The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is a series of luxury automobiles. SL, meaning "Sport Light", or in German, Sport Leicht, first appeared on the 1954 300SL 'Gullwing' so named because of its upward-opening passenger doors.
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1 1957 to 1962
2 1963 to 1971
3 1972 to 1988
4 1989
4.1 AMG
5 2001
6 2005
7 External links
The extremely rare SL73 AMG was sold through AMG in 1995, and offered the most powerful V12 engine ever put into an SL up to that time. After a brief gap, the SL73 was offered again from 1998 to 2001. The same 7.3 L V12 was later used by Pagani in the Zonda. A total of 85 SL73 AMG roadsters were built.
The SL60 AMG was extremely rare. Sold through MB from 1996 to 1998, it used a 6.0 litre V8 engine producing between 381bhp and 384bhp. AMG claimed a 0-62mph (100kph) speed of 5.8 seconds. Its top speed was limited to 155 mph, but with the limiter removed, it was capable of approximately 185 mph. AMG later unofficially admitted that 0-60mph was closer to 5.0 seconds and the engine produced between 405-410bhp.
The SL55 AMG was sold through AMG in the R129 bodystyle from 1998 to 2001 in limited quantity. It was the predecessor of the production R230 SL55 AMG sold today.
Only about 300 cars in the SL-class were customized by AMG prior to 2003.
As the new millennium approached, the SL was a decade old and customers were turning to more modern cars like the Jaguar XK8.
In 2001, an all-new SL (initially just a 5.0 L SL500 version) went on sale, boasting the "Vario-Roof", an electric folding steel roof which had been seen on the smaller, cheaper SLK in 1997. A 5.0 L 302 hp (225 kW) V8 was optional, with a 5.5 L AMG V8 appearing in 2004's SL55 AMG. V12 engines are available in the SL600 and the limited-production SL65 AMG.
Contents[hide]
1 1957 to 1962
2 1963 to 1971
3 1972 to 1988
4 1989
4.1 AMG
5 2001
6 2005
7 External links
The extremely rare SL73 AMG was sold through AMG in 1995, and offered the most powerful V12 engine ever put into an SL up to that time. After a brief gap, the SL73 was offered again from 1998 to 2001. The same 7.3 L V12 was later used by Pagani in the Zonda. A total of 85 SL73 AMG roadsters were built.
The SL60 AMG was extremely rare. Sold through MB from 1996 to 1998, it used a 6.0 litre V8 engine producing between 381bhp and 384bhp. AMG claimed a 0-62mph (100kph) speed of 5.8 seconds. Its top speed was limited to 155 mph, but with the limiter removed, it was capable of approximately 185 mph. AMG later unofficially admitted that 0-60mph was closer to 5.0 seconds and the engine produced between 405-410bhp.
The SL55 AMG was sold through AMG in the R129 bodystyle from 1998 to 2001 in limited quantity. It was the predecessor of the production R230 SL55 AMG sold today.
Only about 300 cars in the SL-class were customized by AMG prior to 2003.
As the new millennium approached, the SL was a decade old and customers were turning to more modern cars like the Jaguar XK8.
In 2001, an all-new SL (initially just a 5.0 L SL500 version) went on sale, boasting the "Vario-Roof", an electric folding steel roof which had been seen on the smaller, cheaper SLK in 1997. A 5.0 L 302 hp (225 kW) V8 was optional, with a 5.5 L AMG V8 appearing in 2004's SL55 AMG. V12 engines are available in the SL600 and the limited-production SL65 AMG.
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