Magic Sky Roof

For this reason we strongly recommend the optional magic sky control feature which darkens the glass automatically at the press of a button.

Magic sky roof.

It seems silly to get a retractable roof roadster if. With the push of a button the tint of the glass instantly changes from blocking over 99 of incoming light to going significantly clearer than. But magic sky control not only benefits passengers. The new sl is 140 kg 309 lb lighter than the previous being made almost entirely out of aluminium.

The new 2012 mercedes benz slk 350 roadster has with magic sky control roof which goes from clear to dark tinted pane with a touch of a button. With the roof in transparent mode the inside of the car experienced only 200 w per square meter and in tinted mode a mere 40 to 50 w per square meter. Particles in the glass position themselves in order to allow light to pass through. With the transparent glass roof it dropped to 200 w and when the roof was switched to darkened mode with magic sky control it dropped to 40 to 50 w one 20th of the original value.

The magic sky control panoramic roof using patented spd smartglass technology will be offered as an option and features a sliding and stationary roof that totals over 18 square feet 1 7 square meters. That means only five percent of the light and heat are getting in through the roof. Amg version of the roadster will follow. Magic sky control allows a transparent dark roof to be darkened within a few seconds at the press of a switch.

R231 is a chassis code for the current generation of the mercedes benz sl class roadster replacing the r230 the car was released in march 2012 and uses mercedes benz s new 4 7 litre twin turbo v8 engine with a power output of 435 ps 320 kw.