HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY MERC SL

This year the Mercedes-Benz SL is celebrating its 60th birthday aswell as the company celebrating its 125th birthday. The first SL produced was the 300 SL Gullwing. The gullwing means the gullwing doors, they were put there instead of regular doors because Mercedes had to save space. The firts one was produced in 1952. SL stands for "sport leicht" which means in English "sport light".

Here is a list of the models and when they came out.

1955 – 300SL 'Gullwing'
1956 – 190SL
1969 – 280SL 'Pagoda'
1980 – 450SL
1989 – 500SL
2001 – SL500 'Silver Arrows' 
2004 – SL55 AMG
2011 – SL350
2012 – All new generation