The seventh-generation Mercedes-Benz SL-Class is fast and sporty, and it was designed fully by AMG with the goal of making it among the most performance-focused roadsters to wear the three-pointed ...

After years of speculation and a long teaser campaign, Mercedes-Benz finally unveiled the seventh-generation SL roadster on Thursday. Dubbed the R232, this is the most radical redesign of the SL in ...

Liam Krie is a Communications graduate and dedicated writer with a passion for the automotive industry. Liam is enthusiastic about research, motorsport and keeping up to date with current affairs. The ...

After working predominantly as a freelancer at CarHP/CarIndigo, Amreetam joined the TopSpeed team as a journalist in September 2021. In a world where SUVs are booming, he favors sedans and adores BMWs ...

While subsequent versions never really did it for me, I've always loved the way the pre-facelift R230 Mercedes-Benz SL looked. Maybe it's because it came out at a formative time in my development as a ...

The transmission shares the same ratios and final drive as the standard SL, but for the first time, a Mercedes has paddle-style gearchanging devices on the steering wheel, in a new manual mode.

While all great cars have at least one party trick, the Mercedes-Benz SL55 has three. Trick number one: the burble. Nothing stirs a car enthusiast’s soul like the barrel-chested burble of a properly ...

The Road America circuit offers two of the longest wide-open throttle stretches of any road racing circuit in the world today. Between that distinction and the relatively high concentration of German ...

The SL55 AMG's 5.4-litre V8 may have been based on the SL500's, but very little of the less powerful, non-supercharged motor remains untouched. For starters, there's the belt-driven screw-style ...

Mercedes quoted me up to $1,000 to fix the Vario roof on my SL55 AMG—but I solved it for just $50 and a bit of my time. In this video, I show you exactly how I did it, step by step. No fancy tools, no ...

The dealer quoted over $1000 to replace the engine and transmission mounts on my Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG. Instead, I took matters into my own hands and did it myself in the driveway. In this video, I ...

Visually, the AMG version of the fifth-generation SL is no improvement over the SL500. The various spoilers, the chiseled rocker covers, and the F1-inspired nose seem to neutralize the SL's stealthy ...