The Mercedes-Benz R230 vehicle become brought in 2001. It become bought because the SL-Class convertible, changing the R129.The SL500 become the pinnacle-promoting model of the SL early withinside the R230 series. It used a five.zero L V8 which produced 225 kW (302 hp) and 460 N·m (339 ft·lbf).A 382 hp (285 kW) five.five L four-valve V8 replaces the five.zero L observed withinside the SL500 for 2007. This version will preserve the SL500 call in maximum markets, however could be bought because the SL550 in North America. It now produces 285 kW (382 hp) and 530 N·m (391 ft·lbf).
The SL600 is the highest-output model of the non-AMG SL models. It makes use of a twin-turbocharged V12 engine which produced 368 kW (493 hp) and 800 N·m (590 ft·lbf) from 2003 via 2006 and become uprated to 380 kW (510 hp) and 830 N·m (612 ft·lbf) for 2007.The SL55 AMG model become launched in 2002 with a supercharged five.four L (5439 cc) Mercedes-AMG V8. This vehicle produced 493 hp (367 kW) at 6,one hundred rpm and will run to one hundred km/h (sixty two mph) in four.7 seconds.The SL55 AMG become up to date for 2007 with a 510 hp (380 kW)/531 ft·lbf (720 N·m) model of the equal engine.
The new version has simplest mild visible differentiators, the maximum important is the three-slat grille in place of the four-slat model used previously. It must be zero.2 seconds faster to one hundred km/h. Although the pinnacle velocity stays confined to 250 km/h (one hundred fifty five mph), Mercedes-Benz will now permit the governor to be eliminated, growing most velocity to three hundred km/h (186 mph).The SL65 AMG model presented 604 hp (450 kW) from its twin-turbocharged 6.zero liter (five,980 cc) V12 at 5500 rpm. It retailed for $179,720 as of 2005.
