SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: New SL55 with unique colour in the world?
07-05-2003, 12:10 PM
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New SL55 with unique colour in the world?
Finally my SL55 has arrived !
The pics dont do it justice cos of the light. But the colour is Chalcedony blue which is almost a varicolour - beige, ice-blue, to Blue to silver depending on the light
I managed to persuade the Designo rep at the Geneva Motor Show to include this unadvertised colour. It is mainly for the S500 i think. It was demonstrated as such at the show on a 4-matic.
It is full option (without the pano) and has black nappa designo interior and no stitching on the dash cos it would reflect in the light.
I take delivery next saturday after they have put in blue ''AMG'' lighted sills next week.
Total price here - 236,000 swiss francs or at today's dollar rate $175,200. You guys are lucky over the pond ! **** !
3 questions to the forum if I may :-
1) what is the recommended run-in mileage ? They are telling me here in Geneva no wacking it for 1000 kilometres. Are they right ?
2) do you have in the US a satnav cd for the whole country ? here i can only get ''Switzerland and the French Alps plus all major roads of western europe''. what do you have available from dealers ?
3) what are other countries Television channel availabilities ? In switz i get 3 channels.... :-(
Anyway more full sunlight pics to follow after the real delivery next week...I cant wait
By the way the MB rep here is adamant that at end 2003 a new roadster is being released - not the SL65 as ppl are saying on the forum (he has never heard of it) but the (wait for it !)
SL62 (!)
is this news to anyone ?
best regards to all in the forum for extremely valuable advice and special thanks to PaulD in the UK for poo pooing my former car - a lexus sc430 and making me change my thought processes !
The pics dont do it justice cos of the light. But the colour is Chalcedony blue which is almost a varicolour - beige, ice-blue, to Blue to silver depending on the light
I managed to persuade the Designo rep at the Geneva Motor Show to include this unadvertised colour. It is mainly for the S500 i think. It was demonstrated as such at the show on a 4-matic.
It is full option (without the pano) and has black nappa designo interior and no stitching on the dash cos it would reflect in the light.
I take delivery next saturday after they have put in blue ''AMG'' lighted sills next week.
Total price here - 236,000 swiss francs or at today's dollar rate $175,200. You guys are lucky over the pond ! **** !
3 questions to the forum if I may :-
1) what is the recommended run-in mileage ? They are telling me here in Geneva no wacking it for 1000 kilometres. Are they right ?
2) do you have in the US a satnav cd for the whole country ? here i can only get ''Switzerland and the French Alps plus all major roads of western europe''. what do you have available from dealers ?
3) what are other countries Television channel availabilities ? In switz i get 3 channels.... :-(
Anyway more full sunlight pics to follow after the real delivery next week...I cant wait
By the way the MB rep here is adamant that at end 2003 a new roadster is being released - not the SL65 as ppl are saying on the forum (he has never heard of it) but the (wait for it !)
SL62 (!)
is this news to anyone ?
best regards to all in the forum for extremely valuable advice and special thanks to PaulD in the UK for poo pooing my former car - a lexus sc430 and making me change my thought processes !
07-05-2003, 12:13 PM
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Nice car, congratulations! I've heard rumors of a naturally aspirated 6.3 liter V8 making over 500HP coming in the next 2 years. Could this be the new SL62?
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07-05-2003, 02:41 PM
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Congradulations!
Nice Color.
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
I almost got that color on my SL but I didn't see enough pictures to convince me to get it so I ended up with Brilliant Silver.
I wish I would have seen pictures of your car before, I may have changed my mind.
Nice Color.
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
I almost got that color on my SL but I didn't see enough pictures to convince me to get it so I ended up with Brilliant Silver.
I wish I would have seen pictures of your car before, I may have changed my mind.
07-05-2003, 02:55 PM
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Originally posted by wait2long455
Congradulations!
Nice Color.
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
Congradulations!
Nice Color.
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
07-05-2003, 04:49 PM
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Looks very much like "tellur silver" here in the UK , which is the colour of ours.
Oh , by the way , in one of the photos , it looks as if they've put the steering wheel and everything on the wrong side.
I'll just get my coat !
David
Oh , by the way , in one of the photos , it looks as if they've put the steering wheel and everything on the wrong side.
I'll just get my coat !
David
07-05-2003, 05:13 PM
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Originally posted by wait2long455
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
Actually that color has been availabile in the U.S. for a while now.
Here it is called Diamond Silver.
Umm, that is not diamond silver.
07-06-2003, 03:16 AM
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no its not tellur silver or diamond silver - its chalcedony blue and is not availble for the SL55 according to the MB rep here - you have to do a bit of persuading with the designo rep. there was a car in the garage next to mine which was tellur silver and i can tell you that that was a different colour to mine
07-06-2003, 12:09 PM
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Originally posted by swissmick
no its not tellur silver or diamond silver - its chalcedony blue and is not availble for the SL55 according to the MB rep here - you have to do a bit of persuading with the designo rep. there was a car in the garage next to mine which was tellur silver and i can tell you that that was a different colour to mine
no its not tellur silver or diamond silver - its chalcedony blue and is not availble for the SL55 according to the MB rep here - you have to do a bit of persuading with the designo rep. there was a car in the garage next to mine which was tellur silver and i can tell you that that was a different colour to mine
07-06-2003, 05:38 PM
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Originally posted by E55AMG99
I swear I saw a chalcedony bly SL55 at Smythe in San Jose last month. At least that's what I thought the sticker said. Either way, the car looks awesome in this color.
I swear I saw a chalcedony bly SL55 at Smythe in San Jose last month. At least that's what I thought the sticker said. Either way, the car looks awesome in this color.
07-07-2003, 10:51 PM
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Originally posted by Noah Miller
Looks a lot ike horizon blue
Looks a lot ike horizon blue
Yep, that color's pretty old, I've seen plenty of S-classes around here with that color.
nice car though!
07-08-2003, 12:01 PM
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looks great! congrats! we were gonna get that colour on our new E which is due to arrive mid septmeber.......it was going to be an extra £620 which i think is about $900 and delivery would have been delayed by 6 weeks! what abt u? once agn congrats!
