DRIVING

There’s more roll in the SL and the weightier steering means it doesn’t feel as agile. Combined with harsher ride, it’s easily upset on twistier, more challenging roads, where it also feels large.

NOISE The emotional aspect of cars like these shouldn’t be forgotten, and while the SL loses out on comfort and agility, its V6 sounds sweeter, revving with a musical bark and cracking on gearshifts.