Review
Mercedes SL Cabrio
Price £ 73,805 - £ 173,295
reviewed by CarBuyer
- Amazing power
- driving comfort
- Quite handy
- [1945041Teure] to buy
- High operating costs
- not very exciting to drive
at a glance
- the greenest
- SL 400 AMG line 2dr £ 73,805
- lowest
- SL 400 AMG line 2dr £ 73,805
- the fastest
- AMG SL 65 2dr £ 173 295
- Top of the range
- AMG SL 65 2dr £ 173 295
"The Mercedes SL is a convertible two-seater sports car with an emphasis on comfort over handling. It does a fantastic job."
The Mercedes SL is a veteran of the luxury roadster class and is quite unique in its appeal. There is a big car, driven with a retractable hardtop and is oriented toward the top of the Mercedes range -. In addition to the Mercedes S-Class Cabrio Sale
The latest Mercedes SL convertible, a state-of-the -art has aluminum body and a choice of four engines. It is easier, faster and more economical than its predecessor, and also to drive sharper. With the launch of the Mercedes-AMG GT sports car, the SL series has been brought into line with the image of the AMG performance arm of Mercedes. As a result, it is now available as either a AMG-line or as a full on AMG
There are two AMG Line SL models :. A SL400 with a V6 3.0-liter gasoline equipped 367bhp and a 445bhp SL500 with powerful V8. They feature 19-inch AMG light-alloy wheels, lowered AMG styling components, stiffened sports suspension and all-LED headlights. There is no lack of comfort, either all models of Mercedes impressive COMAND infotainment system (with online capability and DAB radio), leather memory seats, front and rear parking sensors and many other devices.
The range flagship models are the pure AMG. The AMG SL63 has a 577bhp V8 and at the top of the performance tree is the AMG SL65 with 621bhp 6.0-liter V12.
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MPG, Rates & CO2 runs
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Elaborate run
with a lighter body and more efficient engines, is the current Mercedes SL to run not as expensive as have been his predecessor. Mercedes claims that can achieve SL400 36.7mpg, while CO2 emissions stand at 175 grams per kilometer, they a-year £ 210 just squeezes into the road tax bracket. The V8-powered SL500 model manages 31.4mpg and CO2 emissions raise 205 g / km, road tax to £ 205 per year.
The SL63 and SL65 AMG models are extremely efficient and cost a lot to run as a result. In SL63, the CO2 emissions are at 234 g / km for £ 500 road tax, while the SL65 279g / km of CO2 emitted for an annual bill of £ 515th The SL63 has a hope official fuel consumption figure of 28.0mpg, while the SL65, the best you is 23.7mpg.
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motors, drive & Performance
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Impressive performance, but more on comfort than treatment
gone are the days when an entry felt Mercedes SL underpowered. Today even has the SL400 a twin-turbo engine and can manage 0-62mph in 4.9 seconds. It is a quiet engine and sounds great. It is also not much slower than the £ 10,000-more-expensive SL500, to accelerate to the same speed takes 4,3 seconds
The Mercedes SL available in four versions :. SL400, SL500, SL63 AMG and SL65 AMG. The SL 400 is powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6 gets SL500 a twin-turbo 4.7-liter V8, the SL63 uses a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8, while the SL65 gets a big 6.0-liter V12 engine.
Stepping from the SL500 to the SL63 AMG, if the extra cost is worth could be forgiven to ask for a sparse reducing the acceleration time to 4.1 seconds, particularly since all SLs limited electronically to the same 155mph are speed. However, the SL63 is a very different animal from which how it feels to make the sound more.
It is very easy to break traction and spin the wheels from the rest, if you are sensitive with the throttle. Kicking sensitive, however, and the rear wheels will bite the road and drive with astonishing accelerating force to make the car a big noise at the same time.
The same is true in areas where Plump easily result in the car spinning can -. he pays to keep busy to keep the traction control handle
in some ways not surprising it that Mercedes allows the SL to have its own unique feeling is - it can be a companion of the AMG GT and not as a competitor. However, we find the steering build up a little too light and vague driver confidence. We were disappointed the SL63 rides by the way.
On bumpy roads, you feel every shock, either through the seats or the body that shakes and vibrates if the roof in place or removed. This is not the body bending - it's because the car is so stiff adapted to be no way to absorb these impacts. Not only does this make things uncomfortable, but it can get in the way of use of the engine to the fullest.
There is a system called Direct Select, which allows the car setup will be set and you can see the suspension setup as soft as possible to be, without limiting the engine output - but this feels like a compromise. It is much easier to drive fast in the AMG GT.
However, many prefer to reduce just the roof and cruise to the exhaust hear rumbling, crackling and howling, and that the SL63 is perfect, dispatching long motorway journeys with unruffled ease.
For those who are not satisfied with the barely controllable power of the SL63, the SL65 can 621bhp to 62 mph in four seconds of rest get flat and is incredibly smooth to drive. However, it is actually much heavier than the SL63 and therefore not much faster than feels the car in action, and have more jaded handling responses.
Those looking for, easily accessed fun would bettter look at a Mercedes-AMG GT, Porsche 911 Cabriolet or Audi R8 Spyder. However, there is no denying that the classic good looks and sheer top-down splendor of SL always have an appeal.
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Interior & Comfort
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The comfortable two ~~ POS = TRUNC convertible on the market
Mercedes SL is reduced with either a sports suspension AMG Line models or AMG-optimized version of Mercedes' stiffened active Body Control (ABC) system. It used a standard steel suspension, which offered a better ride quality, but that is no longer available.
The sport suspension is quite firm, so buyers on the hunt for comfort would also advise the ABC to allow to order system that will set the damping in a softer mode.
passenger comfort is also excellent in the SL, with good sound insulation meaning hardly any wind or engine noise, which limits its way in. With the roof down, is buffeting to a minimum.
All models come with 19-inch wheels, and this has been a way to increase the traffic noise on the latest cars.
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practicality & trunk
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Clever touches and a large trunk for surprising functionality make
folding hard-top convertibles far from the most practical cars on the market, but Mercedes has done a good job with SL that provides 504 liters of cargo space. If you lower the roof - a process which lasts for 20 seconds - that is reduced to 364 liters. To help the access to the boat when the roof is down, it lifts out of the way, if you open the bootlid.
A practical feature allows you to your foot under the rear bumper to swing open the boot and close when your hands are full.
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reliability and safety
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reliability should not be a problem and security is first class
beThe SL itself have no current rating for reliability participated as too few owners in our annual driver power survey have for her rank.
, it is a product from Mercedes-Benz, which finished as a trademark in the 12th position in our 2016 survey, with the customer their cars' build quality, ease of driving and aboard to enjoy technology. However, like they run the cost and poor reliability of some models. so offer course with Mercedes a wide range of vehicles, not all praise and applies damnation for each model.
SL security is top notch thanks to systems that warn you when you are tired, you help change lane safely and prevent even brake for you to a collision. The SL has not crash-tested by Euro NCAP, but we would expect a five star rating if it was.
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price, price-performance ratio and options
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expensive, even when compared to over-priced rivals
the Mercedes SL quite an expensive car to buy - even if you compare to the other cars in its class. It is in competition with the BMW 6 Series Convertible, however, and amortization at the moment do not seem too bad, so you should not have too much to lose if you sell it on.
However, since it represents a jump of nearly £ 100,000 on the cost of the already impressive SL400 entry model, it is impossible, the SL65 AMG version as even remotely a good price-performance ratio.
, the SL400 and SL500 AMG Line models feature Apple carplay describe Navi, automatic climate control, DAB digital radio and Bluetooth equipped. Notable options worth include the Active Body Control (ABC) adjustable suspension system - expensive at about £ 3,000, but to significantly improve the ride quality. For £ 105 you can get an increased capacity fuel tank and 1,00 £ you get a "Magic Sky Control" glass hardtop folding roof, which used with an electrochromic system to make opaque at the touch.
, the Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG surround stereo is fiendishly expensive at £ 5,000, but as a standard feature comes on the SL65. But even this generous gesture can not make the car a good value.
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