The 2005 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Roadster With 604 horsepower on tap from its twin-turbocharged V-12, the SL65 reigns as AMG’s most powerful roadster ever. Acceleration 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds
Exterior Features
Formula 1 inspired front air dam with black mesh grill, special intake and heat extractors.
AMG-design front air dam with mesh air intakes, side skirts and rear apron with mesh air diffuser.
Four polished stainless-steel exhaust tips.
Electrohydraulic retractable aluminum hardtop, operated via console control or SmartKey remote.
Rear window pivots 180° while top folds, for more space-efficient stowage of folded top in trunk.
Double-hinged trunk lid opens at front edge for top retraction and at rear for access to cargo area.
Dual power mirrors, linked to driver’s seat memory and automatically heated.
Easy-Pack system tilts up folded roof at the touch of a button for easier access to trunk compartment.
Attachable fine-mesh wind deflector (fastens to roll bar in either raised or retracted position).
Auto-dimming left-side mirror. Parking-assist right-side mirror can be programmed to tilt down upon shifting to Reverse.
Electrically heated rear window with auto-shutoff based on time, driving speed and outside temperature.
Dual aero-blade windshield wipers. Heated washer nozzles. Heated wiper parking position. Infrared rain sensor automatically adjusts wiper speed and intermittent wiper frequency from infinite delay to constant wiping, based on amount of rainfall measured on windshield.
Bi-Xenon High Intensity Discharge low-beam headlamps with automatic level control, halogen high beams, clear high-impact polycarbonate lenses, and heated headlamp washers. Halogen front foglamps. Single red rear foglamp, integrated in left taillamp cluster.
Driver-selectable light-sensing headlamps can be set via the Auto position of the headlamp switch to automatically illuminate in darkness, and when entering dark tunnels or parking garages.
Driver-programmable Daytime Running Lamps illuminate low-beam headlamps in daylight, with auto-on override in darkness. Automatic lamp substitution uses a nearby lamp if a critical bulb fails. Red and smoke-color rear lamp covers with dual-intensity LED brake lamps and taillamps.
Touch Turn Signals flash three times with one touch of turn-signal lever, for lane-changing. Auxiliary LED turn signal indicators are integrated with side mirror housings.
Locking and Security SmartKey uses an electronic code to unlock the gearshift and ignition.
Removing SmartKey from ignition disables engine computer to help prevent unauthorized starting SmartKey remote control integrates: door lock/unlock buttons, trunk opener, removable valet key, panic alarm, driver may selectively unlock only the driver’s door and fuel filler, or both doors plus the trunk/tailgate and fuel filler.
SmartKey remote locking uses redundant infrared and radio-frequency signals for improved range, and rolling-code signal for protection from transmitter cloning.
SmartKey offers infrared-remote opening/closing of windows and remote raising/lowering of hardtop, and can turn on Active Ventilated seats, from outside the car.
Driver-programmable user-recognition feature links each SmartKey to driver’s preferences (up to three individual users per car) for: driver’s seat memory settings (including steering column and outside mirror positions) and various climate control settings.
Driver-programmable driveaway locking can automatically lock the doors when the car reaches 9 mph.
Night security illumination uses the car’s exterior lights to help illuminate a path after parking.
Driver-programmable intervals allow lights to stay on for 60, 45, 30 or 15 seconds, or not at all. Locator lighting uses the car’s lights to help light a return path when the car is remote-unlocked in darkness. Unlocking car activates illuminated entry system, which includes interior lighting, plus entrance lamps in both doors.
Pneumatic trunk closing assist. Emergency trunk release, located inside trunk and illuminated for 60 minutes after trunk lid is closed.
Integrated 3-button garage door control, compatible with HomeLink® components and some other systems.
Tele Aid GPS-based Stolen Vehicle Recovery allows law enforcement agencies to track and recover stolen vehicle.
Tele Aid Remote Door Unlock allows owner to have doors automatically unlocked in the event the SmartKey becomes locked inside vehicle.
Tele Aid Automatic Alarm Notification alerts Mercedes-Benz to contact vehicle owner if antitheft alarm sounds
Interior Features
Dual-zone CFC-free automatic climate control with individual left and right controls for temperature and airflow direction, with dual automatic modes. Seat-belt usage sensors allow climate control to focus first on occupied seating positions.
REST mode can ventilate cabin or help keep cabin warmer using residual heat for up to 30 minutes after car is turned off.
Electrostatic dust and pollen filter. Integrated activated charcoal filter with smog-sensing automatic recirculation of filtered cabin air.
Sun sensor helps compensate for the effects of directional sunlight on the occupants.
Humidity/dewpoint sensor helps reduce window fogging during humid weather, and helps prevent overdrying of cooled air.
Tunnel mode offers one-touch closing of all windows and cabin air intake by pressing and holding the air-recirculation button.
Pressing button again restores previous window and sunroof positions.
Climate control also compensates for driving speed, window and hardtop positions, and ambient temperature.
Multifunction steering wheel provides convenient, additional controls for basic functions of audio system and phone, plus operation of multifunction display.
Fingertip shift buttons behind steering-wheel spokes.
Power windows, with one-touch express-up/down for the front windows, express-up/down for the rear windows (via front window controls).
Auto-dimming rearview mirror. 4-way (tilt/telescoping) power steering column, position linked to driver’s seat memory.
Driver-programmable easy-exit feature can move driver’s seat rearward and/or raise steering column when SmartKey is removed from ignition, and restore positions when key is reinserted.
Electronic cruise control, with digital readout of selected speed in multifunction display upon engagement.
Automatic ambient lighting provides gentle illumination to the console, door handles and footwells.
Dual reading lamps. Courtesy lamps with programmable fade-out time.
Entrance lamps in both doors. Dual illuminated vanity mirrors (in sun visors) Dual retractable cupholders.
Center armrest. Glovebox and compartment underneath center armrest are both illuminated and include climate-control air outlets.
Enclosed door pockets. Carpeted shelf behind seats with retractable luggage straps.
Dual enclosed storage compartments beneath luggage shelf.
Locking car from outside automatically locks all of these compartments, for added convenience when parking with the top down.
Parcel net in right footwell. Seating & Trim 12-way power front seats, each with pneumatically adjustable lumbar support and 3-position memory.
Driver’s seat memory includes steering column and outside mirror positions.
Memory presets are linked to each SmartKey’s user-recognition feature.
AMG-design sport seats. Heated seats. Dynamic multicontour seatbacks with pneumatically adjustable side bolsters, shoulder supports and triple lumbar supports. Massage feature slowly pulsates the central lumbar support to help reduce muscle fatigue.
Easy-access courtesy feature with obstruction sensor: A touch of a button tilts seatback and power-glides seat forward, to facilitate use of rear-cabin storage areas. Another touch of the button restores seat position.
Hand-fitted AMG-design perforated leather seating surfaces with metal AMG badges.
Premium leather on dash, console, doors, armrests, roll bar and rear cabin panels. Contrasting top-stitching on doors, dash and console. Alcantara covering instrument-cluster hood, ceiling and sun visors.
AMG-design leather-trimmed sport steering wheel with raised thumbgrips and fingertip shift controls. Leather-trimmed shift knob. Cast-finish aluminum trim on center console and doors.
Stainless-steel door sill trim with AMG insignia.
Exclusive floor mats.
Audio, Navigation and Communications COMAND-DVD Cockpit Management and Data system integrates: DVD-based navigation, AM/FM stereo/weatherband radio, in-dash single-CD player, controls for rear-cabin-mounted 6-disc CD changer and phone.
A 6.5″ color-LCD in-dash screen. Ten mode-dependent soft keys alongside screen for easy access to commands and on-screen menus. Fiber-optic network offers precise, high-speed communication among components.
Factory preparation for CD changer and cellular phone, and SIRIUS Satellite Radio prewiring, using fiber-optic network.
Bose® Cabin Surround ™ multichannel digital sound system features: 8 speakers, including a dash-mounted center fill speaker and a 4×6″ woofer, Cabin Surround sound architecture, with independent front and rear channels for a 360° sound field and a proprietary channel assignment algorithm for a balanced, accurate surround-sound experience for playback of audio CDs and optional SIRIUS Satellite Radio at each seating position, Bose Centerpoint™ signal processing, which processes stereo and matrix surround CDs to five independent channels, delivering a multichannel surround-sound experience, even from conventional stereo CDs. Bose AudioPilot™ digital processing, which monitors sound within the cabin and helps compensate for unwanted ambient noise with no perceived change in audio volume.
Integrated rear-cabin-mounted 6-disc CD changer. COMAND-DVD in-dash navigation system uses Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites to determine the current location of your car, with map database for the contiguous U.S., Hawaii and Canada on a single DVD. DVD-ROM drive concealed in trunk.
Tele Aid system uses GPS satellites plus a cellular link to provide 24-hour live assistance for emergency aid (SOS button), information (i-button) or Roadside Assistance (wrench button). Tele Aid basic services include Automatic Collision Notification (engages SOS function if an air bag or ETD deploys), Stolen Vehicle Tracking, Remote Door Unlock service and Dealer Connect.
Restraint Systems Integrated Restraint System Driver and passenger are each provided with a front air bag, a door-mounted side-impact head/thorax air bag, and 3-point seat belt with Emergency Tensioning Device (ETD) and belt force limiter.
Driver is also provided with a knee air bag. Adaptive dual-stage front air bags are deployed in response to frontal impact severity. ETDs are deployed in a front or rear impact exceeding a preset threshold of severity, or certain rollovers. An ETD will not deploy if seat belt is unfastened. Occupancy sensor prevents the passenger’s front and side-impact head/thorax air bags from deploying if the seat is unoccupied. An ETD will not deploy if seat belt is unfastened.
Automatic Collision Notification engages Tele Aid SOS function if an air bag or ETD deploys.
Selectable seat-belt retractor for passenger seat, to help secure a child seat. Seat belts are attached to seat frames at all three points.
Shoulder belts height-adjust automatically.
Head restraints automatically height-adjust as the seats move fore-aft.
Head restraints also power-adjust for height and adjust fore-aft manually.
Pop-up roll bar: If sensors detect an imminent rollover, a high-strength steel roll bar automatically deploys in 0.3 second.
Driver can also raise and retract the roll bar electrically via a console control.
AMG-built twin-turbocharged 5,980-cc SOHC 36-valve V-12.
High-strength, balanced forged steel crankshaft.
Forged aluminum AMG pistons with upgraded oil spray cooling and high-capacity AMG oil pump and engine oil cooler.
Net power 604 hp @ 5500 rpm Net torque 738 lb-ft @ 2,000 – 4,000 rpm
AMG enhanced driver-adaptive electronic 5-speed automatic.
Driver-adaptive programming adjusts shift points to the driver’s current driving style.
Touch Shift allows driver to manually downshift and allow upshifts by nudging the shift lever left or right from the Drive position. Shift into Optimum Gear programming allows one-touch selection of the best gear for maximum acceleration or engine braking by holding the shift lever to the left of Drive for one second.
Driver-selectable Comfort mode starts vehicle moving in 2nd gear or a second Reverse gear, and upshifts at lower rpm, to help improve control on slippery surfaces.
AMG SpeedShift™ programming provides up to 35% faster gear changes, automatically downshifts during braking, prevents unwanted upshifting while cornering, offers one-touch selection of the best gear for maximum acceleration (Shift into Optimum Gear), and features torque converter lockup in all forward gears.
Fingertip manual mode allows direct-access shifting through forward gears via buttons on back of upper steering-wheel spokes (left button downshifts, right button upshifts) or via Touch Shift feature of shift lever, and will automatically intervene only to induce an upshift at redline, to downshift as needed upon full throttle, and to select 1st gear when the vehicle stops.
In Standard and Comfort modes, the steering-wheel buttons operate the Touch Shift feature.
Standard ESP compares the driver’s intended course, via steering and braking inputs, to the vehicle’s response, via lateral acceleration, rotation (yaw) and individual wheel speeds. ESP then brakes individual front or rear wheels and/or reduces excess engine power as needed to help correct understeer (plowing) or oversteer (fishtailing). ESP also integrates all-speed traction control, which senses drive-wheel slip under acceleration and individually brakes the slipping wheel or wheels, and/or reduces excess engine power, until control is regained
Front suspension Independent 4-link, active electrohydraulic with load-dependent spring rates,gas-charged shocks, coil springs, level control. Rear suspension Independent 5-link, active electrohydraulic with load-dependent spring rates, gas-charged shocks, coil springs, level control.
Active Body Control (ABC), an active suspension system, utilizes a coil spring and an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder in series, plus a separate gas-pressurized shock absorber at each wheel. Using a total system pressure of up to 2,900 psi, ABC continually adjusts each wheel’s suspension to counteract vibration, pitch, dive, squat and roll. ABC also provides automatic 4-wheel level control, driver-selectable ride height and automatic lowering at higher speeds
Brakes AMG-enhanced compound brakes. 15.4″ front discs with AMG 8-piston calipers. 13.7″” rear discs with AMG 4-piston calipers
Sensotronic Brake Control is an electrohydraulic braking system which transmits brake pressure individually to each wheel based on driver input and various vehicle parameters. Sensotronic more precisely controls brake pressure at each wheel during normal braking, emergency stopping and ESP operation
Instrumentation Electronic analog speedometer, tachometer and gauges for fuel level and coolant temperature.
AMG-design instrument cluster with silver gauge faces, white backlighting and illuminated red indicators.
Digital clock in center of dashboard.
Automatic illumination of displays and controls based on ambient light.
Dual multifunction displays in speedometer and tachometer faces indicate Touch Shift gear selection and shift mode, and can be scrolled via steering-wheel controls to operate and display various menus and vehicle features: Odometer and resettable trip meter; outside temperature indicator; Maintenance System, tire pressure, engine oil-level check, and digital speedometer; radio station, CD track; Navigation system route guidance; Distronic adaptive cruise control settings ; vehicle reminder and malfunction messages; driver-programmable settings for instrument cluster, lighting, vehicle and convenience features; trip computer (elapsed time fuel consumption, distance to empty); Mobile phone book.
Mercedes-Benz Maintenance System displays distance remaining to next basic maintenance service, indicates type of service due, and provides automatic reminder feature when service interval draws near.
Warning lights and/or messages for open door, exterior lamp failure, and low fuel, engine oil, coolant and washer fluid levels.
Audible reminders to release parking brake, switch off headlamps and remove key from ignition.
Mercedes-Benz Maintenance System makes caring for your 2005 Mercedes easier than ever. The service intervals are fixed and predictable – every 13,000 miles or one year for most vehicles. Your car will even remind you – about one month before it’s due. Your dealer provides a Service Welcome that includes a first visit (between 1,000 and 3,000 miles) and your first tire rotation (before 6,500 miles) at no charge
New Vehicle Limited Warranty 48 months, 50000 miles
Dimensions
- Exterior Dimensions Wheelbase 100.8 in/2,560 mm
- Overall length 178.5 in/4,535 mm
- Overall height 51.0 in/1,295 mm (top up)
- Overall width 71.5 in/1,815 mm
- Front track 61.8 in/1,569 mm
- Rear track 61.1 in/1,551 mm
- Coefficient of drag 0.30 Cd. (top up)
- Curb weight 4,473 lb/2,028 kg
Interior Dimensions
- Headroom 37.7 in/957 mm (top up)
- Legroom 42.9 in/1,089 mm
- Shoulder room 54.0 in/1,372 mm
- Cabin capacity 57.8 cu ft/1637.0 liters
- Trunk capacity 11.2 cu ft/317.0 liters (top up), 8.3 cu ft/235 liters (top down)