Originally Posted by JHM2K
Not as much as you'd accuse me of... I made no bones about the Crossfire being in even the same class, let alone family, of the SLS Convertible. Performance is night & day. Interior fit and finish is leagues ahead of the Crossfire. Then again, so is the price.
You're looking at $200,000 for a SLS Convertible.
You're looking at $15,000 for a Crossfire Convertible.
So, for 7.5% of the price you'd pay for the SLS, you have a Mercedes-based convertible that has the following:
- Long hood
- Short boot
- Side strakes
- Staggered wheels
- Two-tone leather interior
- Comfy on the Autobahn
- Retractable Spoiler (same part number on the mechanism)
- Similar rake angle on windshield
All I said was that there was an alarming number of similarities, even down to the overall "profile". Will someone mistake an SLS for a Crossfire Roadster? Absolutley not, unless they're on serious drugs. Do laymen mistake the Crossfire for the "garden variety" Mercedes convertible? All the time.
Before your lofty AMG days, I recall you proudly owning a Miata.
Pray tell why you enjoyed it so much?
The SLS was inspired by the Mercedes 300SL, thus the reason it has Gullwing doors. It looks much more like this,
Than the Crossfire, and the new SLK is derived from the current SLS much the same with the R171 being similarly shaped as the SLR. My friend you may want to look at what is in those nice cigars you've been smokin.
Oh and there was nothing wrong with a miata. It was just way too slow for me, handled well though, and at times was a blast to drive.