SL-Class (R231) [Spyshots] 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class (R231) Facelift

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Sleeker headlights! Thank you god!

 

[Rolf]

Wow @Wolfgang well spotted and that could be a possibility! It is amazing those 2 cars were parked exactly the same angle and in same place with the rocks behind then in that parking spot! So weird!

 

[Wolfgang]

True, suspect the photographer Stefan Baldauf / SB Medien likes to take pics at this spot.

 

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[lukeswiss]

This looks like a fairly drastic facelift... why am I not surprised ?

Wonder how they will resolve the navigation screen ?

 

[klier]

The volumes of this model simply don't justify a full redesign which is why they even kept the roof from the previous model. I think it will be another 5 years before we get a complete new model.

Well if this is the way MB looks at it they might as well wrap it up.

LOL at the way they treat their most iconic car.

 

[Mick Briesgau]

To me it looks so much better with the changed headlights and grille.

 

[SKY]

To me it looks so much better with the changed headlights and grille.

It was difficult to make it look worse, to be honest.

 

[mercpassion]

looks a major facelift, headlamps, interior clearly from the GT, rear lights looking nice with the darkened redded-out look, which harks to the previous SL, a real neat touch.

 

[PHYBENZ]

^^ Not sure how the interior is clearly from the GT.... No difference with the current interior....

 

[lukeswiss]

They've changed some buttons below the command ... that's all I see that is different at the moment.

 

[Merc1]

That overbite, shark grille isn't going to do anything to fix the SL. The car's proportions are wrong and that is something that can't be fixed during a facelift without major $$$$. Sigh....this should have been the SL of a lifetime. The engineering is great, but the design just isn't pretty. This facelift will likely make it worse IMO.

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[klier]

To me it looks so much better with the changed headlights and grille.

The changed parts are better indeed, but 75% of the car remains the same and it just doesn't work.
My biggest problem now is that horrible trunk design. It's massive and wants to swallow the whole rear including lights.

 

[martinbo]

So, ungainly looks here to stay as does the asymmetrically aligned centre console.

 

[Sunny]

Hmm, I never realized this before... but I guess there is a clock maker somewhere in Stuttgart having a deep discount on those fugly dash wart clocks?

 

[Wolfgang]

^ Stuttgart? Thought it was from IWC in Schaffhausen, like the one from Porsche Design.

 

[Wolfgang]

Comparing to the rumored 2020/2021 SL.

http://www.germancarforum.com/threads/mercedes-benz-sl-r231.41565/page-47#post-686359

 

[GTA45E]

Face/lifted MBs usually give traces of the next generation models.
If this SL have the inverted grill the next generation is probably going to go all out with it.

I hope the next generation has the soft top. It would certainly free up some boot space and give way to a sportier design.