More than just a mild exterior freshening, the updates to the 2009 model are unmistakable as they align the appearance of the SL with its larger sibling, the 2009 CLS-Class. The front end has been ...

Though the S-Class sedan continues to steam along as Mercedes-Benz's flagship, the company's most treasured badge is the SL. It was the first postwar Benz to capture the world's attention, initially ...

The lovely Larkin Hill, Mercedes-Benz USA's media relations representative for the West Coast, promised me that I had quite a nice surprise at the San Francisco airport for my drive down the coast to ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...

Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat: Yes, this retractable-hardtop Mercedes-Benz roadster costs in the ballpark of $96,000. If you’re worried about your mortgage, this car is not for you.

OUR TAKE: The formula for Mercedes-Benz's SL hasn't changed much since 1989, but for the addition of the latest in technological gadgetry and a power-folding hardtop. It's a beautiful, expensive, ...

Though the bottom of Mercedes’ hardtop-convertible SL line, the 550 is not by any means bottom-of-the line. The Benz-born cliché of “precision engineering” is fully evident. It drives like a taut wire ...