TOPPED OFF! - Gloves come off and tops come down as we find the best of the brute-force convertibles

摘要

Violent. Like an angry, urgent thump to the back of your skull. At idle it's all butterflies and falling leaves, but floor the throttle and the volume cranks up to an other-worldly thunder, a rolling, rhythmic V8 beat of eight pistons firing 100 times a second that erupts into a high-pitched, angry wail of wheelspin. it's as good as an AMG trademark, an almost-out-of-control balance between power and Insanity, and what makes AMGs so good. And it's a key role in its latest miniature muscle car, the coupe/convertible SLK55. With VBox on board, we're just trying to punch out some performance numbers and though it's an automatic gearbox, the 5.4-Utre V8's 265kW is making it more than just stamp-and-go.