jumpman23

Not a bad car at all... drives and handles much better than my current SLK320. The power increase seems nominal, but definitely noticeable. Too bad they didn't have any 6-speed manuals. All the cars were automatic. Blah.

Drove the E320 CDI (Diesel) as well. Definitely an upgrade from any diesels mbz has ever put out in the past.

Anyone else get a chance to attend the tour???

GearHead

I too had the opportunity. The handling was pretty good but I did experience a little bit of "torque steer" like symptom. Needed to make sure both hands gripped the steering wheel while driving around the course.

Following two pics were taken at the track



These were taken at the parking lot. Must be a MBUSA distributor demo unit






Hope you guys like these

SLK55AMG

Sorry to be picky but torque steer is only possible in a front wheel drive car..... the SLK is rear wheel drive.

jyg e500 maybe

problem would cause wheel to act strangely,

GearHead

Thanks for the clarification. What I was trying to relate was that it gave the symptom of torque steer. I had just my left hand on the steering and when I floored the gas pedal, the steering wheel appeared to have its own direction.

Needed both hands to grip on especially when I drove it aggressively.

In summary. it was fun to drive.

sinbat

Hi,
I was wondering if the trunk space noticeably larger than the older version SLK?
Thank you

jumpman23

HA! I was too busy lining up to drive the cars that I didn't even bother to look! Great question though... maybe Gearhead got a chance to look???

sinbat

I had a Miata and couldn't even fit 4 bags of grocery in the trunk. But I guess if you want to buy the SLK, that shouldn't be one of the factor. My current CLK has alot of trunk space. In addition, what else did they offer at the event you guys attended in addition to test drives? I signed up for the one on Sept 19th (I live in the DC area). Thanks again.

dinko

Yes it is.

GearHead

MBUSA didn't give us the opportunity to check out the features such as trunk size. As far as I can recall, there were 3 SLKs as part of this event and they were all on the track.

One of the 'presenters' actually indicated that they didn't want us to play around the controls (such as the folding roof and others) because they wanted the line to move.

Two preliminary observations:
1) Seat controls are located on the side of the seat (not on door panel) -- different from the other MBs
2) A lot more plastic content. I test drove the CLK500 cab after the SLK350 and found that the CLK had a richer interior.

As for the event, there were 3 test tracks; where cabs, offroaders and 4matics were offered for testing.

There were 5 - 6 cars on static display including the CLS500, S600 and others. Within the hospitality suite, there were displays from Canon, Wilson, Saks and even Ritz-Calton Spa

Pretty interesting event. Wished I could spend more time.

Hv fun