Nurburgring Nordschleife in 8:14 mins.
here the SLK 55 AMG is nearly as fast as the much more powerful BMW M5, Viper SRT-10 or SL 65 AMG, even slightly fatser than the Alpina Roadster S or the Corvette C6, beats the standadr SLK 55 AMG to 8 secs.!
the SLK 55 AMG Black Series is very agile, 1st it shows some understeer but finally some oversteer when accerlating out of a curve, if the track is bumpy, it takes some hectic work at the steering to keep it on track
the track time was achieved in automatic sport mode as the gear switches in manual mode take more time
Hochenheim short track in 1:14.4 mins.
here the SLK 55 AMG is nearly as fast as the Porsche 997 Carrera S and as fast as the Alpina Roadster S.
even at the short track it shows the same handling with understeer when braking into the curve and oversteer when acceleration out of the curve
specs:
400 PS at 5,750 rpm
520 Nm at 3,750 rpm
5.439 litres
73.5 PS/litre
compression 11.0:1
tyres:
Pirelli P Zero Corsa, 235/35 ZR 19 in front, 265/30 ZR 19 in rear
MSRP: 107,300 EUR
Price as tested: 109,800 EUR
weight: 1,506 kgs
power-to-weight: 263.18 PS/ton
weight distribution: 54.5/45.5 % in front/rear
acceleration:
0-100 km/h 4.7 secs. (standard SLK55: 4,8 s)
0-160 km/h 10.1 secs. (standard SLK55: 10,8 s)
0-200 km/h 16.3 secs. (standard SLK55: 16,8 s)
80-120 km/h 4.1/6.1/12.4/15.0 secs. in 4th/5th/6th/7th gear
Vmax: 282 km/h (standard SLK55: 251 km/h)
handling
18 m slalom: 69.2 km/h
braking
100-0 km/h in 34.7 m
200-0 km/h in 138.0 m