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    ROADSTER Revolution

    Oct 27, 2021 5 minutes
    BY THOMAS GEIGER

    THE MORNING DEW is rolling in and the heavy fog reduces sight. Sadly, summer is well and truly over in the Eifel. Roadster weather, for Europe at least, is over. It’s early as the sun breaks cover, and the cool conditions render a drop-top convertible redundant. Or so you’d think. I’m sitting next to AMG’s head of technology, Jochen Hermann, in the new SL prototype and I couldn’t be more excited despite the intentions of Mother Nature.

    Despite the incongruous season, it’s finally time to experience the new SL. The Swabians have waited long enough to pull the covers off its latest creation. We’re in a ‘fairly’ final pre-production prototype and the theory is that the iconic nameplate will be ready to take flight for open-air cruising in the summer of 2022 (our winter).

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