SL-Class (R231) [Official] Mercedes-Benz SL (R231)

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User Austin7nut:

Stunning color! One of M-B's matte paint jobs?

 

[DjordjeC63]

It looks better without full LED headlights, because it looks sharp. With full LED headlights it looks walleyed.

 

[tristatez28lt1]

It looks better without full LED headlights, because it looks sharp. With full LED headlights it looks walleyed.

Can somebody post two comparable pictures? I think I've only seen the full LED headlights and they don't look good at all.

 

[DjordjeC63]

No problem!

 

[tristatez28lt1]

What a huge difference. Looks TONS better. Thanks.

 

[Centurion]

No problem!

What a massive improvement. The drag queen eye brows are gone and the headlights actually blend in with the design as oppossed to distract.

 

[Gianclaudio]

"Drag queen eye brows"



You made my day. Thanks for the magic.

 

[Ollemars]

can't explain exactly why, but full LEDs look much better to me.

 

[Tarek]

Confused here..is the new pic supposed to be the full LED?

 

[Ollemars]

Confused here..is the new pic supposed to be the full LED?

as i understand, the upper one is full LED, and the lower one is not.

 

[Wolfgang]

These are the BiXenons, version for North America. The other one is pre-production AFAIK.

Intelligent intensity: lighting that knows when to dazzle

"By day, expressive LED front and rear lighting commands attention and captures admiration. After dark, active Bi-Xenon headlamps with Adaptive Highbeam Assist flood the road, but not the eyes of oncoming drivers, with brilliantly focused light."

SL-Class Sports Car: SL550 Vehicle Design | Mercedes-Benz



Bi-Xenon headlamps with Active Curve Illumination

"Bi-Xenon headlamps help deliver greater visibility than halogen headlamps because their brighter, whiter light is much closer to natural daylight. Active Curve Illumination helps you see better into corners at night, swiveling the headlamps as you steer to increase usable illumination by up to 90% over conventional fixed headlamps."

http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/vehicles/model/class-SL/model-SL550R

 

[wookieecrisp]

No problem!

Thank you for sharing! The non-LED version just looks a ton more mature and overall has a better balanced design. We can all thank Audi for starting this stupid trend...

 

[Ollemars]

as i understand, the upper one is full LED, and the lower one is not.

sorry for some misleading here...

 

[Tarek]

The full LED units ala CLS is yet to be shown.

 

[Wolfgang]

^ True according to some rumors.



Automotive Lighting

 

[tristatez28lt1]

^ Beautiful

 

[Wolfgang]

One of the interesting details you first notice on the all-new Mercedes-Benz SL is the distinctly unique face with eagle-eyed headlights. The headlight detail is truly fascinating, because on one hand they look like an eagle or falcon eyes, and at the same time they kind of look like an exotic woman's eye with King-Tut Art-Deco mascara makeup (Think Sofia Loren in the Late 1950s). In other words, the headlighst are really masculine and really feminine at the same time. They kind of remind me of the Philadelphia Eagles logo.

http://jakescarworld.blogspot.com/

 

[Merc1]

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I love the engineering and features, but its a shame you have to buy an AMG version to get the better looking front end.


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[tristatez28lt1]

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[fortuner]

Lovely video...Awesome car...