As its name implies, this 1999 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompressor gets its added boost via the second method.

The first-gen Mercedes-Benz SLK is fitted with an innovative hardtop convertible that changed how the sports car world dropped its top.

Neither of those numbers is much higher than what an SLK230 Kompressor commands in the market.

Although the Kompressor doesn't sound as tractorish as it does in the SLK, it still emits a coarse, gruff, low-pitched grumbling that is far from satisfying.

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The interior design of today’s shed, a Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor, fits nicely into the ‘why did that happen?’ category. Some might ask that same question about the whole R170 SLK exercise ...

The interior design of today’s shed, a Mercedes SLK 230 Kompressor, fits nicely into the ‘why did that happen?’ category.

The M111 also came with a displacement of 2.3 liters in the SLK 230 Kompressor, which topped 194 horsepower and 207 pound-feet (280 Nm) from 2000 to 2004.

The Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2000 is currently available from $10,670 for the SLK-Class SLK200 Kompressor up to $19,690 for the SLK-Class SLK320.

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