Mercedes-Benz SLK

Snapped in one of the hottest areas of the world, these pictures show the new Mercedes SLK - or at least what's going to become the new C-class based roadster once the heavy camouflage is gone.

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September 2002

The new SLK Roadster will be much sleeker, with a reshaped front-end, utilising an almond-shaped headlamp unit rather than twin round units. Rumours suggest that bonnet and bumpers will be reminiscent of a Formula-One car by taking typical design-elements such as an F1-car's front wings and mimicking the long nose of an F1-racer by a correspondingly sculpted bonnet.

The engine-range will start with the SLK 200 Kompressor delivering 163 HP and will again include an SLK 32 AMG pumping a massive 350 HP out of a 3.2-litre V6.