SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Is the SL body style changing soon?
12-13-2007, 07:11 PM
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Is the SL body style changing soon?
I thought MB chaged the body style of the SL every 10 years?
2010 or 2013 it would be due, any info?
2010 or 2013 it would be due, any info?
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12-13-2007, 07:31 PM
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12-13-2007, 07:45 PM
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Another attempt at SL facelift is due in CY08....unknowns incl how much interior/tech systems will be updated to rival CL-tech....
Would observe SL sales have collapsed in last 2-3 yrs (both before and after MY07 facelift); high-end economy is slowing....and Ferrari is supposedly launching a $200Kish retractable hardtop ?CA GT in CY08.....so SL63/65 and SL63 Blk Series...and 997TT Cab (rush facelift for 997TT in CY08 perhaps b/c of this new Ferrari) all face serious new competition in a challenging economy (look at how anemic are sales of S/CL63/65 even early post-launch)....
Given the pace of advances in car tech/computer networks (and the profitability of $150K+ cars to mfrs), suspect pace of model styling/tech platform changes will be faster than was in DarkAges of more analog/mechanical cars.....robust competition will be great for consumers....
Would observe SL sales have collapsed in last 2-3 yrs (both before and after MY07 facelift); high-end economy is slowing....and Ferrari is supposedly launching a $200Kish retractable hardtop ?CA GT in CY08.....so SL63/65 and SL63 Blk Series...and 997TT Cab (rush facelift for 997TT in CY08 perhaps b/c of this new Ferrari) all face serious new competition in a challenging economy (look at how anemic are sales of S/CL63/65 even early post-launch)....
Given the pace of advances in car tech/computer networks (and the profitability of $150K+ cars to mfrs), suspect pace of model styling/tech platform changes will be faster than was in DarkAges of more analog/mechanical cars.....robust competition will be great for consumers....
12-25-2007, 11:37 AM
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Another attempt at SL facelift is due in CY08....unknowns incl how much interior/tech systems will be updated to rival CL-tech....
Would observe SL sales have collapsed in last 2-3 yrs (both before and after MY07 facelift); high-end economy is slowing....and Ferrari is supposedly launching a $200Kish retractable hardtop ?CA GT in CY08.....so SL63/65 and SL63 Blk Series...and 997TT Cab (rush facelift for 997TT in CY08 perhaps b/c of this new Ferrari) all face serious new competition in a challenging economy (look at how anemic are sales of S/CL63/65 even early post-launch)....
Given the pace of advances in car tech/computer networks (and the profitability of $150K+ cars to mfrs), suspect pace of model styling/tech platform changes will be faster than was in DarkAges of more analog/mechanical cars.....robust competition will be great for consumers....
Would observe SL sales have collapsed in last 2-3 yrs (both before and after MY07 facelift); high-end economy is slowing....and Ferrari is supposedly launching a $200Kish retractable hardtop ?CA GT in CY08.....so SL63/65 and SL63 Blk Series...and 997TT Cab (rush facelift for 997TT in CY08 perhaps b/c of this new Ferrari) all face serious new competition in a challenging economy (look at how anemic are sales of S/CL63/65 even early post-launch)....
Given the pace of advances in car tech/computer networks (and the profitability of $150K+ cars to mfrs), suspect pace of model styling/tech platform changes will be faster than was in DarkAges of more analog/mechanical cars.....robust competition will be great for consumers....
not to sound dumb but I have no idea what all the acronyms mean, MY97, CA GT, CY08?
