mercedes-Benz SL550, SL63 AMG and SL65 AMG are being recalled for an occupant classification system malfunction. The system may fail to detect a lightweight person sitting in the front passenger seat. As a result, the passenger-side airbag may not deploy when necessary. Approximately 130 cars built from January 16 through April 30, 2013 are […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | December 11, 2013
Winter is knocking on our door. Temperatures are dropping, holiday shoppers are scrambling, and Christmas music is irritating. Winter also means fewer convertibles appearing on the highways and byways of the Northern Hemisphere. To hold you over during convertible-slump season, we’re featuring a Mercedes-Benz SL-Class in this edition of Photos of the Week. These shots […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 27, 2013
Get a load of this: Mercedes-Benz tuner HWA AG has decided to take three 300SL Gullwings and make “special editions” out of them. First they rip out the Gullwing’s historically significant, 212-horsepower direct-injected SOHC inline-six, and replace it with a 381-horsepower AMG 6.0L V8. That’s a bit sacrilegious, but forgivable. Then HWA throws on a […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 26, 2013
Take a look at this Mercedes-Benz SL-Class rendering. Do you fancy this shooting brake, or is it a broken shot at a good design? WorldCarFans says it could be an interesting competitor to the Ferrari FF. I agree it would be an interesting competitor, albeit an ugly one. Currently there are no production plans for […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 14, 2013
Yesterday we ran a story about a super-mean rally SL500. And it got us wondering… what’s the greatest SL that Mercedes ever built? We all remember the legendary mid ’50s Gullwing and of course the ‘Pagoda’ SL. But what about more recent SLs like the McLaren collab SLR? Or perhaps an AMG tuned Black Series? […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 25, 2013
Mercedes-Benz was active on the global rally circuit in the late 1970’s and developed a new car for the 1981 World Rally Championship. They hired Walter Rorhl, who had just won the WRC for Fiat in 1980, to test the new R107 SL500 and give input. The car was based on a street-driven SL except […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 24, 2013
The Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG is a pretty quick machine. It can easily outrun scooters, Prius, kittens, 911s and some M-group BMWs. We’re pretty sure that this SL can outrun, well, anything with wheels. Why? Because it pulls on a couple of Yamaha R1’s from 50 or so km/h up past 300 km/h (that’s over 186 […] More »
By: Yoav Gilad | October 10, 2013
