Friday, March 28, 2008

Mercedez-benz SL: Conspicuous consumption

Mercedes' SL flagship cock a snook at the latest eco regulations but is it any good?



"In LA, to be conspicuous you would have to drive a flesh-pink Mercedes-Benz, with a sun-porch on the roof and three pretty girls sunbathing," said Philip Marlowe in Playback. Raymond Chandler's laconic private eye wouldn't recognize even the earliest model Mercedes-Benz Sports Leicht, since the SL range was introduced at the 1954 New York show, a couple of decade and a world war away when Marlowe plied his trade on LA's mean street. More about this news...

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