The Mercedes R231 SL

The Mercedes-Benz SL R231, launched in early 2012, is the newest edition to a sports car tradition that started in the mid-1950s. Occasionally called the luxury, but not anymore the light sports car, this newest entry makes you forget about some sporting deficiencies that haunted some of the predecessors.

This e-book is one of 22 Mercedes-Benz e-books by Bernd S. Koehling and these are some of the topics covered:
- development of the R231
- new aluminum body
- safety and convenience features
- revised six and eight cylinder engines
- exciting AMG models SL63 and SL65
- Special Edition models such as the Edition 1 and SL 65 45th Anniversary
- how does the SL500 compare against the BMW 650i Cabrio
- technical specifications and
- power and torque curves