Technically, the current AMG SL is a 2+2, meaning it has back seats; however, they are of no use to people. They are perfect for dropping in daily carry bags or as extra cargo space on a road trip. The interior is Nappa leather and the comfiest and most adjustable seats we’ve sat in for a long time. The driving position is close to the floor and just about perfect for a sports car. Rear visibility isn’t perfect with the roof up, but that’s par for the course.
The interior is a ten out of ten – right up until you have to reach a long way through the narrow gap between the steering wheel and oversized touch screen to press the start button. It’s at a flat angle and split in two – the top part is the start/stop button, and the lower part turns the start/stop feature off.The fiddly awkwardness is low-level but persistent enough to annoy – all for the sake of a massive screen that a sports car doesn’t need.
That carries on into the full-featured infotainment screen that, despite the buttons underneath, is used to control everything. It’s fiddly, and the highlight of that is having to use a virtual slider switch – and keep your finger on it – to lower the roof. Balancing that out, fortunately, is the simply gorgeous-sounding Burmester audio system.
