These disruptions in the SLK's flight path (think ... which is narrow and often falls off sharply into ditches designed to funnel water away from the road and, regrettably, to flip over the ...

Some on staff simply refuse to interact with it—leaving the counterintuitive navigation system and stereo off—which in a car like the SLK is fine ... If the road permits, dial in some lock ...

A breath off the gas makes quick work of initial understeer, and the SLK feels positively planted ... in a straight line by cratered surfaces, but road warts are otherwise fairly ironed out.

Alphabet soup aside, the new SLK does come off as less of a chick car than its ... make the SLK an ideal sports car for mountain road drives. It's crisper and sharper in every input versus the ...

After updating maintenance & reconditioning the interior & exterior, the SLK is trustworthy to take on long road trips without ... the cover for the roof control fell off, the vinyl cover to ...

Hampered slightly by axle hop off the line, the SLK nonetheless hit 60 mph in 6.3 ... although nuanced road feel is left out of the equation. The brakes are reassuring in spite of a pedal that ...

Mercedes-Benz' third-generation SLK roadster is about as small a package ... weight penalty of the 350 was shaved right off its new masculine snout, which if you haven't noticed, is more chiseled ...

while it is not the car that my SL was, my SLK 280 serves my needs quite well. It is my fun car. I use it for weekend road trips and just ... weather with the motor off for about 40 minutes ...

Handling is sporty and enjoyable, while ride and noise levels are civilized enough to leave you unrattled on a long road trip. The retractable metal top folds away quickly. When it's up, the SLK ...

called SLK 250, is also offered), but as before it sends this power to the road via a six-speed manual gearbox and rear-wheel drive. I'm scything along roads threaded between Tenerife's volcanic ...