Mercedes-Benz Releases UK Pricing on New SLK 55 AMG

The most powerful production SLK of all time, the new 2012 SLK 55 AMG, has arrived in Britain and is available for to order with an on-the-road price of £54,950 (equal to US$84,630 / €66,200).

Lying under the hood of the AMG-branded SLK is a naturally aspirated, direct-injection V8 engine with a displacement of 5.5-liters that produces 421-horses at 6,800rpm and 540Nm (398.2 lb-ft) of peak torque at 4,500rpm.

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Mercedes-Benz Releases New Video Footage of 2012 SLK 55 AMG

After the recent track footage of the C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series being thrown around the corners of the Laguna Seca circuit in California, Mercedes-Benz's AMG division released a new video of another product it launched this year, the 2012 SLK 55 AMG.

Unfortunately, the clip was filmed on public roads so it's far more politically correct (…if you get our drift) than what you'd expect from a rear-wheel drive sports car like the new SLK 55 AMG that boasts a 5.5-liter V8 engine with 422HP and 540 Nm.

Nevertheless, feel free to check it out for yourself in the video that follows after the break.

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Mercedes-Benz Drops New Photo Gallery of the Latest SLK

With all the craze surrounding Mercedes-Benz's newly-launched or upcoming models, like the C-Coupe AMG Black Series, the various iterations of the SLS AMG supercar, the brand-new B-Class MPV, as well as the soon-to-be released A-Class and the “mini-CLS” CLC, we've almost forgotten about the German firm's latest SLK.

But not Mercedes which decided to refresh our memory with a new set of photos of its two-seater hardtop roadster model that went on sale earlier this summer.

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Project Kahn Murders Out Brabus-Prepped Mercedes-Benz SLK200 AMG

If you ever wondered what a factory-tuned vehicle like a Mercedes SLK 200 [R172] would look after two independent tuners got their hands on it, Project Kahn has you covered.

You see, British designer Afzal Kahn took a Mercedes SLK 200 that had already been fitted with an extensive AMG sport package and then further honed by Brabus and added his own personal touch.

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