Compare it! Mercedes SL and Mercedes SLK - the star convertibles square off | drive it

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The new Mercedes SLK hits the showroom just in time for summer.Mercedes has been the small SLK roadster for 15 years. That has led many to ask why the carmaker is still selling the SL. The somewhat larger model is 40,000 euros more expensive than the SLK, even though it has a similar engine. The SLK 350 has a 3.5-liter engine under the hood, just like the SL 350, but it produces seven kilowatts less power. Still, it can go from zero to 100 kilometers half-a-second more quickly than the SL because it's lighter - so its 370 Newton meters of torque are applied more quickly. So which would you choose?

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  • @jamesellsworth9673
    @jamesellsworth96735 жыл бұрын

    I like the side-by-side test, too.

  • @JohnInSale
    @JohnInSale10 жыл бұрын

    I like the fact you tested the 350 in both models to make a true comparison !!! I have the previous SL and the one thing i hate are the stupid / useless rear seat, so next time I'm gonna get the SLK which looks better with just two seats and the diesel version I tried was excellent !!!

  • @bobmaichin6781

    @bobmaichin6781

    7 жыл бұрын

    6 cylinders, Diesel SL's ? That is sad.

  • @Flavor88
    @Flavor8813 жыл бұрын

    thnx for the review, by the way, the carmakers can't really determine how much a car will consume, that depends on the fuel, road, way the driver drives, weather, tires etc etc etc

  • @unknownunknowns
    @unknownunknowns12 жыл бұрын

    @MrAdrian2780 Yes, if MB were the ONLY car company in the world but it's not the case.

  • @FabianD72
    @FabianD7212 жыл бұрын

    I really like the Magic Sky roof in the SLK...and is faster and more modern. If you really want exclusivity, I d say buy the SLK, and, with the 40.000 euros diference in price, poket half of that money, and with the other 20.000 buy an used Rolls Royce,or a big 4 seater Mercedes cabriolet like the 300 CE 24v of early 1990s...even an old but classic SL from 1971 to 1989 can be purchased by less than 20.000 euros, and you still have a brand new SLK as a daily driver.

  • @nico74321
    @nico7432110 жыл бұрын

    let's put it this way sl is longer and wider it looks defiantly more muscular except the slk 500 plus

  • @GradyWhite2007
    @GradyWhite20076 жыл бұрын

    Get an SLK 55...!!! Bam!

  • @k.sh2010
    @k.sh201012 жыл бұрын

    On both cars have their own name on the number plates. After all SLK is much better than SL.

  • @FotherMucker753
    @FotherMucker75311 жыл бұрын

    who buys a sl with a 6 cyl?

  • @mtksbctk
    @mtksbctk13 жыл бұрын

    sweet mother god...

  • @unknownunknowns
    @unknownunknowns12 жыл бұрын

    This SLK made the last gen R230 SL, based on the video, pointless. It now makes the current gen R231 SL, even more pointless, especially with its 'frog'-like front.

  • @nico74321
    @nico7432110 жыл бұрын

    yeah it looks like ladys car

  • @KeyoRacing

    @KeyoRacing

    6 жыл бұрын

    NiCoOo You must be a camaro driver..lol