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“You got burnt!” my mother pointed out when I picked her up for a twilight cruise. My arms and cheeks had turned a lobster hue after I’d spent countless hours in this delightful droptop, too entranced to pick up the SPF 50.
With the new SL450, the runt of the SL litter, Mercedes has created a near-perfect droptop cocktail, mixing together sublime handling, aggressive looks, an intoxicating sound and a shockingly comfortable cabin.
For a $90k sports car it isn’t exceptionally fast (a Corvette Z06 leaps to 60 two seconds faster), but the SL excels in every other category.
– Chris Butsch, www.chrisbutsch.com