In 1957, Mercedes Benz introduced to the world the 300SL Roadster. In the words of many men, this was the first sport car the world saw or had on it. A race car for the streets but without it's roof chopped if you will.Like the original, engineering was pretty much the same.
The chassis on this model was re-designed to accommodate regular doors and a bit of body work to make it settle into its own skin kindly.
Years later, no really, like a lot of years later we see the birth of the roadster version of the SLS AMG, featuring regular doors. So what you end up with is a supercar performance, sport car cruise-abilities, roadster perfection with looks to love, all rolled up into a dream car burrito.
The AMG engineers haven't held back on this beast, under the bonnet comes their famous 6.2L V8, cranking 563 horses and torque-ing 650 Nm. Acceleration takes you from 0-100 km/h in 3.8 secs and goes on to a top speed of more than 320 km/h if you have the road and testis to find out. While fuel burns away nicely at the front, at the back now you get a noise never heard by gods or your ears and even Earth likes having it tickle the roads on it.
All in all this is just a great convertible car.
John V
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