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2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK testing in Death Valley - Click above for high-res image gallery
We love it when automakers go through the trouble of releasing their own spy shots. Our spy photographer friends, however, could easily see this as their own hard work being done for them. In any case, what we have here is a brand new set of photos of the next-generation
Mercedes-Benz SLK testing in the Death Valley heat, prepping for its debut in 2011 (
Geneva Motor Show, perhaps?).
One of the new features that
Mercedes-Benz will debut on the 2012 SLK is its
Magic Sky Control roof. This glass-paneled hardtop contraption can automatically be tinted to control how much light shines through the roof in an effort to keep the interior cooler on bright, sunny days when the top isn't down. We'd expect this sort of technology to make its way onto the Big Daddy
SL roadster after the SLK's launch, and could even be used on side windows for the rest of Merc's product line.
Scroll through our image gallery below to see high-res shots of the SLK testing in Death Valley. Mercedes-Benz's prolific press release is available
after the jump, as well.
[Source: Mercedes-Benz]
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Filed under: Spy Photos, Convertible, Mercedes-Benz
2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK spy shots - Click above for high-res image gallery
The engineers in Stuttgart are hard at work prepping the next-generation
SLK roadster, which should launch next year as a 2012 model. The smallest offering from
Mercedes-Benz doesn't look all that far from being show-worthy either, which leads us to believe that the SLK could possibly make an appearance at the
Paris Motor Show later this year.
Details on the new SLK are slim, but rumor has it that an
all-new twin-turbocharged V6 is in the works for the AMG-badged roadster, producing somewhere in the area of 476 horsepower. That's pretty insane, especially considering that the current (and already potent) SLK55 AMG makes due with just 355 horses.
Obviously, the refreshed exterior design takes a lot of cues from the Big Daddy
SLS AMG supercar, but new interior spy shots show that the updated cockpit will also be more akin to the Gullwing, as well. Note that the center stack features the Command head-unit integrated into the flat dash, with the radio and HVAC controls placed on a separate console below. We like what we see, especially since the current SLK interior is rather drab - not nearly as nice as what you'll find in the new
BMW Z4.
Scroll through the gallery below to see new spy shots of the next-generation SLK from all angles.
[Source: CarPix]
Spy Shots: 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK caught training for Z4 fight originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 10 May 2010 19:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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