You’ll get roughly twice the facility, at 300bhp, whereas torque climbs extra modestly to 221lb ft, but it surely’s sufficient for 0-62mph in lower than 7.0sec in the event you go for the larger battery.
There’s KW suspension to deal with the additional mass (unspecified, however “properly inside” the Pagoda’s 1.7-tonne gross determine) with weight distribution intently mimicking that of its donor.
A limited-slip differential, regenerative braking and new hydraulic energy steering assist modernise the driving expertise however with out dropping the SL’s attraction. The tunability of these KWs means every buyer could make their automobile as comfortable or dedicated as they like, whereas a bunch of drive modes permit on-the-fly changes to the automobile’s character.
Commonplace air-con and swanky Bridge of Weir leather-based assist additional justify the £330,000 you’ll spend earlier than taxes – however that’s after you’ve paid out on your donor automobile.
My drive is proscribed to the confines of a personal property, so sprints past 20mph are transient, however the automobile builds pace easily and briskly with out being uncouth. This can be a comparatively skinny automobile within the EV world, and clearly Everrati’s engineers might tune an electrical motor to hustle it forwards with extra stunning haste. However the truth they haven’t, as an alternative delivering broadly related efficiency to a ’60s 280SL, exhibits how conscious their work is.
