The latest Mercedes SL has 70 years of heritage and an iconic name to live up to. So far, it does...
‘Icon’. Now that’s a word that gets bandied about a lot in automotive circles. It’s often used to describe something that’s as iconic as a pickle jar because, well, marketing departments; they’re always so desperate to create a story and sell us a legend. The Mercedes SLa legend, though. No doubt about that, and an enduring one, too. So for once, I don’t begrudge Mercedes using that word 20 times throughout the latest SL’s press release.
Inside, it feels sportier than ever. You sit low, with the high dashboard and window lines cocooning you, and the sense of feeling hemmed in is amplified by the fat transmission tunnel that funnels out to accommodate the bell housing below. That, by the way, contains a wet clutch rather than a torque converter for the nine-speed MCT gearbox twinned with AMG’s familiar 4.0-litre V8.
The first job is to step hard on the brakes, and the 390mm discs and six-piston calipers produce a mighty stopping force. The SL sheds speed with ease. At the same time, it’s easy to predict the pedal pressure required, and bleed it off surely as you start to turn in. And the car wants to turn in. The front axle is alert and the wheelbase foreshortened by the standard rear-wheel steering, which makes the car feel nimble and willing to rotate.
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