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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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I love my 04 SL. Has any one heard when 06 will go into production or what might be in store for it?
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Old Apr 7, 2005 | 12:38 AM
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I love my 04 SL. Has any one heard when 06 will go into production or what might be in store for it?
The 06 SL's go into production next month with deliveries to the dealers expected late June/early July.

I understand most people believe that no major changes are expected.
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 07:04 PM
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SL500 2003 previous/ E350 2007 actually
As far as I recall lovingsl600 is correct.
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 07:19 PM
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As far as I recall lovingsl600 is correct.
You can now order the 2006 SL models.
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 11:19 PM
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I was under the impression that the 06 models will be getting a facelift, as we have seen from the pics taken by Branda Priddy & Co. (The redesigned front bumper and grill part) Is this being postponed until MY07? Seems strange that Mercedes would already have a prototype of this if it is for MY07. Any clear ideas on what will happen?
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Old Apr 11, 2005 | 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jinmin803
I was under the impression that the 06 models will be getting a facelift, as we have seen from the pics taken by Branda Priddy & Co. (The redesigned front bumper and grill part) Is this being postponed until MY07? Seems strange that Mercedes would already have a prototype of this if it is for MY07. Any clear ideas on what will happen?
No the SL models are not changin until 2008 at the earliest,according to my dealership.
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 12:08 AM
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The only difference i see is the back lights. they arent red they are red and white.

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The only difference i see is the back lights. they arent red they are red and white.
And there is some very slight difference in the lower part of the front bumper around the fog lights. So minimal I couldn't tell until I put the pictures side by side.
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Old Apr 12, 2005 | 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by LovinSL600
And there is some very slight difference in the lower part of the front bumper around the fog lights. So minimal I couldn't tell until I put the pictures side by side.

Yea nothing major tho to go crazy about and get the 06 if u already have the new body sl's(2003 and up).
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Speaking of Brenda Priddy, here is a link to an article about her that I found interesting - http://motoring.telegraph.co.uk/moto...1/emfspy11.xml

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