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I think it will be a hit as well, but....

Should this car have a manual option?

Is the fact that the SLR was only automatic hurt it?


Personally I love that it's automatic, I've always hated manual.

MB should give the car a seqventiell gearbox instead. Its called progress.

They may or may not. I guess we will see. I am still suprise to see the SLR not doing well.

Perhaps this car will have too much horsepower to have a manual--at least an MB manual. The DSG-type transmission roumored for quite some time is a safer bet.

Where the SLR missed the boat, i think is that it was too clinical in its performance, had an automatic, cost too much, and perhaps had too much regular Mercedes in it and not enough bespoke materials. For the 599 to cost slightly more than half, and to match and surpass it like that is what exposes the fallacy of the SLR, IMO.

The orignal SLC was infact a hardtop version of the SL.

Check out this 1978 Merc SLC 5.0. I can imagine the next SLC will be mostly SL in design but lighter and stiffer much like the new Black-Series Mercs.

Well there has been photos going around about a SL65 black series. Maybe they will call it the SLC. OR...... Maybe this will be an all new coupe/convertible that sits above the SL65 with a 250k price tag.

I have similar thoughts. It seem like MB are going to revive the SLC badge in the form of the beast(SL BS) we've seen in the spy shots. The front of the car is almost identical to the CG except for the head lights.

There's no question wether it's going to be a hit or not. Expect the 2009 and 2010 production to be sold out within days after the cars has been launched. We big dogs in Monaco and Dubai will eat it for breakfast.

While I love that ps, I really want MB to do something different if they do make SLC. Let's not turn a SL into a SLC or detune the SLR and turn it into the SLC. I really want them to make a true Mid-engined car and not an engineer's mid engined car.

Here is what I'm looking for:

1. Engine behind the driver.
2. Different design from what we've seen.
3. Raw as hell, no sacrificing performance for comfort.
4. Make it just the SLC no AMG variants.
6. Car should be limited production. Something like 500 should be good.
7. No spyder/drop top version please.

If it meets those requirements above, then hell yes, it will be a hit.

I think the SLC is indeed the mule we have been referring to as the Black Series SL. The redesign of the back window is too extensive for this car to be simply an SL Black Series. I think there is not going to be a Black Series, but rather just the SLC, which is one and the same, when we think about it.

So, out of three upcoming [super]cars from MB (SL BS, SLC, Gullwing), I think two are actually in the works:
1. SLC (coupe based on the SL) -rumored to come in two flavors: 580 hp naturally aspirated 6.2L V8 (Hammer I); and 700 hp twin turbo 6.0L V8 again (Hammer II - the why on the reduction of .2L for the tt version, is beyond me)
2. Gullwing (SLR's successor) - rumored to come also in two flavors: 700 hp (Hammer II); and 1,000 hp from a yet unspeculated-on engine (perhaps a tt version of the upcoming 4-valve V12??)

The SLC is bound to be the wildest mass road going Mercedes to date. Let's hope they come up with some appropriate bespoke version of the SL interior

I'm so sorry that this photo never came to be...... Instead we got the retro look.