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Another eagerly awaited car bowing at the Geneva show is the all-new Mercedes-Benz SL63 high-performance roadster.

This AMG-built 6.3-liter V-8 powerplant should produce in excess of 500 horsepower and will most likely be mated to Mercedes' 7-speed automatic transmission featuring AMG Speedshift steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters.

Highlights to the latest iteration of this venerable German top-down two-door SL-Class include a sportier, new-look front fascia and hood, McLaren SLR-style side vents, a restyled cabin, and Airscarf — a head and neck warming system integrated into the headrests to allow for more top-down touring in the cooler seasons.

But this classy yet athletic-looking machine gets an even more aggressive look for the SL63 model. Lightweight 5-spoke alloys are shod with large-diameter, low-profile performance rubber for improved handling. And that aforementioned "fish gille"-styled side vent on the standard car is replaced by a larger, sturdier-looking one piece appliqué featuring bold "6.3 AMG" scripting. At the back, a more pronounced rear undertray, quad exhaust tips and a lip spoiler running across the trunk from taillight to taillight lets those caught in its wake as it rapidly passes by know that this isn't any ordinary SL.

Prices for the new SL-Class should range between $100,000 (V-8 engine) and $140,000 (V-12-equiped), with the new SL63 likely slotting in somewhere in between (though most likely closer to the upper echelon).


ROADandTRACK.com -- Auto Shows - High Roller Rides: 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL63 (3/2008)


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SL%%

not bad, not bad at all, looks good in white

SL2003driver

Good pic's. Looks like the front is higher and then slopes to the windshield? Really changes the design look of the front. The rear just looks like they mod'ed the lower part of the rear to make it more boy racer. Took a lot of class out of the design but it looks like the design direction that MB is headed in the future. Based on these changes I bet the new design will look alot like the new CL's only shorter with a convertable top. I think the 2003-2009's will end up as one of the prettiest SL designs ever made.

DCMETRO22Z

Thank you very much man, i was waiting for those pics since a long time

DCMETRO22Z

+1

Al E

The SL63 is stunning. On the list to get on.

IngenereAMG

I will wait until I see one in person, but I think that I like the nose of my car better. However, that transmission sounds very cool.

DaCeptak0n

What are the those black squares at the back of the headrests? Designs or part of the air-scarf vent?

jimand7

those wheels were stolen off of a 911 997tt!

Fantasm

they are fans covered by mesh

damian155

It actually looks pretty good. The grey one wasn't so attractive but i think this white one looks great. damn now I have to dodge one every time i see it at a traffic light--fellas we are dated!

BiTurboAmg

I am not liking that steering wheel, the plastic rear diff (should be cf) and the side 63 badge should be blk or cf but over all the car looks good. Now lets see what the BS looks like.

sprins

No man, we are instant classics!

bltserv

I like it.
The front is growing on me finally.
Still not that hot on the Red inside on White.
The rear is a nice change and will look great with the CF in the black series.

That sterring wheel looks a little funky.
The wheels are awesome. Good job on that change.
Cant wait to hear one trying to pass me.........

Sprins is right.
Our cars are Supercharged Classics. And the later models dont have huge
production numbers like 2003 and 2004 did. So just maybe. The "Depreciation Floor" will come up a taste in the near future. I know I am hallucinating again.......

vb26

not a big fan of those headlights. everything else is very nice.

WSH

Notion of "classic" status for any modern, tech-intensive car is about as laughable as one's Blackberry/iPhone becoming a classic or collectible after the latest/greatest and/or more debugged iteration is launched (which usually occurs every 6-12mos if R&D isn't inept)....

Am surprised AMG doesn't showcase SL63 030, rather than base SL63....030 has better-looking, ?lighter wheels; more perf-oriented steering wheel...and presumably more perf-oriented brakes/chassis/LSD....

And would think AMG would easily capture greater profits per SL63 by more actively marketing and selling more 030s, esp as they struggle to raise base MSRP, even in face of falling dollar....

At least at my dealer on SF Peninsula, the first ?7-8 guys who've ordered SL63 (all guys who drive CL63 030 or '07-'08 SL55 030/65 now) have each spec'd 030....

SL2003driver

It is obvious that the nose is big and different but can anyone on this forum really say it is better looking then the original design? The new 2009 changes to the front changed the balance. It looks like a add on which it is to cover MB so they meet the laws now in place in Europe. The MB designers had to change the frontend for 2009. Now they will say it is "xxxxxxx" and the sheep will follow. If you have to drive the newest you will buy it and try to convince yourself that it is aggressive looking or whatever, but it is a gov't mandate that screwed up the balance of the car design. I am sure that the new model in 2012 or whenever it comes out will be good looking but it will be a complete redesign that will look complete, not like some kid with a car kit started adding crap.

E500C70

My favorite color combo, I love it!

ItalianStallion

Idk...I just feel confused looking at it.

The rear is kinda young and aggressive, I like it. Everything else just...idk, I gotta see it in person.

Schiznick

What is everyones take on the silver 6.3 badge area? ummmmmm......

slm

Any word on the SL BS from the show?

damian155

+1 lol

SL%%

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I think its even nicer if they installed the Exterior Carbon Package

RRod

Sure hope they offer a "spoiler delete" option like BMW offered on their M3s .... IMHO, stick-on spoilers are like sooooo High School Ricer.

SL2003driver

Does that new front make the SL look bigger?