{"id":2845,"date":"2012-10-15T15:08:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T22:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/?p=2845"},"modified":"2012-10-16T14:08:12","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T21:08:12","slug":"2013-mercedes-benz-sl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

It wouldn\u2019t be an overstatement to say that the Mercedes-Benz SL roadster is an icon in the automotive industry. It\u2019s sleek, beautiful, nimble, and begs to be pushed to upper boundaries of the speed limit. In this iteration, marking the SL\u2019s 60th<\/sup> anniversary, the seamless blend of style, comfort and performance remains, enhanced with innovative technology, improved driving dynamics, and new features that can only be described as seriously cool.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the seriously cool. The retractable hard top is powered by a space-saving electrohydraulic mechanism that converts the SL from a coupe to a roadster in a mere 20 seconds. New for 2013, two options are available for the roof: glass or panoramic with Magic Sky Control. And that\u2019s where the cool factor kicks in. At the push of a button, the panoramic roof switches from light to dark. When set to light, the roof is virtually transparent, offering the experience of open-air driving in any weather condition. \u00a0Set it to dark, and the roof provides respite from the blazing summer sun.<\/p>\n

Even the windshield wipers on this vehicle are cool. Rather than spraying washer fluid haphazardly across the windshield (and potentially into the cabin when the roof is open), the blade dispenses it just in front of the blade, in both directions. The blades are also fully heated, great for forays into winter climes.<\/p>\n

Technologically, the SL includes state of the art safety features, and \u201cwow\u201d factors like Active Parking Assist, which automatically steers the vehicle into a selected parking space, and hands-free access to the trunk by simply sliding your foot under the sensor to open and close when your hands are full. The vehicle will also steer you back into place if it senses that you\u2019re drifting out of your lane, warn you of vehicles in your blind spot and brake and deploy preventative measures if it senses an imminent collision.<\/p>\n

Importantly, the SL still provides spectacular performance. The new all-aluminum shell makes it light and nimble, weighing about 240 pounds less than its predecessor. The new V-8 engine is good for 429 horsepower and will go from zero to 60 in just 4.5 seconds. Two performance oriented AMG models are also available: the SL63\u2019s V-8 produces 530 horsepower, and the SL65\u2019s V-12 puts out a heart-pounding 621, with 738 pound-feet of torque.<\/p>\n

The new SL is a technological, stylistic and performance marvel.<\/p>\n

Vital stats:
\n<\/strong>Power and Price:<\/strong> SL550, 429-horsepower V-8, starting at $105,500;
\nSL63 AMG, 530-horsepower V-8, starting at $145,800
\nSL65 AMG, 621-horsepower V-12, TBD
\nTransmission<\/strong>: 7-speed driver adaptive automatic
\nFuel Economy (city\/highway\/combined):<\/strong> 16\/24\/19
\nSafety Ratings:<\/strong> Not rated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine. \n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-2845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-luxury-cars","8":"category-new-car-reviews","9":"tag-featured","10":"cs-entry","11":"cs-video-wrap"},"yoast_head":"\n2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Arizona Auto News - Events - Reviews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"821\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Becky Antioco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Becky Antioco\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47a3b2b07ea2da6efd5bb97ebb1fd303\"},\"headline\":\"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":438,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/18164919\\\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Arizona Luxury Cars\",\"New Car Reviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/\",\"name\":\"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/18164919\\\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/18164919\\\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/18164919\\\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":821},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/\",\"name\":\"Arizona Auto News - Events - Reviews\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AZFoothills.com LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/18173021\\\/apple-touch-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/18173021\\\/apple-touch-icon.jpg\",\"width\":180,\"height\":180,\"caption\":\"AZFoothills.com LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/47a3b2b07ea2da6efd5bb97ebb1fd303\",\"name\":\"Becky Antioco\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Becky Antioco\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\\\/autos\\\/author\\\/becky\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious","description":"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious","og_description":"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/","og_site_name":"Arizona Auto News - Events - Reviews","article_published_time":"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":821,"url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Becky Antioco","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/"},"author":{"name":"Becky Antioco","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#\/schema\/person\/47a3b2b07ea2da6efd5bb97ebb1fd303"},"headline":"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious","datePublished":"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/"},"wordCount":438,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg","keywords":["featured"],"articleSection":["Arizona Luxury Cars","New Car Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/","name":"2013 Mercedes-Benz SL is Lightweight, Athletic, Luxurious","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg","datePublished":"2012-10-15T22:08:17+00:00","dateModified":"2012-10-16T21:08:12+00:00","description":"The 60th anniversary edition of the iconic Mercedes-Benz SL is a beautiful performance machine.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/2013-mercedes-benz-sl\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/18164919\/MB2013_SL550_0501.jpg","width":1200,"height":821},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/","name":"Arizona Auto News - Events - Reviews","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#organization","name":"AZFoothills.com LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/18173021\/apple-touch-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/18173021\/apple-touch-icon.jpg","width":180,"height":180,"caption":"AZFoothills.com LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/#\/schema\/person\/47a3b2b07ea2da6efd5bb97ebb1fd303","name":"Becky Antioco","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/82dcc988899b42e2600fb31499f38eeb7002aa66e0e5f8baccad48f65b7c8661?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Becky Antioco"},"url":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/author\/becky\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2845"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2845\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/autos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}