The cabriolet has additionally been given a raft of styling upgrades to match its AMG billing. Its flared entrance wheel arches accommodate a entrance monitor that is 58mm wider than the usual CLE’s and there may be an AMG-specific entrance grille, deeper entrance and rear bumpers, enlarged air intakes, quad exhausts and new alloy wheel designs – obtainable in 19in or 20in sizes.

Elsewhere, the automobile will get rear-wheel steering as customary, twin-chamber dampers configured to minimise physique roll and bigger brakes. An elective AMG efficiency package deal provides purple brake calipers, a drift mode, a ‘race start’ perform that lowers the 0-62mph time to 4.2sec, and specialised engine mounts for smoother efficiency. 

Specific to the cabriolet, the motive force can configure the automobile with Mercedes’ Aircap system, which makes use of a wind deflector to direct airflow away from the heads of the motive force and passenger.

The cloth roof will be raised or lowered in 20sec, and the automobile’s leather-trimmed seats include a coating that is mentioned to maintain them 12deg C cooler than its untreated equal when in direct daylight. As with the SL, it receives an 11.9in touchscreen, which will be adjusted between 12deg and 32deg of inclination from the vertical.

Mercedes has remained tight-lipped on pricing, however the coupé begins from £72,990 and we anticipate the cabriolet to command a premium of round £5000.