Here are the latest pictures of the replacement to the current SL which has been on the same chassis since 2002.

The car is going to be boasting such technologies such as the Magic Ride Control where the suspension is modified from camera feedback of the road conditions.

Also an active roll bar set up to stiffen chassis bias under hard cornering.

The Power unit for the SL range will be a varient 3.5-litre V6 that produces 304bhp and will dash to 60mph in around 6 seconds.

There is also likely a twin-turbocharged 4.7-litre V8 in the SL500 which will produce around 404bhp and dies the 0-60 dash in around 5 seconds.

The SL63 AMG model will be powered by a 520bhp 5.5-litre twin-turbocharged V8 and will probably be propelled to 60 in 4.5 seconds.