What sort of automotive is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class? What does it examine to?

A V-8-powered 2+2 convertible, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class is a sports activities automotive that places extra deal with efficiency than the two-seater it replaces, whereas nonetheless retaining the model’s signature luxurious. It competes in opposition to the BMW 8-Collection, Jaguar F-Kind, and Porsche 911.

Is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class a superb automotive?

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It’s a blast to drive because of sturdy V-8 energy, adept dealing with, open-top enjoyable, and a clean trip. It seems to be nice, too, although house and gasoline financial system undergo on the altar of energy and elegance. We price it a 6.2 out of 10 total. (Learn extra about how we price automobiles.)

What’s new for the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class?

All the things, together with the philosophy of what the SL ought to be. The 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class adjustments from a rear-wheel-drive two-seat roadster with a hardtop to an all-wheel-drive four-seater with a gentle prime. For the primary time, it’s developed totally by Mercedes’ AMG efficiency arm, and that offers it a brand new and far stiffer construction.

The brand new design traces the traditional sports activities automotive traces of a set again cabin, a protracted hood, a brief deck, and a large, low stance. The wheelbase is 4.6 inches longer and the addition of the again seat and material prime make the SL seem like a mash-up of a Mercedes AMG GT roadster and a C-Class cabriolet. It’s an exquisite design that harkens again to SLs constructed earlier than 1990.

Inside, the SL integrates know-how with sportiness and luxurious. The digital instrument cluster affords a number of show themes starting from minimalist to trace automotive sporty, and an 11.9-inch touchscreen comes normal. The entrance seats mix consolation with assist, however the brand new rear seat is sort of a Porsche 911’s—finest for packages, not individuals. The package deal house is sweet as a result of the SL additionally has a small trunk.

A twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 offers the facility, both 469 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque within the SL 55 mannequin or 577 hp and 590 lb-ft within the SL 63. Energy flows to all 4 wheels through a 9-speed computerized transmission. The 0-60 mph dash reaches as little as 3.4 seconds and the highest velocity reaches as excessive as 196 mph.

A low heart of gravity, a stiff new construction, and adaptive dampers assist give each SL sharper strikes than the last-generation mannequin. The SL 63 goes a step additional with a complicated hydraulic suspension that replaces anti-roll bars to restrict lean in turns whereas additionally retaining a clean trip.

How a lot does the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class value?

That’s but to be decided, however count on costs beginning close to $100,000.

The SL 55 comes normal with nappa leather-based seats with heating/cooling and therapeutic massage, a heated steering wheel, a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, an 11.9-inch heart touchscreen, navigation, a Burmester audio system, rear-axle steering, adaptive dampers, and 20-inch alloy wheels.

It additionally will get loads of normal security options, together with computerized emergency braking, a surround-view digital camera system, and adaptive LED headlights. The SL 63 will value extra.

The place is the Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class made?

In Bremen, Germany.

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