Mercedes SLK 350

The SLK has always had a special place in my heart, for it was the first sports car that I ever got my hands on. It was about four years ago that a kind-hearted friend gave me the key to his SLK 200 and let me take the car out for a spin. Had it not been for him, the passion for hardtop convertibles would never have been kindled in the first place. Talking of hardtop convertibles, let us remember that it was the SLK, which, 15 years ago, introduced the concept of a two-piece hardtop folding back into the boot to make the car a convertible. Today we are witness to the third generation of the SLK and what we see on these pages is a variant of the current generation - the SLK 350.