Auto industry spies report that the proportions of the new Mercedes Benz SLK cannot be appreciated yet due to the thick slabs used to camouflage it. The LED daylight which has been the recent trend for the Benz fleet is evident.

The hood seems to be longer than its older sibling and the seats look a bit pushed back. The side mirrors are also attached to the doors with thinner bars.

The angle between the rear deck and hard top is a tinge of the SLC 2010. The lines of the front end of the new SLK also hints which design forms are being shared with other member of the Mercedes Benz fleet. Good thing though that the front provides a fresher look compared to the older generation Benz.

The SLK will have under its hood a 2.2L diesel power train derived from the C250 CDI. It can produce 204hp which is more like the output of the C-Class and GLK. Some say that the SLK may have a so-so performance if this diesel powerplant rolls in the U.S. market. The engine may just fall short of the sporty experience expected from an SLK.

There might also be an AMG variant that will have a whopping 470hp V6 engine. We might get more revelations with regard to the specs of the new SLK as it goes forward its development.

The new SLK will be in dealerships before the end of 2010 and may have a sticker price close to the current release of $46,000.

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300SL or otherwise known as Gullwing – has been resurrected five decades after the 2-seater set the 1954 New York auto show into frenzy. Now that Gullwing is named SLS – and will sure steal the spotlight for Mercedes-Benz at the Frankfurt’s motor show on September 2009.

Prototypes are now making a buzz to give car aficionados a glimpse of its design and specifications. Volker Mornhinweg, AMG boss, had stated that the redefinition of this Mercedes still holds it 300SL features. They just made the modernized reinvention with the long bonnet, well carved wings, erected windscreen, well-furnished doors and a rounded turret. Aside from those, they had also tapered the rear sides of the car.

SLS is revved up with the engine configuration of AMG’s 6.2 liter V8, with almost 120 of its components are redefined which includes a new aluminum crankcase that can actually reduce its weight by nine pounds. The mechanics are engineered to release a magnanimous 563 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque. Mercedes also revealed that the top speed is only restricted up to 196 miles per hour and that car will get 18 mpg for its emissions.

Safety is also very much considered in the making of the SLS. In fact, the models are equipped with eight airbags- two at the front, two at the side, two at the knees and two for window devices.
SLS will be out in the North American car market in the middle of 2010 and the expected price will be at around $250,000.

There is no official name for this new two-gullwing-door coupe model yet. Earlier reports last year suggested that it would be bear the SLC badge, but it seems that the plans have changed. There’s a possibility that it will carry the AMG badge. However, no official announcements from Mercedes-Benz have been made.

The company has already released a number of image clips of this coupe’s exterior. The car shows off a highly aerodynamic and modern finish which is almost spacey. Aside from the slick overall exterior, the coupe is also expected to boasts of a 550 hp to 650 hp V12 engine. This is the same engine used in the AMG Black Series.

The movable grille at the coupe’s rear, along with the three pointed black star behind the bumper’s black tape is reminiscent of earlier Mercedes-Benz classics, namely the Mercedes 300 SL. The Mercedes 300 SL is an earlier gullwing model from the 1950s.

This coupe’s class and power tandem has a big price tag pegged on it once it hits the show rooms in 2010. Quotes for this gullwing model reach up to $450,000 in the US and €150,000 in Europe.

This Mercedes-Benz gullwing coupe is designed to rival the Porsche 911 Turbo, Audi R8 and Lexus LF-A.