The New 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL Is a Totally Different SL 

My favorite quirk when it has a v8

the fact that it's totally new

The back seats

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The history of the SL

I myself considered buying a Pagani Huayra. However, since they won’t paint it in the specific shade of orange I wanted, I saved my money and take public transport instead.

I looked at the Chiron, but it was a bit too cheap so I had to settle for a private jet instead. First world problems.

😂😂😂

Wtf bro?

I love food, but when I tasted it I recoiled and decided to just starve instead.

661HP was mind blowing in 2008, still impressive today. And the SL65 AMG looked good while making that much power.

I loved the Black Series cars

my favorite sl other than the entire r129 generation

Yeah, Doug is really selling this thing...less power, cheaper top, not as distinctive, no V12...but awd and unusable backseats make up for all of that...oh and it's not as fast

Yup, SL550 even better, affordable insanity.

The 2002 - 2008 are the best sl‘s in my opinion.

I also had a 2003 SL 55 AMG; too many issues at the end of warranty so sold it. Love/hate relationship. Now I'm driving a 2015 SL 400 and totally reliable. Love it. No brake squealing.

I few years ago we bought our loaded '03 SL55 with 65k miles for the price of a used' 08 Camry & we love it. The M113K is an awesome engine & easy to upgrade well over 600hp. It's been a very, very fun & reliable car.

​@@justarandomguy1794they are literally known as the worst SLs

​@@BenzoDopaminelol according to who

and you cant leave anything in it...ever.

@@noName-kn1lx why

@@k.matthews1158 cuz thiefs can just rip the rag top

It looks so cheap mann ffs

Doug presses the accelerator and says "ohhhhh that's just GREAT"! Still love Doug's videos and the expressions on his face are priceless. They are by far the best on RU-vid etc.

@@sdsurfers1 He’s been in the game for almost a decade now.

What I love about him is that he's a very simple man. He doesn't use a big crew to film his videos. Only him and his camera.

Doug is the type of guy to make videos more enjoyable.😊

@@TFSIChristmas Doug the type of guy to create a million-dollar-a-year youtube channel.

Most companies that compete in this segment (including Lexus) put back seats in their convertible. So while it's not strange for this segment, it makes more sense in an S class coupe than in the SL.

@@damilolaakanni unfortunately s-class coupe was discontinued

Marketing research. MB asked a bunch of previous SL owners what they wanted in the new one. Back seats was one of them, no matter how useless. LOL

Looks like a 370Z.

@@georgesimon4469 All the old guys who buy these wanted back seats lol.

doug said the old SL was a lazy slow car... I dont know what model he was talking about but my 2018 SL63 was a fast car.. not mclaren fast, but ran 11.43 in quarter mile at 126 mph.. I dont like the new one, looked at one, its heavier.. His comments at the end are dumb.

@@twfinc6855 Straight line fast and corner fast are two different things, I'm pretty sure Doug meant the old SL was more of a cruiser which meant sure you could floor it and go 0-60 in a flash but you can't drive fast in practice hence lazy, unlike you can a true sports/supercar.

Couldn’t have said it any better

@@shroomyesc ya... but they call a mustang a sports car and yet my SL63 is wider and lower and handles far better than my neighbors 2019 GT.. ya the SL is a nice drive, but in sport plus its a bit of a harsh ride and takes on and off ramps great. its really got a split personality.. It is still a sports car at that trim level in my opinion, not super car sports level, but it will corner 90% as well as a AMG GTR which I have driven 2 or 3 of those... The SL gets a lot of disrespect for no reason. Its an awesome car.

They were doing fine with the amg gt (the 2 door version) and the s class convertible. Idk why they made this.

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You might as well buy one before you get old, they're not going to get any cheaper. The R129 was the last great Mercedes-Benz where the engineers had the final say in how it was built.

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Me too bro😅, but no one's talking about it But I liked the older model far more then this one, because of the V12 and folding hardtop

@six6 That's a nice way to release toxic gases

That's what I don't like about teslas, there's close to no buttons but just one huge screen in the middle

Probably impossible? And doesn't want to p*** off Temecula by taking the p***

You can write "piss", you know

I’m surprised he got into the front seat let alone the back lol. I don’t even know why they would try to make this four seater at all. They make it a more performance car with only making it AMG but then they include four seats to take some performance out of the car? 🤔

Those seats were designed for veterans with no legs. A nice gestures to those who serve.

@@stephenjablonsky1941 I giggled as well mate nice joke mate

No. Pinnacle is r129

I'm on my first car with temp controls on the screen. Also first car with no normal volume knob. Both "features" are horrible. Absolutely hate it.

Issue is it rattled a lot, was much slower and always broke down.

soft tops are ugly and I truthfully think that Mercedes-Benz is just lazy and didn't want to design a new hardtop

Agree. They are trying to save weight by using the soft top but at the same time adding unusable backseats 🤷‍♂

Corvette had the right ideas in reintroducing hardtops; it’s a shame that most car makers are cheaping out and switching to soft tops.

I also prefer hard tops. I feel that soft tops just make the car looker cheaper.

Notice how Doug never used the screen with the roof down. Even drove both SL's roof up. Very suspicious. We all know the truth.

Yup, put it facing slightly more down, straight to the white leather seats - that'll help with the glare xD

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It's an eyesore an abomination

....and cost more. And you need to have them fixed because a whole bunch of other things may not be working since all the computers are talking to each other. Of course, nobody can fix them except Mercedes dealerships or high end specialized shops that charge just as much. I gave up on high end cars with lots of features back in 2008. Two reasons for that. I live in liberal toilet bowl NYC where traffic is ridiculous and tired of working overtime to buy, maintain and drive cars. By the way, 2008 was the year I quit working for Mercedes as a technician.

Salty you've been priced out of buying one???

@@danielmiller9012 Mercedes are junk. He worked on them, and I work on them in my shop. Seen so many Mercedes, bmw, land rovers etc. Mechanically totalled and in junk yards that look brand new because of the expensive and unnecessary tech in them going bad and costing too much in repairs to fix.

@@bigizzysworld4253 They aren't junk. My dad had a 300D with 500k miles, but new ones are. So much good, solid stuff, that is ruined by: Electronics. Good interior, power, chassis, engine, but just the auxiliary functions give out and it sucks. So much quality ruined by gimmicks. That's just the thing. It's just gimmicky.

@@applejuice9468 old Benz's are good cars. I'm not denying that. I'm talking the last 15 years or so when everyone started getting electronic happy and making engine parts out of plastic. Mercedes and BMW have been the worse about that. I hate it when I gota tell a customer that it isn't worth fixing and that it's mechanically totalled

Thanks for Doug face

Nice time stamp

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Agree, makes it look like a mustang if u squint

that comment that doug made to this is a scam and not actually doug do not do what it says!

If that were the case then the S63 from 2015 would’ve plummeted to that price but they’re still going for $75k+

😂 maybe sl450 or a much older 500 but probably not the amgs

There's literally a button.

The world will always need mechanics and hands-on engineers. He sounds like a smart kid who knows how to apply himself fully.

Let's go!! More henchmen for stealerships and shitty corps. Love it.

that comment that doug made to this is a scam and not actually doug do not do what it says!

that comment that doug made to this is a scam and not actually doug do not do what it says!

I believe they don’t sell the A Class in USA.

@@roadhouseguy a35 sedan but not a45 and no hatchback. They do sell the cla45 in the US though. I have an a35 sedan myself. Love that little car.

.....and the price is higher. Less for more money.

@@tedmarakas2626 Better leather, tech, sound system, ambient lighting (which can be turned off) Fit/finish could be better but the infotainment is the best of all the GT roadsters. The overall materials quality is still good but the tech of the old SLs was severely lacking even for it's time. Also, this design is WAY better and the handling is eons ahead... I've driven both numerous times (neighbor collects MBs).

The digital gauge cluster is actually phenomenal and lots of cars in its class have gone that route, Mbs is one of if not the best digital gauge clusters.

Oh and I forgot to say, this one is a noticeably smoother ride.

@@danielmiller9012 They should make it roaster and hard top in my opinion

It always baffled me why they even exist. It would me more practical to have this space utilized for storing stuff, which is the only thing these rear seats are good for. Some elegant bag-matching storage compartment purposefully designed for said bags. Something similar to the dedicated trunk for Pagani Huayra's bags.

they're getting straight up decapitated

Love hard tops but they rattle like crazy even on super expensive cars, the sound proofing on this is extremely impressive for a soft top.

I hate that it has that ugly ass soft top. The old people who buy this fucked this car.

I don’t love the design but it looks good, I think the best designs as of late from Mercedes have been the s class coupe, the amg gt, and the new Mercedes s class, especially the rear lights, I love them!

@@iosgaming2824 I can agree. Personally though I’m not a fan of super long bonnets but the GT still looks striking. Mercedes are doing well at the moment for sure

@@BigManTivO I like them a lot when it comes to cars because I think it makes the cars presence more special for some reasoning but I probably think that because I associate long bonnets with the expensive cars like Aston martins, Bentleys and Mercedeses, P.S. I understand not all things expensive are special in comparison to the alternatives that are cheaper lol. I thought the amg gt was pretty nice looking as well Mercedes really hasn’t fumbled a 300SL generation yet fortunately, hopefully the amg gt’s successor isn’t a fumble. I think the cars their producing right now are nice as well but when it comes to the GLS the thing I don’t like about the rear is that makes the car look too chunky. I hope with them making cars under the maybach name plate I.e. the maybach project one (I don’t know how many there are though, I’ve only seen drake post one and Mercedes post pictures of it) that they do it in a way that doesn’t negatively affect the success they’ve garnered with maybach since 2016 because their Mercedes maybach vehicles are already a very big competitor to any model rolls Royce has and it be cool if it became an even bigger one. I wanted to add to that I wish Mercedes had left the rear seats out of the new SL to save weight. people that can afford 100k cars can afford to buy different cars for different purposes so they don’t need a SL especially the new one that’s predominately performance based to have back seats and if they want back seats they can get an amg gt 4 door or a e class but maybe they added the seats because they felt it was needed for a better driving experience because I know their cars being heavier more often then their competitors is a very traditional mentality of their…. Designers I guess I’d say

Major difference. GT has super stiff suspension, pretty much a track-focused car whereas the SL is more practical and has a much softer, live-able ride.

He said he doesn't think it will sell well. Mostly due to high price. It is also not an 911 he said that 4 times. He also mentioned during the doug score review that it has a smoother ride than a Porsche

hard tops rattle too much.

to compete against the 911 directly

@@rc7016 Okay, but I still think it is kind of dumb. 🙂

@@genewaddlerandomstuff2122 I completely agree with you. unusable back seats are pointless. I have to wonder though if maybe a 2+2 classification in some way changes the vehicle designation in terms of EPA or emissions ratings as well.

I suppose that's possible. I won't be buying one but thought it was a curious thing to do.

According to Mr Doug Lexus LC 500 got 10 / 10 !!

That's why I love the new Bentley Flying Spur thing. U can rotate the screen so when it becomes old in a few years u can just ignore it xD

Hey Mate how’s your day going have you heard of bitcoin and It’s current value….?

@@Nikica40 what happens when the rotate thingy breaks? 🤔

Faze? I'm guessing you were a kid when you made this account haha

How many amg engineers did you 360 noscoped to stop building 6 Liter cars and sell 4 cylinder cars as Amgs instead?

Maybe not in the US

What if they're two children in the back seat? Children count as people even if they're infants. You might even see a couple of adult dwarves or midgets riding in the backseat as well.

Just like a 911.

Unless a pimp buys one.

@@orishaeshu1084 Have you ever actually seen a pimp?

@@ivanlowjones If you see any of those scenarios you outlined, I'd love a picture.