Hoovey689

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New details emerge on forthcoming Mercedes-Benz SLC

Gallery:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/merce...photo-5088442/

Last we heard, the Mercedes-Benz SLC had been put on indefinite hold, but now Car Magazine is reporting that the Porsche 911-fighting "Baby SLS" coupe could be on sale by 2015. Riding on a modified SLS AMG chassis, the smaller and lighter SLC could be priced in the sub-$100,000 price bracket.

We'd already heard that the new car would feature conventional doors (instead of SLS-like gullwing doors), but this report focuses on some of the possible powertrains Mercedes-Benz is likely to use. At launch, the SLC could offer a pair of V8-powered models – a 485-horsepower SLC and a 585-hp SLC S – both being powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8. About a year after launch, a new V6 model could emerge giving the SLC an estimated 333 horsepower and its lowest price point.

It also sounds like the car's name hasn't been completely finalized as some people within Mercedes are favoring a return of the SLR name.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/02/02/n...edes-benz-slc/

Hoovey689

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I'd rather they just leave that name to rest and not dilute it's history and reputation.

Kira X

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It looks ugly.

PhilipMSPT

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The abbreviation should stand for something. Every MB name stands for something.

S = sportlich, L = leicht, and so on.

But since the SLS was named in honor of the 300SL Gullwing, it sorta just used the old abbreviation and added S; simply to differentiate it from the "regular" SL hardtop convertible.

If they're gonna call it the SLC (which would be further abbreviation bastardization of sportlich, leicht, and compact [which should have been a K for Kompact if they stuck with German nomenclature] ), it's gonna make sense and no sense, both at the same time.


Who wants Alphabet soup?

JessePS

I am waiting for the SLX

4TehNguyen

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so something is going to be smaller than the SLS? The SLS was already small when I drove it in Vegas, and Im not even a big guy

Motor

Hoovey689

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GT for Grand Touring. Glad to see MBZ going this route. A drivers coupe swaddled in nice luxuries

Vh_Supra26

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Two threads on the same car?

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/car...vision-gt.html