These pics show more of the new Mercedes SLK as the company releases details on the “Magic Sky Control” technology of the folding metal roof. With a basic function of a standard sun roof, Mercedes is using electrochromic glass in order to reduce the internal temperature of the cabin. What does that mean? Basically at the flick of a switch, you can darken the glass, blocking UV and infrared light. Mercedes claims that the technology means that the internal components of the cabin can be kept at temperatures up to 10 degrees cooler than a standard sunroof.

It’s probably some helpful technology in Death Valley where Mercedes took the SLS to prove its point, but we’ve got our doubts about how much we’d use this here in Europe (assuming we’re in the market for an SLS, of course). Aside from the jargon associated with the “Magic Sky Control” (no-one came up with a better name?), these pictures are interesting for the glimpse we get of the SLK interior. While camouflaged, it looks like we’ll be getting a new instrument set-up and a design similar to that of the SLS dash. We could see the new Mercedes SLK at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show as testing is well underway to completion.

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