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Vehicle 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class SLK350 Roadster 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GTS AT
100,000-Mile Extended Service Interval For Spark Plugs Yes No
12v power outlet: front No Yes
2972 cc 3 liters V 6 front engine with 91.1 mm bore, 76 mm stroke, 10 compression ratio, overhead cam and four valves per cylinder No Yes
2 Cupholders Total Yes No
2 Front Halogen Foglights and 1 Rear Foglight Yes No
3.5-Liter, V6, 24-Valve, DOHC, SEFI Engine; Front Mounted With Horsepower Of 268@6000, Torque Of 258@2400, Alloy Block and Alloy Cylinder Heads Yes No
3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat No Yes
3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side No Yes
4-Wheel Anti-Lock Brakes Yes No
62 liter 16.4 gallon main premium unleaded fuel tank No Yes
6-Speed Manual Transmission With Overdrive Yes No
Air conditioning No Yes
Alloy Wheels, Front 17-In. X 7.5-In. and Rear 17-In. X 8.5-In. Yes No
AM/FM Radio With Speed Sensitive Volume and 9 Speakers Total; CD Player Yes No
Anticorrosion warranty: duration (months): 84 or distance (miles): 100000, distance (km): 160935 No Yes
Audible Warnings Include Headlights-On and Key-In-Ignition Yes No
Audio and Telephone Pre-Wiring Yes No
Automatic Climate Control Yes No
Automatic drive indicator on dashboard No Yes
Automatic four-speed transmission with lock-up, electronic control, manual mode and shift lever on floor No Yes
Automatic Headlights With Automatic On and Dusk Sensor Yes No
Automatic Locking Retractor Yes No
Automatic Slip Control (ASR) All-Speed Traction Control Via ABS and Engine Management Yes No
BabySmart(TM) Passenger Airbag Cutoff Sensor Activated By Seatbelt Engagement, Passenger Weight, or Installed Child Seat Yes No
Battery Yes No
Body color front and rear bumpers No Yes
Body Color Front and Rear Bumpers Yes No
Brake Assist Electronic Brake Assistance Yes No
Bucket electrically adjustable driver seat with height adjustment, lumbar adjustment and three adjustments , bucket passenger seat with - adjustments No Yes
Cargo area cover/rear parcel shelf No Yes
Cargo area light No Yes
Cargo capacity: all seats in place (liters): 204 and all seats in place (cu ft): 7.2 No Yes
Carpet Located In Passenger Cabin and Cargo Area Yes No
Clock Yes Yes
Coefficient of drag: 0.33 No Yes
Compact Spare Tire Yes No
Complex surface lens halogen bulb headlights No Yes
Covered Lower Console Storage Located On Floor Yes No
Crash Sensor Sends GPS Signal Yes No
Cruise Control Yes No
Cruise control with distance sensors No Yes
Daytime Running Lights Yes No
Delayed Courtesy Light Yes No
Delayed/fade courtesy lights No Yes
Delayed Power Retention Operates Audio Yes No
Door ajar warning No Yes
Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat No Yes
Driver Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Driver and passenger front airbag No Yes
Driver and passenger power black door mirrors No Yes
Dual Color-Keyed Power Adjustable Signaling, Heated and Folding Exterior Rearview Mirrors With Passenger Automatic Tilt Down Yes No
Electric softtop convertible roof with glass rear window No Yes
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) Vehicle Stability Control System Operated Via Engine Power Reduction and ABS Measures Steering Wheel Angle/Direction, Yaw Rate, Wheel Speed, and Lateral Acceleration Yes No
Electronic traction control via ABS No Yes
Emission control level FED No Yes
Exterior Temperature Gauge Yes No
External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4491, overall length (inches): 176.8, overall width (mm): 1750, overall width (inches): 68.9, overall height (mm): 1341, overall height (inches): 52.8, wheelbase (mm): 2560, wheelbase (inches): 100.8, front track (mm): 1509, front track (inches): 59.4, rear track (mm): 1509, rear track (inches): 59.4, curb to curb turning circle (mm): 12192 and curb to curb turning circle (feet): 40 No Yes
Fixed delivery charges: 580 No Yes
Flexible Service System Service Interval Indicator For Oil Level and Oil Quality Yes No
Floor covering: carpet in load area No Yes
Floor mats No Yes
Four disc brakes including four ventilated discs No Yes
Four-wheel ABS No Yes
Front Air Dam Yes No
Front and rear alloy wheels with 17 inch rim diam and 6.5 inch rim width No Yes
Front and Rear Crumple Zones Yes No
Front and rear tires with 215 mm tire width, 50% tire profile and V tire rating No Yes
Front and trunk/hatch spoiler No Yes
Front ashtray No Yes
Front Carpeted Floor Mats Yes No
Front Dual 3-Point Seatbelts Yes No
Front Dual Door Mounted Storage Yes No
Front Dual Map Lights Yes No
Front Dual Reclining Sport Bucket Seats With Manually Adjustable Seat Height, Adjustable Headrests and Manually Adjust 8 Ways Total Yes No
Front Dual Sunvisors Yes No
Front Dual Vanity Mirrors Yes No
Front fog lights No Yes
Front Locking Storage Yes No
Front Power 330-mm X 28-mm Ventilated Disc and Rear Power 290-mm X 10-mm Solid Disc Brakes Yes No
Front Power Outlet Yes No
Front power windows with one one-touch , rear power windows No Yes
Front Power Windows With One-Touch Up/Down Yes No
Front Pretensioners With Force Limiters Yes No
Front reading lights No Yes
Front SBRP225/45ZR17 and Rear SBRP245/40ZR17, High Performance Tires Yes No
Front seat center armrest No Yes
Front seats cigar lighter No Yes
Front seats cup holders No Yes
Front side airbag No Yes
Front Stabilizer Bar Yes No
Front-wheel drive No Yes
Fuel economy EPA highway (l/100km): 8.7, EPA highway (mpg): 27, EPA city (l/100km): 11.8 and EPA city (mpg): 20 No Yes
Full car warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 No Yes
Full dashboard console , full floor console with covered storage box No Yes
Glass Rear Window Located In Convertible Top Yes No
Gloss paint , black paint , metallic paint , pearl paint No Yes
Headlight control with time delay switch-off No Yes
Heated Washer System Yes No
HVAC Rest Mode With 30 Minutes Activation Yes No
Illuminated driver and passenger vanity mirror No Yes
Illuminated Entry Yes No
Immobilizer No Yes
Independent Multi-Link Front Suspension With Coil Springs, Anti-Dive Geometry and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers Yes No
Independent Multi-Link Rear Suspension With Anti-Squat Geometry, Alignment Control, Coil Springs and Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers Yes No
Infinity audio system with AM/FM radio, CD player, Disc Autochanger and six-disc remote changer No Yes
Interior Dust, Pollen, and Charcoal Air Filter Yes No
Intermittent Windshield Wipers Yes No
Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 1001, front headroom (inches): 39.4, rear headroom (mm): 876, rear headroom (inches): 34.5, front hip room (mm): 1318, front hip room (inches): 51.9, rear hip room (mm): 1054, rear hip room (inches): 41.5, front leg room (mm): 1074, front leg room (inches): 42.3, rear leg room (mm): 747, rear leg room (inches): 29.4, front shoulder room (mm): 1328, front shoulder room (inches): 52.3, rear shoulder room (mm): 1072, rear shoulder room (inches): 42.2, interior volume (liters): 2129 and interior volume (cu ft): 75.2 No Yes
Keyless Entry Operated Via Key Fob Yes No
Knee Airbag Yes No
Leather covered steering wheel with tilt adjustment No Yes
Leather Seats Yes No
Leather seat upholstery with additional vinyl No Yes
Leather Steering Wheel Yes No
Leather Trim Located On Doors and Shift Knob Yes No
Load restraint hooks No Yes
Lockable and Illuminated Glovebox Yes No
Lockable glove compartment No Yes
Locking Fuel Filler Door Yes No
Low fuel level warning No Yes
Luxury trim leather on gearknob and alloy look on doors No Yes
Manual Telescoping Steering Column Yes No
Manual Tilt Steering Column Yes No
Mechanical remote trunk/hatch release No Yes
Multi-point injection fuel system No Yes
Night Security Illumination Perimeter Lighting With 1 Minute Activation Yes No
Panic Alarm Yes No
Passenger Airbag With Dual Stage Deployment Yes No
Peripheral anti-theft protection No Yes
Power: 157 kW , 210 HP SAE @ 5750 rpm; 205 ft lb , 277 Nm @ 3750 rpm No Yes
Power antenna No Yes
Power Hard Convertible Top Yes No
Power Rack and Pinion Steering Yes No
Powertrain warranty: duration (months): 60 or distance (miles): 60000, distance (km): 96561 No Yes
Power Trunk Locks/Unlocks Via Keyless Entry Yes No
Premium unleaded fuel No Yes
Programmable Power Door Locks With Automatic Locking At 9-MPH Yes No
Projector Beam Halogen Headlights Yes No
Radio Antenna Yes No
Rear Stabilizer Bar Yes No
Rear view mirror No Yes
Rear Window Defroster Yes No
Rear window with defogger No Yes
Remote audio controls No Yes
Remote Decklid Release Located On Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Remote Fuel Door Release Operated Via Multi-Function Remote Yes No
Remote power locks No Yes
Road-side assistance warranty: duration (months): 36 or distance (miles): 36000, distance (km): 57936 No Yes
Seating: four seats No Yes
Seat Mounted Front Side Airbags With Head Protection Yes No
Selective Locking/Unlocking Via Keyless Entry Yes No
Separate Driver/Front Passenger Climate Controls Yes No
Seven speakers No Yes
Side Guard Door Beams Yes No
Silver Interior Trim Located On Doors, Dash and Console Yes No
SmartKey Programmable Multi-Function Remote Operates Door Lock/Unlock, Panic Alarm, Illuminated Entry, Trunk and Fuel Door Yes No
Spacesaver steel rim internal spare wheel No Yes
Steel Safety Rollbar Yes No
Steering Wheel Mounted Controls For Audio and Instrumentation Yes No
Strut front suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs , multi-link rear suspension independent with stabilizer bar and coil springs No Yes
Tachometer Yes Yes
Tele Aid Telematics Includes Automatic Collision Notification, Concierge Services, Emergency Response, Roadside Assistance, Security System Notification, Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Remote Unlocking, Reservations, Navigation, and Traffic Information; 12-Months Included At No Charge Yes No
Tele Aid Vehicle Location System Yes No
Tele Aid Vehicle Theft Tracking Yes No
Telephone Antenna Yes No
Tinted Glass Yes No
Tinted glass on cabin No Yes
Trim level: GTS No Yes
Trip Computer Yes No
Trunk Anti-Trap Device Yes No
Trunk Light Yes No
Two-door convertible body style No Yes
Two fixed bench front facing rear seats with zero adjustments No Yes
Two height adjustable head restraints on front seats No Yes
Valet Lockout Yes No
Variable Intensity Brake Lights Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Lockout Yes No
Vehicle Anti-Theft Via Engine Immobilizer, Alarm, and Anti-Lift Sensor Yes No
Vehicle speed proportional power steering No Yes
Ventilation system with recirculation setting No Yes
Warning Lights Include Low Fuel, Low Coolant, Low Washer Fluid, and Oil Low Yes No
Weights: curb weight (kg) 1540 and curb weight (lbs) 3395 No Yes
Wind Deflector For Convertibles Yes No
Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe and rain sensor No Yes






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