Details Emerge On Mercedes SL Facelift

Posted by www.eMercedesBenz.com on January 17, 2006 at 3:15 PM CST

A long time ago in a land far, far away, we brought you rumors of the  
Mercedes SL-Class receiving a slight facelift to coincide with the  
release of the newest lineup of Mercedes models.

Our friends over at Autoblog.nl came across another similar article  
today, further fueling speculation of some impending upgrades to  
Mercedes' flagship roadster line.

If the rumors are indeed correct, here's what we can look forward to:


* All SL-Class models will receive a slight facelift. The two main  
things we can expect to see are slight modifications to the front  
grill as well as the rear headlights.  Again, both are minor tweaks,  
so don't expect to see an SLK/SLR nose appearing any time soon (we  
hope).

* The SL350 will receive a new 3.5-Liter power plant.  Reports  
indicate that the SL350 will receive a 3.5-Liter V6, down from the  
3.7-Liter V6 its currently powered by. In terms of horsepower, the  
new SL350 will see a performance boost of 27 peak horsepower.

* The SL500 will be powered by the new 5.5-Liter V8.  Much like the  
SL350, the SL500 will benefit from an enhancement under the hood.   
The newest SL will be powered by the new 5.5-Liter V8, which bumps  
the power from 302 to 388 peak horsepower.

* The SL55 AMG will receive a slight power boost. Although powered by  
the same 5.5-Liter power plant, the SL55 AMG will receive a slight  
boost in power by 24 peak horsepower.


Again, from what I can tell, these are simply rumors, however they  
seem to coincide with our previous story.  If the changes do happen,  
I'd expect to see them later this year introduced on the 2007 models.

You can read the full story  HERE