Mercedes-Benz SL Pagoda by Everrati review: Sixties W113… made electric


What you have here is a Mercedes-Benz 230 SL, the two-seater roadster that was revealed at the Geneva Motor Show in 1963 as a replacement for not one, but two SLs; the 190 (W121) and 300 (W198).

The brief was simple: be safe, and be fast. And so Merc borrowed the frame floor of the W111 series saloon and made it shorter and stronger, before adding - at the insistence of safety pioneer Bela Barenyi - a passenger safety cell with crumple zones up front and out back. At the time, those were firsts for a sports car.

As for speed, Mercedes took the in-line six of the 220 SE and upped its displacement to 2.3 litres, with a higher compression ratio and new cylinder head resulting in more power (148bhp), 0-62mph in 11.1 seconds and a top speed of 124mph. Missions accomplished.

When production began it was offered with a four-speed manual as standard, but a four-speed auto was optional. Front disc brakes worked with rear drums; it wasn’t until 1967’s 250 that Merc thought to just fit discs all round.

The SL’s timeless shape is the work of Paul Bracq, and the car gets its ‘Pagoda’ nickname from the hardtop roof, with those inward curves said to be reminiscent of those tiered towers you typically find in Asia.
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