Mercedes-Benz SL500 - 2001

The Mercedes-Benz R129 cars have been made out of 1989 thru 2003. They have been offered beneathneath the SL-Class version names. The R129 changed the R107 SL-Class in 1989.

The 1989 Mercedes SL base version turned into the 228 hp (a hundred and seventy kW) three.zero L inline 6 300SL version. But it turned into the 322 hp (240 kW) 500SL (with a 5.zero L V8 engine) which made the maximum headlines.Specification turned into high, with electric powered motion for the windows, mirrors, seats and hood.

1994 noticed a facelift for the SL, and the 300SL turned into changed in Europe via way of means of the SL280 and SL320 (with 2.eight L and three.2 L I6 engines). The SL500 endured with the identical effective engine. A 389 hp (290 kW) 6.zero L V12 SL600 crowned the variety in 1993.

The SL320 changed the 300SL withinside the United States in 1995, however the SL280 turned into now no longer presented. The 6-cylinder SLs have been dropped from americaA lineup in 1998, leaving simply the V8 and V12. The SL500 were given a brand new 302 hp (225 kW) 5.zero L V8 for 1999.

The extraordinarily uncommon SL73 AMG turned into offered thru AMG in 1995, and presented the maximum effective V12 engine ever placed into an SL as much as that time. After a short hiatus, the SL73 turned into presented once more from 1998 to 2001. The identical 7.three L V12 turned into later utilized by Pagani withinside the Zonda.The SL60 AMG turned into extraordinarily uncommon.

Sold thru AMG from 1996 to 1998, it used a 6.zero litre V8 engine generating among 381bhp and 384bhp. AMG claimed a zero-62mph (100kph) velocity of 5.eight seconds. Its pinnacle velocity turned into constrained to a hundred and fifty five mph, however with the limiter removed, it turned into able to about 185 mph. AMG later unofficialy admitted that zero-60mph turned into greater like 5.zero seconds and the engine produced among 405-410bhp.

The SL55 AMG turned into offered thru AMG withinside the R129 bodystyle from 1998 to 2001 in constrained quantity. It turned into the predecessor of the manufacturing R230 SL55 AMG offered today.Only approximately three hundred automobiles withinside the SL-magnificence have been custom designed via way of means of AMG previous to the 2003 version year.