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Mercedes may have wowed the crowds at Frankfurt with its new SL500 two-seater, but the company is not resting on its laurels. Engineers are pressing on with development of the SL's little brother, the 2004 SLK roadster, complete with a folding hardtop that stows flat beneath the decklid to use less trunk space than in the current model.
Expected to ride on a slightly longer wheelbase and be wider than today's SLK, the next generation of the compact two-seater will take design cues and components from the Mercedes SLA concept car first revealed at the 2000 Detroit auto show, including the SLA's ...