The original SLK (codenamed R170) arrived in 1996, then in 2004 an all-new second-generation model went on sale, codenamed the R171. While the Mk1 was a very good car, the second edition was a big ...

with perhaps a touch of the 1997 CLK in the squared off haunches. The production version of the SLK (codenamed R170) had a more elegant, rounded form that arguably better replicated the look of ...