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01-23-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jdubbs' post='224114' date='Jan 14 2006, 10:53 AM

I test drove an SL500 and was not so impressed... the torque on that (lesser) model was insufficient esp. in lower gears... taking off from a stop was ho-hum.

For 2007, the base SL becomes the SL550 (same engine as the new S550)......combined with a 7spd auto.

That's going to take care of any power issues that the SL500 had.

Do you think they will call it SL550? Since the new 5461cc 388HP S-class is still named S500.
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www.germancarfans.com ... its still an SL500

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01-24-2006, 07:22 AM

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