While the R170 SLK from the first generation has a specific look from a different time, ... Mercedes-Benz SLK 350 (facelift) ...

When Mercedes started the retractable tin-top convertible craze with the R170 back in 1996, the first-gen SLK was perceived as a novelty car. Something different and with a certain must-have hype ...

Like so many of its buyers, the Mercedes SLK is getting a little work done on itself. A camouflaged test mule was spotted running around the streets of Stuttgart, Germany, near DaimlerChrysler ...

That’s why for their latest custom kit for the facelifted SLK, Brabus engineers installed a new 6.1L version of the 5.5L AMG-prepped V8 and added a new aerodynamic bodykit to match.

When the SLK 32 AMG was in production, the 986-generation Boxster S made 256 horsepower and 229 pound-feet (310 Nm) from a free-breathing lump. By the end of its life cycle, the R170 numbered ...

The original R170-designated model was launched at the 1996 Paris motor show. ... and then today's R172 went on sale in 2011. It was known as the SLK until its 2016 facelift.