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Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, Tokyo Auto Salon
There are hundreds of aftermarket tuners out there, but few hold the type of street cred that does Veilside. Long known for making Japan's greatest sportscars even greater, Veilside has now turned its attention to the
Mercedes-Benz SL.
Not the newest one, mind you, because it's not out yet. Instead, Veilside has taken to the
Tokyo Auto Salon to unveil a conversion kit that turns the outgoing SL into something closer to the top-of-the-line
SL65 AMG Black Series.
To do so, Veilside fitted the SL with a custom body kit that includes new bumpers front and rear, new hood, fenders, side skirts, and spoiler, all crafted from carbon fiber. The result is called the Black Fortune.
The folding roof mechanism present on the stock SL - but removed on the Black Series model - appears to remain in place, so the Veilside won't encompass the kind of weight savings embodied by the factory special, but with only 300 examples of the kit to be offered at about $30,000 a pop, seeing one on the street should be about as rare a proposition.
Veilside bets on Black with Mercedes SL body kit originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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January 19th, 2012
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Europe, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
It's not every day that
Mercedes-Benz comes out with a new
SL. The roadster that anchors the top of the company's non-AMG production range tends to enjoy an unusually long lifecycle. The iconic first-generation Gullwing was on the market for ten years. The second-gen model lasted just eight years, but the third iteration was around for a whopping
eighteen. The boxy fourth version was around for fourteen years, and the current model that replaced it has been on the market since 2003, with a facelift that came in 2008.
Fortunately, a new model is on its way and should put the MkV out to pasture after ten long years of service. Due sometime next year as a 2013 model, these are the clearest shots we've seen yet of what to expect.
Now stripped of all but a bare minimum of disguising, the 2013 SL looks a bit more svelte than the model it replaces, though that doesn't tell us if it'll be any lighter: the current two-seat folding hardtop convertible weights as much as some SUVs. The more upright front grille is both a nod to the
SLS AMG and likely a measure to comply with pedestrian-impact regulations enacted in Europe.
It looks as though LEDs are lurking in the lower front intakes on either side, with what seems like it could house a side intake behind the front wheels. The test mule is draped in a new shade of copper we haven't seen before, and we suspect that those unflattering wheels are temporary. Take a gander yourself in our high-res gallery.
Mercedes SL prototype says you'll never catch me, copper originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 31st, 2011
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Filed under: Convertible, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
It's been a while since we've heard anything about the
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class. That could be because the current model dates back to 2003, undergoing the facelift we know today back in 2008. But now we've got news, and it's a mixed bag of good and bad.
The bad news first: word is, Mercedes is discontinuing the twelve-cylinder versions of the SL. The SL600 was the first to be phased out, and now it appears the SL65 AMG is getting the axe as well. There's no word yet on whether or not that includes the hardcore, fixed-roof
SL65 AMG Black Series.
The good news, however, is that phasing out of the V12 roadsters could signal the imminent arrival of the next-gen SL. That's expected to show up sometime next year as a 2013 model, and will come as good news for SL buyers as the current model has lived longer than anything in the Mercedes-Benz range this side of the
Geländewagen.
Mercedes-Benz discontinues V12 roadsters ahead of new SL debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 31 Jul 2011 14:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 31st, 2011
Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury
2012 Mercedes-Benz SL spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery
With all the hype surrounding the
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, it's easy to forget that the
SL and
SLK roadsters are still a crucial part of the automaker's lineup. We've seen the next generation of the baby SLK
out testing, and now our spies have caught a larger 2012 SL mule out and about.
Up front, the more upright fascia with the dinner plate-sized Three-Pointed Star logo is the biggest change, as are the revised headlamps, which seem to be less angular than the ones found on the current SL. Looking below, we can see that LED running light strips have been fitted at the lower air intakes (something that's quickly becoming standard equipment across the automaker's portfolio), and out back, the triangular taillamps have been smoothed out a bit.
Our crafty spy photographers have also managed to get a glimpse
inside the new SL. A new sport steering wheel is in place, and even though we don't have the photographic proof, we're told that the rest of the interior (center console, etc.) is akin to the new design found in the SLS AMG. Fine by us.
Click through the gallery below to see the full set of high-res Mercedes-Benz SL spy shots.
[Source: CarPix]
Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SL smiles for the camera originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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June 29th, 2010
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TC-Concepts Mercedes-Benz TC 65 "Black Series" - Click above for high-res image gallery
It doesn't get much further up the
Mercedes-Benz pecking order than the
SL65 AMG Black Series. Before the
SLS came along, at least, it served as a rolling example of what the power-hungry speed freaks at AMG were capable of achieving. And in the process, they replaced the
SL's folding hard top with a fixed roof in an effort to trim some extra pounds off the roadster's considerable heft. Thing is, not everybody is necessarily ready to sacrifice the flexibility of the collapsible roof in an effort to gain that performance edge.
Enter TC-Concepts, a German tuning garage that has given the...um, "stock" SL65 AMG the Black Series treatment, and kept the origami roof in place. The TC 65 is fitted with a custom body kit, complete with new grille, bumpers and more, plus 20-inch rims and custom interior to give it the Black Series look. But they didn't stop there. By tuning the twin-turbo V12 from 612 horsepower "stock" (there we go again) to 700 even, TC-Concepts has actually surpassed the factory Black by some 30 horses. That may just be enough to compensate for the extra weight of the folding roof, but with the wind wafting through your hair, we doubt you'd even notice.
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TC-Concepts gives the Mercedes SL65 the Black Series treatment... and keeps the folding roof originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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