Please pardon my ignorance, but I have to ask: What does the "K' stand for. I am serious. Is it suppose to be Koupe for Coupe. or Kompressor as I have seen on some vehicles.

Also does anyone really know if the SLK is not considered a type of SL. Perhaps many "true" SL owners / fans are insulted that the SLK would be a part of the same class. However, I would agree that the SLK is probably "sport light" / light sports car. May be some one could research and contact Mercedes-Benz.

Until, reading these posts, I never thought of the SLK being an SL type model. However, I do find it odd that MB would give it such a similiar distinction to the SL models by naming it SLK.