At the event held by Mercedes in order to celebrate 125 years since the first automobile, they revelead the Aesthetics 125 sculpture as we talked recently but also te new Mercedes-Benz SLK has been introduced by Nico Rosberg and the renowned Michael Schumacher.
The new Mercedes SLK will benefit from the AMG version soon which will offer 428 horsepower but since then there is a 2.1-liter bi-turbo diesel unit offering 205 horsepower and a 1.8-liter petrol engine offering 185 and 205 horsepower.
However, the top of the range is equipped with the V6 engine offering 305 horsepower, the acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h being achieved in 5,6 seconds thanks also to the seven-speed automatic gearbox. In the end of this article you can listen Michael Schumacher talking about the new Mercedes SLK, a model which is considered by him the new face of the German brand. The new German roadster follows to enter all the major markets very soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CtrzBIGKac
