REVIEW: The Mercedes-AMG SL55 is a 469bhp super-coupé with a £147,475 price tag - we've given one its toughest test yet to see if it can justify the cost:
A dissertation-length work, it contains an onslaught of information that explains Mercedes’ repositioning of the model from aristocratic two-seat tourer with sporting undertones to something much more muscular, aggressive and, according to at least one exec, with the basic ingredients to tempt people out of their Porsche 911 Cabriolets and Targas. Long story short, the SL has been properly AMG-ified.
in the US, where its ability to engage one moment and coddle you over distance the next seemed outstanding – even if at that price, in that balmy weather, and on those smooth roads, you’d absolutely expect as much. The less spectacular SL 55 driven here, on wintry UK roads, has an altogether tougher task. the £148,000 Mercedes-AMG asks,and have enough change to get a Volkswagen Up GTI. At that price you might also reasonably expect the power output figure to start with a ‘5’ if not a ‘6’.
As a luxury, cross-country, all-season GT of surprising precision, the SL 55 works well. And there are, of course, many, many chassis and engine modes that give the car pretty staggering breadth. But as a proper 911 rival? I’m not so sure.
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