SL/R232: is new SL63 .....slow?
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Even by 911 standards that heavy for a 911. A 911 Cab use to weigh just a little over 3,000lbs. Pretty much all 911's have gained about 200-300 lbs over the last ten years.
The SL has also always been heavier than a 911 for decades, the AMG GT though is closer to the 911's weight, although still a bit heavier.
The SL has also always been heavier than a 911 for decades, the AMG GT though is closer to the 911's weight, although still a bit heavier.
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Maybe it is just me, but everything I have ever read about the SL in my life until this year said that SL stood for Sport Leicht. With the introduction of the r232 last year, many of the journalists are now saying Super Leicht. Is Mercedes for some reason trying to re-write history here or has anyone ever heard of "Super Leicht" until last year?
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Maybe it is just me, but everything I have ever read about the SL in my life until this year said that SL stood for Sport Leicht. With the introduction of the r232 last year, many of the journalists are now saying Super Leicht. Is Mercedes for some reason trying to re-write history here or has anyone ever heard of "Super Leicht" until last year?
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Wow - thanks for the press release! I find it bizarre that Mercedes somehow missed this or let is slide all these years without correcting it. I just spent a few minuties googleing this, and it is clearly a recent discovery in the archives.
Super-Leicht it is! To be super pedantic, we need to start hyphenating it as well.
Super-Leicht it is! To be super pedantic, we need to start hyphenating it as well.
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I didn’t say they should have kept it “the way it was.” As I opined, they should have kept what was great about the last SL and improved everything else. The R231 was far from a perfect car, but did have many wonderful attributes. But MB washed their hands of the fabled cruiser and gave it to AMG who threw the baby out with the bath water. I’m sure the R232 will have much to like, but to those of us who have driven SL’s for decades—my first was a 1972 and I’ve owned eight—this new car is not worthy of the legacy, it’s yet another huge compromise.
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Wow - thanks for the press release! I find it bizarre that Mercedes somehow missed this or let is slide all these years without correcting it. I just spent a few minuties googleing this, and it is clearly a recent discovery in the archives.
Super-Leicht it is! To be super pedantic, we need to start hyphenating it as well.
Super-Leicht it is! To be super pedantic, we need to start hyphenating it as well.
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I could not recommend more that you take the opportunity to drive the SL55 as soon as you get the chance, I am convinced your opinion would be changed on the car.
The new suspension set up is mind boggling. I have never adapted the individual setting more than in the new SL, and I have seat time in LOTS of AMG cars. It can comfortably soak up rough back roads at a spirited speed and an hour later give a rock solid feel on a race track that allows you to feel the pebble you hit on the apex of the last turn.
The new suspension set up is mind boggling. I have never adapted the individual setting more than in the new SL, and I have seat time in LOTS of AMG cars. It can comfortably soak up rough back roads at a spirited speed and an hour later give a rock solid feel on a race track that allows you to feel the pebble you hit on the apex of the last turn.
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Were you able to extensively sample the standard SL55 suspension vs the optional hydraulic setup? So far disappointed that none of the reviews I have watched or read address this. Seems like those that drove the SL63 found it on the firm side, whereas the SL55 is more comfortable. Do you agree?
