Is A New Mercedes SL Coming? Part II

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on October 17, 2005 at 10:43 AM CST

A few days ago, we published a story about rumors of a redesigned SL  
debuting as early as 2006.  Over the weekend, we received an email  
from our good friend Vincent over at Autoblog.nl that adds further  
fuel to new SL fire.

It turns out, Autoblog.nl reported a similar story a few days ago as  
well. According to to their article, the new SL will look similar to  
the current production SL, as opposed to receiving a new SLK/SLR nose  
as earlier reported. The only exterior enhancement we can expect to  
see will be a slightly altered front apron as well as slightly  
modified rear taillights.  Pictures of the redesigned SL can be  
viewed by clicking on the following link or copying and pasting it  
into your browser, http://emercedesbenz.com/ 
Oct05/17IsThereReallyANewSLComing.html The major upgrades you can  
expect to see are under the hood.  For the SL500, the article  
indicates it will be receiving Mercedes' new 5.5-Liter 388 horsepower  
V8, as opposed to the 5.0-Liter 302 horsepower V8 it's currently  
powered by.  In addition, the article also confirms our previous  
report that we can expect to see a SL350 model, powered by a 3.5- 
Liter 270 horsepower V6.  Both models are expected to receive  
Mercedes' new 7-speed automatic transmission.

Personally, I think seeing a slightly enhanced SL is much more likely  
than seeing a completely redesigned SL as Autospies reported. If the  
changes do happen, I'd expect to see them for the 2007 model year, to  
coincide with the release of the new S-Class. As always, stay tuned  
and we'll keep you posted if we hear anything new.

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