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Tough day. Been driving the restyled, revised 2009 Benz SL in the mountains outside LA and down to Palm Springs, where we’re holed up for the night. Work, work, work. Anyone want to trade places with me? Ah, always the same hands…

I’m joking about the toughness of my assignment, of course. The SL550 remains as delectable as ever, one of the world’s best all-around luxury/sports cars — 382 horsepower, controlled but compliant ride (aided by Active Body Control), superb comfort, peerless prestige, that cake-and-eat-it-too power-folding hardtop. New refinements mostly push it even further up the desirability index.

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