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The latest generation of the Mercedes-Benz SL roadster is the first in decades to completely change its usually elegant and understated lines into the blocky and somewhat brutish design that has now parted its customers into two camps: the ones who buy it for simply for the get-outta-way looks and the ones who buy it for the get-outta-way performance.
The SL 63 AMG we tested, for example, had a truckload (literally) of torque, which was enough to offer supercar-like in-gear sprints on the open road.
AutoWeek recently had a go in an SL 63 AMG that was quite a bit more equipped than the one we drove, but their opinions about the car weren't as praising as ours.
Part of the reasons for their more lukewarm reception is mainly attributed to the high price of the model tested, since we're talking about the P30 performance package, carbon ceramic brakes, exterior carbon fiber parts and an array of comfort and safety features that take its US price to almost $180,000, almost in SLS AMG Roadster territory. Check out AutoWeek's review of the SL 63 AMG to see what we mean.
AutoWeek recently had a go in an SL 63 AMG that was quite a bit more equipped than the one we drove, but their opinions about the car weren't as praising as ours.
Part of the reasons for their more lukewarm reception is mainly attributed to the high price of the model tested, since we're talking about the P30 performance package, carbon ceramic brakes, exterior carbon fiber parts and an array of comfort and safety features that take its US price to almost $180,000, almost in SLS AMG Roadster territory. Check out AutoWeek's review of the SL 63 AMG to see what we mean.
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