I drove the 1.8 in the new C230 hatchback ("sports coupe" my ass), and it SUCKED. Too bad they didnt have a C320 6M available. Engine sounded okay at lower revs but sounded like a vacuum cleaner (odd you noticed the same thing) at upper revs and was rather buzzy. The gearshift was very rubbery...it felt like rubber making contact with rubber, and perhaps it was. Handling was okay but you could feel the 3200 or however many pounds it was in the rather small car, as it had body roll aplenty. And it didn't even have a CD player for a sticker price of 26k

 

:dunno: I dunno. Looks good so far.

 

closer pics of the SLK.

http://forums.mbworld.org/forums/sho...threadid=45815

Anyone who knows how-please post the pics from the link thanks.

 

This is starting to look oh-so-sexy with SLR influences...

 

Looks like the sketches were pretty accurate after all. I think its shaping up to be a pretty good looking car. Its definately not a sports car, but I think it should be pretty impressive nontheless. I'm just amazed that MB can even fit a 3.7L V6 in the engine bay of that car.

 

Amazing Pictures here: http://www.hadel.net/autos/html/d_pk...lkonig_02.html

 

Hmm.

The details look very nice but the overall shape of the car is a bit off to me. It's a little too tall, a bit too stubby looking and a bit too narrow looking. The small wheels and tires with big wheel gap don't help things.

So basically it's got the exact opposite problem as the Z4 which nails the proportions but looks retarded in the details.

 

Newest issue of Autocar magazine (you can find it at Borders or B&N) has some really nice spy shots and computer renderings of the SLK. Basically what you see is what you get for the most part. It looks like an amazing car, taking the best design cues off the most recent MB models.

 

I'm not liking the new Mercedes front-ends.. as much. Still pretty nice though.

 

Official Pic of Mercedes SLK55 AMG

The front is way too over-styled IMO. Trying too hard to look like a mini-SLR