New Mercedes-Benz SLC promotion video arrives

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With the new Mercedes SLC – the re-named SLK – arriving, Mercedes has a trailer video to let you know the new SLC is the car you really want.

Earlier this month, Mercedes-Benz rolled out the new Mercedes SLC, a name revived from Mercedes’ past to bolt on the boot of the facelift SLK, and now we get a promo video for the SLC designed to make you fall in lve with Mercedes’ baby roadster.

Mercedes does the usual job of shooting the car from great angles, on great roads with great scenery backdrops, and we have to admit the SLC looks more slick and cohesive than the SLK it replaces.

It’s a neat trick considering the SLC is really nothing more than a facelift for the SLK, with a new nose that makes the SLC look more like a baby SL, titivations to the lights and a new folding hard top you can spec with a panoramic glass roof.

But the biggest changes to the SLC are under the skin, where the old AMG V8 is dropped to be replaced with a 3.0 litre twin-turbo V6 with 326bhp in the SLC 43 , enough to get to 62mph in 4.7 seconds and yet be much more economical than the old AMG.

Other engine options include the 2.0 litre petrol in the SLC 200 and SLC 300, as well as the 2.1 diesel in the SLC 250d.

All in all, despite the SLC not being a ‘new’ car, Mercedes has done a good job of making it more appealing than the SLK.

Mercedes SLC Video