Mercedes-Benz SLK gets Magic Sky Control roof, turns transparent at the touch of a button

Put down those iPads , Mercedes owners, and look to the sky. There’s a word of wonder up there and, if you had yourself an SLK with the Magic Sky Control vario-roof, you could be looking at it. Well, of course, you could already be looking at the sky if you had an SLK because, you know, it’s a convertible. But, let’s say you want to do it without actually having to experience nature. Now we’re talking. The vario-roof is a glass panel in the center of the SLK’s retractable hardtop and now, if you tick the 2000 euro ($2,800) Magic Sky Control option, you can control that sky, tinting the glass panel at will by re-aligning the light-blocking crystals embedded within. It’s like a big pixel on an LCD with the whole sun as your backlight and a truly awful dot pitch. Gallery: SLK Magic Sky Control roof Mercedes-Benz SLK gets Magic Sky Control roof, turns transparent at the touch of a button originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Nov 2010 10:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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