Originally Posted by xfirelvr
Have been wondering if any one of you has ever driven the new SLK. I am curious if there really is all that much difference between the SLK chassis the Crossfire uses, and the chassis the current SLK uses. I get tired of reading car critics use the word "old" when describing the Crossfire chassis - I bet there really isn't all that much difference between the two. My car rides and handles great!
Bill
Just remember car reviewers work for magazines whose main ad revenue comes from companies trying to sell NEW CARS. Whatever is "new" is automatically better. In real life good engineering does not have an "expiration date" ! But reliable long term performance is boring and does not sell new product. When the W170 SLK320 first appeared the same magazines called it "powerful and torquey" and the chassis "sophisticated and competent". Three or four years latter and the same car is "old tech", "dated" and "underpowered". I'm so tired of these flacks who write for the car mags. They all parrot each other and regurgitate ad copy dressed up as car reviews.
Slim