SLK 32 AMG

SLK 32 AMG (R170) records one precise Mercedes-Benz performance-car configuration from 2001–2004. The SLK 32 AMG brought AMG’s supercharged V6 powertrain to the first-generation compact folding-hardtop roadster.

At its centre is a 3,199 cc supercharged v6 identified as M 112 K. Mercedes-Benz publishes 260 kW (354 PS) for this scope and 450 Nm. A mechanically supercharged AMG V6 and strengthened five-speed automatic gave the compact R170 vario-roof roadster 260 kW.

The engine sits in a longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive layout and works through a 5-speed automatic.

This entry belongs to a deliberately narrow Mercedes-Benz chronology. Related badges, body styles and competition derivatives can share a visual or mechanical vocabulary without sharing exact specifications. The family tree supplies context, not permission to transfer a recording or fact from a neighbouring model.

The listening cues supercharged V6, five-speed automatic, open or closed roof, compact AMG exhaust are orientation rather than proof. A cold start can expose idle control and mechanical texture; acceleration can document induction, combustion and shift behaviour; a fly-by can place exhaust and tyre sound in an exterior context.

The focus here is the R170 SLK 32 AMG. It excludes four-cylinder Kompressor models, the SLK 320, R171 SLK 55 AMG and modified cars. Many survivors have replacement exhausts, engine work or other changes. An openly licensed recording may still be useful when its exact state is uncertain, but the page will show a visible Unregistered note until evidence resolves the match.

It invites cold start, acceleration and fly-by recordings, as well as photographs, documents and corrections.

A photograph identifies the model but does not prove every detail of a surviving car.

Exact location and ownership evidence stay private while the technical context remains available to later listeners.

That evidence also helps readers compare like with like. A useful submission therefore describes what was heard and how it was recorded, while avoiding claims that the microphone alone cannot establish. Photographs of permitted mechanical details and contemporary documents can strengthen the record, but personal identifiers and ownership evidence remain private.

Preservation means keeping every claim inspectable and correctable. That structure protects the exact identity on which a meaningful sound archive depends.