OK, I'll play.
My well loved W210 E55 AMG, which I owned from 2001 until 2011. Gone, but never forgotten.
Great car, and great engine!
That same V8 5500cc engine is under the hood of my current C 55 AMG (W 202), so being 30cm shorter and 100 kg lighter than your former E 55 AMG, you can imagine how fast and fun is the C 55
The C 55 AMG was not from the standard Mercedes-Benz range. The “normal” AMG V8 C-Class W 202 was the C 43 (4300cc), and the C 55 was made only by order directly to AMG. It was from the “AMG Specials” range, and only 59 were made (7 of them in station wagon version, and two of them being the F1 Medical Car)
Converting the C 43 to C 55 was done by hand in Affalterbach, and it was a really expensive caprice, so we can understand why there are only 59 in the world
A quick way to see if it’s a genuine C 55 is the speedometer scale: 300 km/h on the C 55, and 280 km/h on the C 43... mine was requested without speed limit
With more than 20 years and more than 200,000 kms driven, after last service, it works and feels like the first day
... there’s nothing like a Mercedes-Benz V8: solid, reliable, and durable
During last service I changed all fluids and filters, and -for the first time!- shock absorbers, springs, and silent blocks, so it’s now like in a second youth
When taking out the wheels, which were restored, I was pleased to find that AMG detail
I like that it’s so discreet on the outside, and that it has such a wild engine underneath: with 347HP and mostly 510 Nm (between 2000 to 4650rpm), the throttle response is fantastic!
A 21 years old “wolf in sheep's clothing”, which is faster than a younger BMW M3 E46, or even than a current AMG C 43... it was checked!
Nice ride sir