2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 Test Drive
2012 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 Road Test Review
By Bob Plunkett
Heat waves ripple off black asphalt in Pit Lane at Homestead-Miami Speedway spread across swampy Florida marshes, where the high-revving engine of a sleek 2012 SLK350 two-seat sports car from Mercedes-Benz of Germany purrs at idle as a driver straps into the contoured driver's bucket for some hot laps on Homestead's spaghetti-wiggly 2.1825-mile infield road course.
The new styling for this car looks hot too.
It hunkers low on big alloy wheels capped by speed-rated 225/40R18 (front) and 245/35R18 (rear) low-profile tires below a sleek package that suggests swift movement even when parked in the pits.
An aggressive prow on the 2012 SLK350 -- a design homage to the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG supercar -- focuses on a large grille studded with the tri-star Mercedes emblem and flanked by a horizontal bar and optional adaptive bi-xenon headlamps posted on the front corners.
Body lines are classic for a roadster with a long front hood that sweeps up the steep rake of a windscreen and over the two-seat cockpit to a brief boot in back. [Full review]
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