Highlights 355bhp 5.4-litre V8 Desirable AMG Sport upgrade pack Full service history Stylish and comfy Nappa leather interior Folding hard-top in perfect working order Overview The SLK55 AMG is a car with enormous capacity to surprise.

Hidden within those diminutive proportions resides a hysterical amount of horsepower, every iota of the car crammed to the gills with as much performance-oriented tech as can be physically squeezed in.

Peer between the spokes of the front wheels and you’ll see it’d be impossible to fit a larger set of brakes, the gap between caliper and rim is impressively tight.

See that generously stuffed engine bay? You could sprinkle a handful of paperclips over that and there’s a good chance not a single one would make it to the ground.

This is an SLK like no other in the range; angry, shouty, straining at the leash to scamper for the horizon.

It's tremendously civilised too, of course, when you want it to be.

SLKs of this era have sumptuously comfy cabins and...