SL/R232: Some new SL info
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So, I adore my 2017 SL450. I like not having an utterly useless rear seat and vastly prefer its retractable hardtop over a soft top that would deteriorate under the harsh Las Vegas summer sun. As a non-track driver, I am delighted with its acceleration and handling. All I really wanted in my next SL was the same front seats only and convertible hardtop, a heads-up display, a digital dashboard, front/360 cameras, and MB’s state-of-the-art safety technologies. Oh, and a choice of actual paint and leather colors, too. For me, that would have been a real winner — even nicer than a Bentley Continental at half the price.
Last edited by jmeyersnv; Aug 21, 2020 at 02:07 PM. Reason: Clarifying my “wants”.
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All I really wanted in my next SL was a heads-up display, a digital dashboard, front/360 cameras, and MB’s state-of-the-art safety technologies. Oh, and a choice of actual paint and leather colors, too. For me, that would have been a real winner — easily as nice as a Bentley Continental at half the price.
All the above but, no rear seats and no soft top.
THEN would have been "perfect" !
All the above but, no rear seats and no soft top.
THEN would have been "perfect" !
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All I really wanted in my next SL was a heads-up display, a digital dashboard, front/360 cameras, and MB’s state-of-the-art safety technologies. Oh, and a choice of actual paint and leather colors, too. For me, that would have been a real winner — easily as nice as a Bentley Continental at half the price.
All the above but, no rear seats and no soft top.
THEN would have been "perfect" !
All the above but, no rear seats and no soft top.
THEN would have been "perfect" !
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Looks like a nice looking car, but does not look like what I would expect an SL to look like. Not that it matters much to me since I just acquired our SL400 in June and we are not likely to looking to replace it for many years.
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Agreed. The rear photos show a rounded trunk lid that is not attractive. And is it possible to keep a rag top that contoured and rounded? Are those roof rails hiding under the covers? Maybe the retractable hardtop still lives!
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Is is just my old eyes, or does the car appear to be smaller; more on the scale of the current Z4 BMW? Just looks smaller to me, but it could be the disguised look that does that.
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The rear appears similar to a GT model which is not a bad thing...
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Drive dynamically the car definitely sounds less interesting than the current GT models. Engine further upfront, engine higher position, transmission attached to the engine instead of transaxle. No dual clutch, traditional 9G-tronic (either the MB on AMG MCT). Airmatic, 4-matic Plus. More or less like the E63s we had.
Last edited by Wolfman; Aug 27, 2020 at 02:12 PM.
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Actually, I was looking at the rear photos and thinking that they remind me a bit of the Z4.
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Here is something for you diehard R231 SL guys:
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
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Yes, it's sad that Daimler is abandoning the hardtop convertible market but sales don't justify keeping this model in production. The buyers determine what is built and very few are buying them. 
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Here is something for you diehard R231 SL guys:
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
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Oh no...
Yet another car beaten with the Bangle stick!
"On sale for over a decade"? How do they figure that? Is eight years now more than ten years?
Yet another car beaten with the Bangle stick!Here is something for you diehard R231 SL guys:
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
https://www.automobilemag.com/news/m...-drive-review/
The R231 has never looked better than the one in this article IMO.
M
Last edited by Dr. Manhattan; Sep 23, 2020 at 01:28 PM.
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