LAST AUTO NEWS – MERCEDES SLK
Last Auto account – Mercedes SLK 2012 SLK spied testing at the Nurburgring
 |
 |
Three months afterwards the an early ancestor arena to a halt at the Nurburgring with a smoker engine, the 2012 SLK was aback at the Nordschliefe and on top anatomy again.
Although not abundant can be apparent through the abundant camouflage, the foreground grille and headlights assume to be added cocked and aboveboard than those on the accepted model. The folding hard-top roof from beforehand models will aswell be authoritative a comeback.
Power will a lot of acceptable appear from normally-aspirated V6′s as able-bodied as some abate turbo engines and agent or amalgam engines are a absolute possibility. As with a lot of Mercedes models an AMG adaptation will chase anon afterwards sales begin.
Related with this news LastAutoNews.com's other car news
Leave a Reply
LAST AUTO NEWS – MERCEDES SLK
Last Auto account – Mercedes SLK New drop-top’s aboriginal analysis run ends with smoke billowing from the engine!
|
|
Mercedes’ SLK has stepped into the ‘Ring of fire! This ancestor for the accessible BMW Z4 battling fabricated its admission at the Nurburgring ambit today – but its aboriginal analysis wasn’t a success.
Our spy photographer, Stefan Baldauf takes up the story: “The car had to cull up at a allotment of the clue alleged ‘Brünnchen’, with smoke advancing from the engine. One of the drivers jumped out with a blaze extinguisher to accomplishment the car afore it started to burn.”
It’s not the aboriginal time a ancestor has bent blaze during aboriginal testing. A mule for Audi’s V10-engined R8 spectacularly access into bonfire at the ambit just over two years ago.
Set for a admission in 2011, the new SLK will get a beginning physique that loses the F1-style adenoids for a front-grille and headlight adjustment that echoesthe new C and E-class. A folding metal auto will be standard.
Enginewise, the ambit will alpha with a four-cylinder petrol assemblage producingaround 180bhp, while a hot AMG adaptation will advance from the front.However, because AMG’s contempo charge to apple-pie up its act, the355bhp V8 from the accepted car is absurd to affection afresh – a smallercapacity supercharged V6 would accommodate agnate achievement with greaterefficiency.
Related with this news LastAutoNews.com's other car news
Leave a Reply
LAST AUTO NEWS – MERCEDES SLK
Last Auto account – Mercedes SLK Next-generation auto gets added cocked grille and retains folding harder top
Our spy photographers were camped out for a week, but eventually they bagged these bright clear shots of the next-generation SLK! The accepted car accustomed a facelift alone endure year – so it could be some time, accessible 2011, afore we see the assembly adaptation of Merc’s new roadster, but already this mule gives a big clue to the revised styling.
Gone is the F1-style adenoids – the front-grille and headlights apparent actuality are far added upright, alveolate the new C and E-class. Also arresting are new aperture handles and addition mirrors army on the aperture rather than the A-pillar. And of advance – the brand folding metal auto will be standard, too.
Engine wise, the ambit will alpha with a four-cylinder petrol assemblage bearing about 180bhp, while a hot AMG adaptation will advance from the front. However, because AMG’s contempo charge to apple-pie up its act, the 355bhp V8 from the accepted car is absurd to affection afresh – a abate accommodation supercharged V6 would accommodate agnate achievement with greater efficiency.
Related with this news LastAutoNews.com's other car news
