SL-Class [Renders] 2021 Mercedes-Benz SL

[Merc1]

It looks great. Must be getting closer to reveal I guess.

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[braaf]

I love everything about this car except those headlights.

 

[Pagani]

Maybe it's the camera lens used to take these pics, but something seems a bit off with the proportions shown. Can't exactly put my finger on it, but the everything from the A-pillar to the back end of the soft-top with relation to the door looks odd.

It is looking kind of stubby, which I actually kind of like.

A designo matte silver, white or black would look god with a red top and interior.

 

[Centurion]

Mk3 CLS headlights + aggressively inverted grille

 

[Gamblerman]

 

[braaf]

Man that is one good looking car.

 

[leylandi]

 

[leylandi]

 

[Merc1]

Looks like it will be the L.A. auto show then. Side profile looks frumpy in these pics.

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[Merc1]

Car and Driver:

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[martinbo]

Looks like it will be the L.A. auto show then. Side profile looks frumpy in these pics.

M

Windscreen's a bit to upright isn't? Needs to be more raked in an SL, I feel... Still, looking good overall.

 

[Merc1]

C&D actually got a ride along, some excerpts:

There was no discussion of what was under the hood of this prototype, but it was clearly a version of Mercedes's ubiquitous 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V-8, coupled to the nine-speed transmission, which is essentially a planetary-gear automatic, with the torque converter replaced by a wet multiplate clutch. A good guess for the engine choices would be the super- and turbocharged 429-hp 3.0-liter inline-six from the AMG GT53 four-door coupe and the twin-turbo V-8 from the GT63 and 63 S rated at 577 and 630 horsepower, respectively.

The doors have retracting exterior handles a la Tesla, and once you're inside, the look is not as futuristic as some recent Mercedes. There's no two-foot-wide LCD screen on the dash. Instead, there's a 12.3-inch LCD in a traditional binnacle in front of the driver, supplemented by an 11.9-inch central touchscreen that can be tilted between about 45 degrees to nearly vertical. The layout is similar to that in the new S580, and the screen is set in a nicely leather-trimmed dash. There will also be an optional head-up display.

I hope the I6 is on board, a 4-cylinder in a SL is a crime.

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[Merc1]

Windscreen's a bit to upright isn't? Needs to be more raked in an SL, I feel... Still, looking good overall.

Yeah I gotta see it naked and lots of pics of it. In some pics/videos it looked perfect, but then it doesn't. Even C&D says the rear deck looks like it's too high, like some say about the 911 Cabrio. I hope the wait won't be long now.

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[braaf]

Windscreen's a bit to upright isn't? Needs to be more raked in an SL, I feel... Still, looking good overall.

I like that. It gives me SLS vibes and I love that car.

 

[Centurion]

Front end look angry rather than glamorous.

Hopefully there will be a non-amg trim with a single bar grille.

 

[leylandi]

 

[Bubba]

My thoughts are this. It’s a beautiful car but if you can’t buy one a person should order a Porsche and quit waiting around for Mercedes to get their act together.

 

[klier]

Looks gorgeous in most pics, and looks like a C cabriolet in others. Which is not bad either but not particularly SL like.

 

[SKY]

Not sure what to think about the front end. And the front overhang is just too large.

 

[Deleted member 1071]

While M-B fans (especially SL fans) may (and probably will) rejoice, Porsches' 992 cabs & Targas make this SL quite superfluous in the eyes and hearts of others.