What’s new with the next Mercedes-Benz SLK? Let’s look at the spy photos, shall we? Well, there’s the new three-fold roof that’ll be able to fold less than 22 seconds (which is the current model’s retraction time). And then there’s the redesigned ducktail spoiler that resembles that of the SLS AMG. Plus, there’s the tail lights that look as though they’re going to be slimmer and longer, stretching past the trunk lid and the ducktail.

What else? Oh, right. The body of the next SLK will be of a tubular fuselage design, again taking heavy cues from the SLS AMG. There’s also a lot of running on the sides to make the new SLK appear a lot more interesting when viewed from its laterals. And the headlights – a work of art. It’s like staring into a pair of sleek eyes that have running LED lights for eyebrows. Cool.

The new headlights are longer and a lot sexier than ever before, which brings us to the new front grille that’s a lot like those on the SLS AMG, the Shooting Break and the F 800 Style Concept. It’ll have those wing-like horizontal bars to flank the three-pointed star in the middle.

Finally, if you look inside, you’ll notice that the center console is a lot wider, and has these propeller-like air vents. The dash top is again similar to the SLS AMG and is rumored to be carried over to future Mercedes-Benz models.

There you have it, folks. Watch our for its release come June in 2011.