The pessimist may say that anything gets marked “a symbol” assuming it makes the vehicle business enough cash, however the Mercedes-Benz SL merits the corona more than most. Flaunting authentic dashing legacy, star associations, and genuine extravagance bonafides, the SL has started precedents more regularly than following them. For the 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL, however, the automaker’s tuning division has taken the wheel totally, and that is by all account not the only overturning of custom.
You don’t have to return to 1952 and the absolute first SL to see the present vehicle, yet it doesn’t do any harm. First worked for motorsports, the first racer incited the 300 SL Gullwing in 1954, and afterward a Roadster substitution three years after the fact. In any case, the pitch was generally something similar: keep the Grand Prix-winning credit, however layer on a portion of the extravagance that profound stashed Mercedes purchasers anticipated.
In the mediating many years, the superior sticker price remained however a portion of the painfully exemplary plan dropped off the radar. When the 6th gen SL arrived in 2012, abnormal styling and elements that missed the mark concerning true opponents like the Porsche 911 proposed Mercedes’ sturdy might’ve become lost.
Enter AMG, assuming control over the SL by and large and denoting the finish of ‘Benz badging on the vehicle. Where when the tuners were answerable for just the most intense cycles of the roadster, for the seventh-gen convertible they give orders. There’s a totally new design, with a lightweight composite aluminum undercarriage bragging 18% stiffer torsional solidness, and all-wheel drive is standard as opposed to raising wheel drive like the old SL.
Out puts in any amount of work weighty concertina hardtop, with another three-layer delicate rooftop substitution. The way that it manages in excess of 46 pounds versus the metal rooftop is the feature advantage, sure, however given the space-saving Z-crease configuration additionally decreases trunk include and brings down the general focus of gravity of the vehicle implies its advantages are just about as incalculable as its pivots.
Truly, it looks better, as well. Mercedes’ power hardtops were astute things, however not completely smooth from each point. This new SL merits better, to supplement its intense yet not larger than usual grille, lengthened lines, and adjusted extents.
There are two forms, the 2022 AMG SL 55 and the SL 63. Both use AMG’s 4.0-liter V8 biturbo motor: the SL 55 gets 469 pull and 516 lb-ft of force, while the SL 63 is tuned for 577 torque and 590 lb-ft. Zero-60 MPH shows up in 3.8 seconds or 3.5 seconds, separately, while maximum velocity is 183 MPH or 196 MPH.
