Miata Mailing List: September 1996, Message #0135
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   From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=C9LIO?= 

Subject: Merc SLK

   Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 05:54:05 -0500



At 13:37 31-08-1996 -0400, you wrote:



>mx5@juno.com wrote:

>> 

>> For those of you expressing interest in the SLK, the Sept issue of

>> Performance Car had some *interesting* things to say: (my apologies in

>> advance for the wasted bandwidth for those of you that have read the

>> article) 

>> "And what about the young blokes, who want to thrash the nuts off it? . .

>>  It isn't scary quick . . . it may be sporty by merchant bankers wives'

>> standards, but not by ours.

>> "Very safe, very predicable, very Mercedes-like."



OK, this may be true, but also apply to the MX5/Miata......at least in stock

form! ;)

Performance Car mag also has a very 'personal' view on some cars. I've read

articles on several other mags, covering the SLK, and they all praise it.

One of the mags even stated that it was the first Merc really enjoyable to

drive!!



I guess we're better testing it by ourselves....

 









>> 

>> "Despite the protestations of the Benz top brass, the SLK is no enormous

>> step for Mercedes, no leap into untried hairy roadster territory. It's a

>> small SL, not a true sportscar, and it'll be bought by the same people

>> that buy SL's."



Regards



Helio

'93 Silver

Portugal

(There's no such thing  as "too much horsepower!")

















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