There is no doubt that Mercedes commands prestige in the field of luxury car making. Over the years, it has perfected the art of infusing racing technology in road cars, which resulted in light weight cars with better traction control and lots of horsepower. Their craftsmanship and ingenuity reflects well in their SL class cars, though it’s not the costliest series in their portfolio. Mercedes has been producing the SL class cars since the 50’s. SL comes from the German phrase Sport Leicht (sport light weight). Mercedes SL55 first came into the scene in the year 1998 and was sold through AMG, now a part of Mercedes Car Group; it had the R129 bodystyle. Later in the year 2002, a new version of SL55 AMG was introduced with the R230 bodystyle. The origin of SL55 AMG can be traced in SL500, an earlier model of SL class. AMG took the design of SL500 and heavily modified it by placing a V8 engine under the hood; the new engine gives 50% extra power compared to its predecessor and can hit 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. It’s also the first Mercedes car with push button sequential gear shift. The base price of SL55 AMG is $113000; though features like the panoramic roof top can account for an added 1800 dollars. Some other prominent features include tire pressure monitoring system, active ventilated seats, etc.