I was hoping this car was a AMG SL55 but it turned out to just be a run of the mill SL550. Certainly a nice car, but a Mercedes is typically a bit too plush for me, though some of the AMG, especially the black series cars, are impressive. This was a looker, but a cruiser beyond that.

Well, the normal SLK55 might not be ranked among the top “drivers cars” but the AMG version was a good effort from Mercedes to up the fun quotient a bit. The SLK55 AMG has a normally aspirated V8 with 355 HP and 376 ft-lbs of torque and while there was no manual transmission option, it was mated to a nice …

  Most Mercedes-Benz cars do not make it onto our radar, but we have to admit some of their AMG cars are probably worth mentioning. We stumbled upon this fine example of a SL55 AMG. While the SL series can be a bit heavy, the SL55 AMG does at least have a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 with 510 hp and 531 …