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Test drive in Russia: Mercedes-Benz SL 500

What feelings does a person who controls a 5.5-liter relatives experience, worth 5,000,000 rubles? The most incredible
 
Autumn, golden autumn. How wonderful summer, but autumn is even better. Less heat from the red -hot asphalt of Moscow streets and more fresh air, inspired by fallen leaves. We were lucky: today is the first day of the Sun after a gloomy week and now we are testing a sunny car from Mercedes-Benz.
I admit that at the moment I am for the first time at the wheel of a family. Therefore, do not judge the brightness of the description. As befits a real sports car, the appearance of the Mercedes-Benz SL 500 is covered in red. This gives hopes for constant views in the city stream. And there is something to see. An expressive and long hood, which is still better to look from the salon, reminds us of the past. Deflectors on the wings and hood once again recall the far from weak disposition of the car. The powerful 19-inch tires 285/30 were installed behind, showing who the owner of the position is on the road. The turning on the headlights is marked with very bright lighting. As you guessed, this is not just xenon, but xenon with a bailiff. It illuminates the path of such light better than ordinary xenon by as much as 50%. And of course, the headlights are adaptive: that is, in the turns of the car, they turn to the side. Plus, the headlights choose several modes of glow level, depending on the type of highway and speed.
Submitted to excellent sand chairs, you immediately understand what German ergonomics are. Everything is at hand, and everything is nice. But you can get scared of the abundance of incomprehensible buttons at the handle of the gearbox. You can’t do without instructions. By the way, the transmission allows you to indulge in an automatic regime for lazy and manual. It is just recommended to ride this 388-horsepower. Otherwise, you cannot feel the whole potential laid down by German virtuoso.
Ordinary maneuver: gas pedal to the stop and flew! Truuunnn like this is a 5.5-liter engine. This almost 2-ton relatives accelerate to a hundred in just 5.4 seconds. At each speed, you can spin the motor to the redlin and receive from this sensation, comparable, probably with skiing on the American hills! The main thing is to find a suitable, safe place. Even at +10 or 15 degrees, flying at high speeds without a roof is very comfortable. You just need to turn on the stove for 1-2 revolutions, plus the heating of the seats and all the roof cars will simply die with envy.
It is easy to steer a car with such a pumped car with a newfangled rack mechanism. He literally predicts hand movements and directs the car in the right direction. Of course, this does not mean that it is not necessary to steer and the car is parking on its own, as other models of Mercedes-Benz do it.
The Mercedes-Benz SL 500 suspension is based on many levers and 4 levers in front. He refuels Active Body Control, that is, an active suspension. It automatically selects the stiffness of shock absorbers depending on the driver’s driving style. As a result, we see minimal fluctuations and rolls of the car, despite the stupid asphalt of Moscow roads.
During the entire reading of this text, an appropriate question arises: is Mercedes-Benz SL 500 such money at all? Translated to the human factor, its purchase is comparable to the apartment. Only an ardent fan of the German brand will be able to give 5 million and rejoice at such a high -speed convertible. The rest will equalize the Mercedes-Benz SL 500 with other, cheaper analogues. Yes, let the Mercedes-Benz fans throw a 3-beam star at me that it is impossible to compare Germany with Japan, but I’ll say it anyway: the competitor to Infiniti G37, which will soon come out in theless version. The smaller engine volume and only 55 horses are weaker, this Japanese Nissan Skyline can easily compare the quality of the running aspects with the SL 500. For Russian, its G37 suspension is expensive, and it is not very far behind the SL 500. , to each his own. And now we are transplanted to the best Korean sports car Hyundai Coupe of top configuration.

pros
Great motor and dynamics
Minuses
Low frequencies at the receiver
Characteristics
Engine volume: 5.5 l
Power: 388 hp
Sum of cylinders: 8
Twisting: 530 nm
Drive: front
Acceleration to 100 km/h: 5.4 sec
Maximum speed: 250 km/h
City fuel consumption: 18-20 liters
Weight: 1.910 kg
Basic equipment
Interior
Boxing before and behind the seats
Adaptive rear lights
Automatic recognition system for children's sitting on the right front seat, only for the permitted Mercedes-Benz children's seats
Front and side airbags Head/Thorax
Subber in the central console with boxing
Highlights in the doors for the convenience of entering / output
The function of lifting loading in the luggage compartment (Easy-Pack system)
Cup holder
Tachometer
Klokhok keyiner
Electric windows, 2 pcs.
Lighting of the leg space from the driver and front passenger
Boxing for small items in the luggage compartment
Mesh for small objects in the front passenger legs space
Front seats's seat belt tension limiters
Ventilated glove box
Automatic climatic installation with dust filter and system
use of the residual heat of the engine
Fastenings and belts for the cargo behind seats
Cargo mount in the luggage compartment
Leather steering wheel
Automatic change in the position of the steering wheel when exiting and landing in
automobile
Steering column with electroregulation and system for memorizing parameters
Multifunctional steering wheel
Salon upholstery - combination of skin and fabric COMO
Comand control and indication system with built-in radio, 6.5 'color display (16: 9) and DVD player
(navigation system is supplied as additional options)
On-board computer
Luggage casing (removed)
Three -point seat belts, with comfortable automation and automatic fitting in height
The system for recognizing the presence of a passenger in the right front seat
Seats with lumbar support, electroregulation and system for memorizing parameters
Sunscreen visors with illuminated mirrors
Socket (12 V) in the luggage compartment
Preparation for installing the phone: Antenna and GSM cable
Patch under the seat of the passenger
KP lever with leather trim
Warning triangle
The central locking system of locks with interior locks and a collision sensor
Assyst
The central locking system of locks with locking
salon and a collision sensor
Elements of decorative decoration of the salon aluminum
Exterior
Anti -lock system
Aspherical side mirrors in the color of the car body with heated and electrical regulation, with parking position
from the front passenger
External temperature indicator
The function of lifting loading in the luggage compartment
Rotation signs built into the side mirrors
Emergency braking system (BAS)
Brake pad wear indicator
Stop signal LED
Anti -theft alarm with towing protection
Electro -hydraulic brake system with an assistant of the beginning of movement
Electronic traffic stabilization system (ESP)
Automatic inclusion of high light Headlamp Assist
Windle multi -layer safe glass
Automatic 7-step gearbox 7 G-Tronic
Remote unlocking the lid of the trunk
Heated rear window
Comfortable opening/closing function
Alloy wheels 17, design 5 spokes
Foglight headlights and fog back lights
Parametric steering with a traumatic steering column
Rain sensor
Tire pressure loss alarm
Injector wipers with heating
Washers of headlights
Side clash protection
Serving the trunk
Tempomat with an adjustable speed limiter Speedtronic
Automatic operation during signals from the safety arc sensor
automatically Extending
The folded roof, painted in the color of the car body, with an electro-hydraulic drive and a remote control
Complete heat -shielding glazing
El. Immobilizer complete with the device of central locking of doors with infrared du (recognized Azt and TUV)
Wind -tilting mesh with pocket
Glass weapons with heated
Xenon headlights
Additional serial equipment
Active suspension Active Body Control (ABC)
Upholstery skin according to the map of the samples
Heated seats
Burr Walnut wood decoration elements
Cost: 5.076.400 rubles
Alexander vlasov
 
 
 
 

Source: Autolet.ru