New Mercedes SL Out and about in prototypical luxury roadster

The Mercedes SL is for five decades, the epitome of a luxury sports car. Beginning of 2012 celebrates its world premiere of the new SL. We were there at the last test drives.

Jürgen Weissinger has dressed stylishly. The project manager of the new Mercedes SL is wearing a black soft-shell jacket with significant Mercedes star on the left chest. This dark trousers and dark shoes. His favorite toy today also carries decent black. But his treacherous insignia of the SL prototype holds with Freiburg marks as well as its hidden worth seeing body proportions. Ugly planking have disfigured the noble roadster almost beyond recognition. But hardly anyone would have trouble recognizing the SL of the next generation as such. For the past 50 years, the Mercedes SL is the world's epitome of luxurious open-top driving.

Who has the money and needs the combination of sportiness and Convertible feelings, comes hard around a Mercedes SL. That makes the new model, unveiled at the Detroit Motor Show in early 2012 its official world premiere, not unlike his predecessors, who came with the first W 198 series in the early 60s to world fame.

Sporty and comfortable

But project manager Jürgen Weissinger can not rest on our laurels soft-SL. Seven years ago, the first detailed work on the precious two-seater that carries the Daimler Group for the first time no longer the crown on the roof. SL was the date next to the powerful S-Class, the luxury flagship for two people with a penchant for athleticism, then the brace from SLS SLS coupe and roadster has now incorporated this role. While the SLS versions of hardness and athleticism put, is the character of the SL for five decades, another: "Luxury and comfort are also on the new Mercedes SL has everything," says Jürgen Weissinger, "the SL is an S-Class, just as an open two-seater. "

Three hundred pounds slimmed

With all the comfort, however, the new SL sports and more dynamic than ever before presenting his well-heeled customers. For this reason, there was an aluminum body and numerous lightweight construction components. Despite significantly more features of the SL is so slim by up to 150 kilograms.