What Changed:

Mercedes-Benz is adopting a new naming system. The SLK-Class is renamed SL C-Class or SLC.

Official Word:

Twenty years after defining a new segment, the new SLC will launch in the Spring of 2016. With significantly optimized technology and an enhanced look, the name change acknowledges the traditionally close relationship with the C-Class, from which much of the roadster's technology is derived. The new Mercedes-Benz SLC has an impressive heritage to live up to: its predecessor, the SLK, which was launched in 1996, achieved sales of around 670,000 units. Comprehensively refined and with...Read.