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07-07-2009, 04:24 PM
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  | Is There Another SL Facelift Coming? I found this on one of the Mercedes dealer blogs I check.  Mercedes-Benz has just informed us that there will be no model year 2010 SL550, SL600, SL63 AMG, or SL65 AMG. We will sell the remaining 2009s until the end of the year and then the 2011 SL-Class will be launched in the 1st quarter of 2010. The 2011 will not be a body style change - that is expected for model year 2013. More details should be available soon. Mercedes Benz | Atlanta Classic Cars | Jesse Cannon-Wallace It isn't unusual to skip a model year at the end of the car's production, but I remember reading someone here thought there was another facelift coming? Is that possible? M
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07-07-2009, 04:30 PM
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| I smell BS. The SL65 BS was the final bow for the SL. What I think is that Mercedes might be "skipping" a model year like Porsche did with the Cayenne a year before the facelift by not releasing a "new" model year i.e no updates. I'm sceptical that the current generation will stick around until 2013, it will be a dinosaur by then, although the facelift is a pretty sight. |
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07-07-2009, 05:02 PM
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| Hmm...this does seem odd...MB has no reason to switch model years...maybe....if you remember..the pre FL SL was given many minor FLs before the big one last year... maybe we're just getting another small revision. I do not believe that MB will just let the SL sit until 2013.
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| I'm guessing that there will be some subtle changes for the 2011 model year to carry it through to the 2013 model year. However that means the new SL will debut in Europe in late 2011 or early 2012 to make it here for the 2013 model year. Very possible. M
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07-07-2009, 05:59 PM
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| Hmmm I can't think of any other time MB skipped a MY for any car, let alone in the middle of a specific model. 03-08 minor tweeks 09 FL then skip 10 and go straight to 11 FL. I don't think that would be smart.
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07-07-2009, 06:00 PM
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| The skip in model years makes me think the 2011 model will have some changes, but nothing major. Similar to the 2007 changes. M
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07-07-2009, 09:29 PM
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| Mercedes needs to present a new SL asap , the current model was only made worse with the facelift...
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| Possible. A facelift of a facelift  Anyone wanna guess how long the R129 stayed in production? 
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| From 1990-2002 model years in the U.S. Production was from 1989 to spring 2001. M
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