Road & Track SLK55 (New!)
11-29-2004 | 10:34 PM
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Road & Track SLK55 (New!)
Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG - V-8 brawn for Mercedes' small roadster.
"After driving the new Mercedes-Benz SLK350, I wrote in our June 2004 issue: "If the SLK350 is the best of Veuve Cliquot, then we can expect the V-8-powered SLK55 AMG to be Dom Pérignon." Now I can tell you that I have had my Dom Pérignon!
Externally, the differences from the V-6-powered SLK350 are few. They are limited to 18- rather than 17-in. wheels, a slightly different front air dam, a discreet but efficient rear spoiler, which reduces lift over the rear axle by 36 percent, and four instead of two tailpipes. It also rides about 1 in. lower.
But under the skin, the SLK55 is almost a new car. Instead of adding a supercharger to the V-6 engine, as was done for the short-lived SLK32 AMG, Mercedes-Benz's AMG division has managed to squeeze the 5.4-liter naturally aspirated V-8 into the SLK's diminutive nose."
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http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1
"After driving the new Mercedes-Benz SLK350, I wrote in our June 2004 issue: "If the SLK350 is the best of Veuve Cliquot, then we can expect the V-8-powered SLK55 AMG to be Dom Pérignon." Now I can tell you that I have had my Dom Pérignon!
Externally, the differences from the V-6-powered SLK350 are few. They are limited to 18- rather than 17-in. wheels, a slightly different front air dam, a discreet but efficient rear spoiler, which reduces lift over the rear axle by 36 percent, and four instead of two tailpipes. It also rides about 1 in. lower.
But under the skin, the SLK55 is almost a new car. Instead of adding a supercharger to the V-6 engine, as was done for the short-lived SLK32 AMG, Mercedes-Benz's AMG division has managed to squeeze the 5.4-liter naturally aspirated V-8 into the SLK's diminutive nose."
More...
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....&page_number=1
