At the end of October 2021, Mercedes-Benz officially released the new generation of SL series, and at the same time directly summarized SL under the Mercedes-AMG, the first wave only announced SL 55 and SL 63 models, followed by Plug-In Hybrid plug-in hybrid models. Recently, Mercedes-AMG announced the European price of the new generation of SL series, the SL 55 4Matic+ Europe is priced at EUR 158,240.25, about 1.1 million, while the SL 63 4Matic+ is priced at 187,097.75 euros (about NT$1.3 million).
Although the momentum and attention of the current car industry are focused on the electric energy market, including EQS, EQE, the future of EQS SUV, EQE SUV and other works have become the focus of attention of the original factory, but also the focus of many consumers, but Mercedes-Benz for the brand history of the very important SL car series, or quite attentive to the ink, after all, although it is at the intersection of traditional fuel and power switching, but the new generation of SL as a ten-year historical inheritance of the car coefficient, should also be very suitable for the future connection of the choice.
Unlike many car series that have launched the same 43 and 53 models belonging to Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-AMG does not currently have such a configuration in the SL series setting, directly launched the 55 and 63 models, both equipped with a 4.0-liter V8 turbo engine, the SL 55 4Matic+ power output set at 476 maximum horsepower, and 700N .m maximum torque, with the AMG Speedshift MCT 9 The speed-hand self-contained transmission accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds.
The 4.0-litre V8 turbocharged engine of the SL 63 4Matic+ is tuned to 585 hp, 800N .m maximum torque, the same is the AMG Speedshift MCT's 9-speed automatic transmission, which accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.6 seconds, the SL 55 4Matic+ is set at 295 km/h, and the SL 63 4Matic+ is set at a higher speed of 315 km/h. SL's chassis is set to a front multi-link and rear 5-link suspension setting, and the AMG Ride Control variable damping suspension system, coupled with the rear axle steering system, enhances the overall handling performance.
Although the announcement of the European offer of SL 55 and SL 63 also means that the rest of the market is about to release the rhythm of the listing, but more worthy of follow-up attention is the follow-up power unit that will be launched, as mentioned earlier, it is currently in a generation of traditional fuel engine switching to the field of electric energy, Mercedes-Benz has previously announced the power architecture plan of the new generation of AMG works, but currently in addition to the pure electric version (M-AMG EQS 53 4Matic+, EQE 43 4Matic, etc.), Only previously on the GT 4-Door Coupé, the Plug-In Hybrid power architecture was introduced.