First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

First Drive: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG Break out the corkscrew. When Mercedes handed us the keys to the SLK55 AMG and asked us to drive it to a race track two hours south of the Golden Gate Bridge, we knew we’d be experiencing a certain corkscrew. That corkscrew wound up being the kind used to open bottles of wine at dinner that evening, not the famed corner with the big vertical drop. That we drove the SLK to a race track – but not on the race track – is telling.

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Frankfurt: We obsessively covered the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show Seventy-five. That’s how many vehicles we managed to cover from the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show . And we’re completely spent. Our men on the scene have boarded their jumbo jets and are finally on their way home

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Frankfurt: Day Two of the Frankfurt Motor Show (obsessively covered)

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show Wow. Our coverage of the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show isn’t even over yet (though we’re getting pretty close with just a few more posts coming your way throughout the day tomorrow) and we’ve already managed to feature 60 individual vehicles on these pages. Obsessively covering the auto industry can get a little crazy every now and again… We’ve gone ahead and sorted through the concepts and production cars shown off up to this point and arranged them in a handy-dandy table below

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Frankfurt: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG will seriously tatter your toupee [w/video]

Posted on September 14, 2011 by admin

Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Convertible , Performance , Videos , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury The smallest roadster in the automaker’s lineup is all-new for 2012 , and hardly in need of more power, but that hasn’t stopped Mercedes-Benz from shoehorning its AMG-tuned 5.5-liter V8 under the hood. The naturally-aspirated M152 engine, featuring direct injection, is rated at 415 horsepower at 6,800 rpm with 398 pound-feet of torque at 4,500 rpm. The standard gearbox is AMG’s Speedshift Plus 7G-Tronic automatic with three electronic modes. Rev-matching on downshifts is also standard

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2012 Mercedes SLK55 AMG unveiled [videos]

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

Mercedes has officially unveiled the 2012 SLK55 AMG. It features a naturally-aspirated 5.5-liter V8 engine with 422 PS (310 kW / 416 hp) and 540 Nm (398 lb-ft) of torque.

2012 Mercedes SLK55 AMG unveiled [video]