I agree - it's much more aggressive and sporty. The old model was worthless - I once took a Fiat Coupe and an SLK out for a photoshoot (the client was a jeweller, but we managed to persuade him that the model should be driving a cool car...). The much cheaper Fiat ran in circles around the SLK, but it was fun to play with the folding roof which was really a novelty at that time...