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SLK R170 Face-Lift for Year 2000
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November 20th 1999
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Articles from "Auto Motor und Sport",
"Auto Bild" and MBEP webmaster
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Latest internal info from MB
states that the production of the face-lifted SLK`s will start at February
1st 2000, but cars for customers will only be produced starting March 11th.
The first cars will be delivered to customers on March 18th. The first
press photo will be released December 2nd 1999, world premiere will be
on January 4th 2000 in Detroit, USA, European premiere 14 days later in
Bruxelles, Belgium, on January 18th 2000.
The model range will be revised and so the base-entry
SLK 200 with 100kw/136hp will be substituted by the SLK 200 Kompressor
with 120kw/163hp, at the same time the price of the cheapest SLK variant
going up from DM 56.956 to nearly DM 60.000, but a precise price hasn`t
yet been fixed. The SLK 230 Kompressor`s output will also slightly rise
from 142kw/192hp to 145kw/197hp and the new SLK 320 with V6-engine will
get 160kw/218hp, a slight bit less than the expected 165kw/224hp. Second
new variant will be the SLK 320 Kompressor whose exact date for the market
introduction hasn`t been fixed yet, but somewhen in the 2nd or 3rd quarter
2000 seems to be most likely. Both V6 variants will get air condition as
standard.
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With all model variants not only the size of the gas tank
will be increased from 53 litres to 60 litres, but also ESP will come as
standard as well as a manual 6-speed transmission with Speedtronic, also
known as tempomat, plus a gear indicator in the instrument cluster. Cars
with automatic transmission will get Tipshift as standard and thus the
new styled steering wheels will have no multifunction feature.
On the exterior not only newly styled fenders and door
sills painted in the body colour can be noticed but also new foglamps,
outside rearview mirrors with integrated turn signals, a newly styled handle
for the trunk and an exhaust pipe made from stainless steel as well as
a newly styled front grille which will be slightly different with the 4-cylinder
and 6-cylinder versions. Also the wheel design will change for all versions
except the entry-level SLK 200.
In the interior new seats can be spotted which now can
be ordered with fully electrical adjustment and memory, the carbon-look
will be substituted by aluminium and some other parts will get more noble
surfaces, a reaction to continuing customer`s critics on the "cheap" interior
materials used presently.
New choice of colours contains lazulith blue metallic
for the body and magma red and lotus yellow for the upholstery.
And finally also the SLK can be ordered with Xenon-headlights
with automatic height adjustment and pop-out type high-pressure lens washers.
End of article written by MBEP webmaster based upon internal
MB info November 1999
Translation of a note from German car magazine "Auto Bild" issue 48/99
p.21 December 3rd
Small SLK Dies
Based upon our information the Mercedes SLK 200 with
136hp shall be substituted by the SLK 200 Kompressor with 163hp.
Translation by MBEP webmaster
SLK-Face-Lift and V-6 Engines
from "Auto Motor und Sport" 1998
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Left: 2nd youth with new skirts, six-cylinder engines and
18inch wheels: Mercedes SLK from spring 2000
At the half of its production time the Mercedes SLK will
be stylistically and technically updated. On the exterior the modifications
are restricted to newly designed front and rear skirts whilst in the interior
higher-quality materials and better shaped seats will arrive. At the same
time the choice of engines will be reformed and extended to the top. So
the 2.3-litre supercharger engine will be replaced with a supercharged
two-litre with around 190hp. Above that there will be two 3.2-litre engines
with three-valve technique and 230hp and 310hp respectively.
End of article - translation by MBEP webmaster
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Photo and photo text:Auto Motor und Sport
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SLK with New Front and V6 from
"Auto Bild" 1998
Although the production of the small Mercedes two-seater
doesn`t cope with the unfailing demand (still
a bit more than one year delivery time) the SLK already
is going to be slightly updated. For the year 2000 there will be retouches
mainly at the lower front area (bumper, grille) as well as at the rear.
But power-orientated customers will be pleased most:
The Mercedes SLK gets a six-cylinder. The 3.2-litre V6 with 224hp shall
not only enhance the driving comfort, but also make life harder for the
competitors Porsche Boxter, BMW Z3 and Honda S 2000.
End of article - translation by MBEP webmaster
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