SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Is the SL body style changing soon?
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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?
Last edited by smess; Dec 13, 2007 at 07:14 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....
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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?
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