Next stop on the pleasure curve - infinity!

Did you know that emotions - like pleasure - actually originate in the brain and not, as used to be thought, in the heart? Sense impressions like seeing, hearing and touching create an overall "picture" which is relayed by the midbrain to other brain regions where emotions and produced.

With the new SLK 350, the same thing happens. Firstly, visual receptors clock the sporty, compact and muscular styling. Start up the new-generation 6-cylinder engine and your auditory receptors too will be treated to some powerful stimuli as they register the 272 horsepower waiting to be unleashed. Then, just 22 seconds later, the new vario-roof opens up and your skin register that unfiltered roadster feel. And if it's al all chilly, the optional AIRSCARF neck-level heating system will keep you comfortably warm. Happily, your senses probably won't notice the smooth gear changes. With its seven speeds, the optional new 7G-TRONIC automatic transmission ensure that the engine always operates in its most efficient range. On corners, the agile steering and firm suspension make the driving pleasure complete. By this point if not before, your brain will be telling you that this strong buzz of emotion is coming from the heart.

But wherever these moments of pleasure originate, the new SLK certainly knows how to produce them. In infinite number.