California dreamin' with the new Mercedes-AMG SL - our review of the all-new roadster is right here
introduces an advanced multi-material architecture which is stiffer and significantly lighter even though the car is 180kg heavier. Why? Because it comes as standard with all-wheel drive, active anti-roll bars, rear-wheel steering and a fancy five-link front suspension. The SL55 test car's carbonfibre brakes and 21-inch wheels cost extra.
But the SL is still about much less technical pleasures: glamour and performance. Down by the sea in Newport Beach, where roaring Lambos race whirring Teslas between sets of traffic lights on streets paved with gold, the new SL instantly fits in. It looks cool and classy; sexy even, from some angles. At a filling station, people ask questions: is the fabric roof superior to the old retractable hardtop; has the power output gone up? Yes, and yes.
Although the Active Ride Control suspension – steel springs, adaptive dampers and hydraulically adjustable anti-roll bars – foam-fills the deepest potholes and tames the worst transverse irritations, the droning low-profile tyres mar the low- to mid-speed ride.
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