2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG | 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG Images Review :
The Beverly Hills playboy flaunts its eight-pack.
With a lineage descended from Le Mans–inspired gullwings, few cars have the chutzpah of the Mercedes-Benz SL. Steeped in 60 years of tradition and polished to near-perfection, it has been for most of its existence an embodiment of success, as well as the de facto baseline for high-end convertibles. On the other hand, a couple of decades ago, Stuttgart allowed the SL to grow soft in the middle; the SL of the 1980s and 1990s maintained its regal fitments but was oft dismissed by sports-car cognoscenti as a Beverly Hills shopping cart, a reward for marrying into a successful dental practice.
Redemption began with the fifth-generation SL in 2003, Mercedes dialing in progressively more performance and handling acuity with each passing year. Of these, the fire-and-brimstone SL63 AMG was definitely our favorite, and although that model has lost its splendid naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 in the car’s extensive 2013 redesign, it’s no less an executor of all our guiltiest pleasures.
| Specifications: |
VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door roadster PRICE AS TESTED: $171,225 (base price: $146,705) ENGINE TYPE: twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, direct fuel injection Displacement: 333 cu in, 5461 cc
Power: 557 hp @ 5500 rpm
Torque: 664 lb-ft @ 2000 rpm TRANSMISSION: 7-speed automatic with manual shifting mode DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 101.8 in
Length: 182.4 in
Width: 73.9 in Height: 51.2 in
Curb weight: 4128 lb | C/D TEST RESULTS:
Zero to 60 mph: 3.6 sec
Zero to 100 mph: 7.9 sec
Zero to 130 mph: 12.9 sec
Zero to 150 mph: 17.7 sec
Rolling start, 5–60 mph: 4.2 sec
Top gear, 30–50 mph: 1.9 sec
Top gear, 50–70 mph: 2.3 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 11.8 sec @ 124 mph
Top speed (governor limited, mfr’s claim): 186 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 154 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.93 g FUEL ECONOMY:
EPA city/highway driving: 16/25 mpg
C/D observed: 14 mpg |
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