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Mercedes-Benz SL Facelift

Old Jun 17, 2003 | 05:10 PM
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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 07:15 PM
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So they changed the grille to be SLR like...I still like it. The SL is one of my favorite Benz's...always has been.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:19 AM
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Since that is a computer-generated rendering do you think this will be accurate? Those are both the same pic.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:26 AM
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Bullcrap. Since when? Why would they do that? I dont think its true.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 06:56 AM
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Originally posted by yianni64
Bullcrap. Since when? Why would they do that? I dont think its true.
woah, attitude so early in the morning! all i meant was that sources like "imakenews.com" and AUTOCAR magazine create there own cars to do simply that: make news.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 09:29 AM
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Originally posted by Adröck
woah, attitude so early in the morning! all i meant was that sources like "imakenews.com" and AUTOCAR magazine create there own cars to do simply that: make news.
Well, first of all it wasnt directed to you. Bullcrap is what it think of thise so called facelift. And im in Lodon, so it wasnt mornig for me when I posted that.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 09:45 AM
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Wasn't the SL redesigned not too long ago? Why such a rushed facelift?
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:18 AM
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This is 100% for sure. They're changing the nose and the rear end to resemble the SLR. I think they're going to try and advertise the SL as an underpowered SLR to garner more sales. This image is from autospies and they are 100% sure.
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:52 AM
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at least it looks better than the next gen SLK with the SLR nose....
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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 11:56 AM
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Originally posted by vtecinside
at least it looks better than the next gen SLK with the SLR nose....
:werd: The SLK is too small for the SLR nose.
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