Originally Posted by williamgomes

I don't understand the SL. If you want a Mercedes 2-seat sports car, you get an AMG-GT. If you want a convertible luxury cruiser, you get an S-class convertible. What's the point of the SL?

Mercedes doesn't seem to care much about it. It always has incredibly long intervals between refreshes, and is usually the last model to receive updates. They also quietly dropped the V12 versions from the U.S. market (you can no longer get an SL65).