First Look at W206 C43
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First Look at W206 C43
I had the chance to get my first up close look at a production example of the new AMG C 43.
A few points of interest-
A few points of interest-
- 69/31 fixed power delivery between front and rear wheels
- 201HP per liter
- AMG Drive Units as standard
- Hand-built AMG engines
- Electronically assisted turbocharger
- 9-Speed DCT
- Race Start
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I had the chance to get my first up close look at a production example of the new AMG C 43.
A few points of interest-
A few points of interest-
- 69/31 fixed power delivery between front and rear wheels
- 201HP per liter
- AMG Drive Units as standard
- Hand-built AMG engines
- Electronically assisted turbocharger
- 9-Speed DCT
- Race Start
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This one is a factory rep's car but is an early production example, not preproduction. Mercedes-Benz says we'll see them reaching dealers in January which probably means February or March.
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many of us are anticipating them to land on US shore in December. Some customer cars will be concluding production this week and next in SA and a 6 week ship time has been estimated. What the EPA regulation processing time will be, I have no idea. That will be the true indicator of when people can start taking delivery.
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many of us are anticipating them to land on US shore in December. Some customer cars will be concluding production this week and next in SA and a 6 week ship time has been estimated. What the EPA regulation processing time will be, I have no idea. That will be the true indicator of when people can start taking delivery.
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Two additional bits of information that impressed me that I forgot to mention-
- High and low pressure separate fuel systems
- 31.5psi of maximum boost
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Ya that changed for this generation, the w206 C 63 basically has the exact same engine (other than tuning as the C 63 e performance makes more power from the engine alone) as the W206 C 43 this gen both M139 and both longitudinaljust that the W206 C 63 e performance has that hybrid powertrain and all the e performance stuff most of which inspired by the GT 63s e performance I think.
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Ya that changed for this generation, the w206 C 63 basically has the exact same engine (other than tuning as the C 63 e performance makes more power from the engine alone) as the W206 C 43 this gen both M139 and both longitudinaljust that the W206 C 63 e performance has that hybrid powertrain and all the e performance stuff most of which inspired by the GT 63s e performance I think.
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I've never heard this before. All W206s have the hybrid technology which comes from the Formula 1 cars. The 63s are so much more expensive because the 63 engines are hand built. The 43 engines have never been hand built and they're not as expensive as the 63s because of it.
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I've never heard this before. All W206s have the hybrid technology which comes from the Formula 1 cars. The 63s are so much more expensive because the 63 engines are hand built. The 43 engines have never been hand built and they're not as expensive as the 63s because of it.
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Ya that changed for this generation, the w206 C 63 basically has the exact same engine (other than tuning as the C 63 e performance makes more power from the engine alone) as the W206 C 43 this gen both M139 and both longitudinaljust that the W206 C 63 e performance has that hybrid powertrain and all the e performance stuff most of which inspired by the GT 63s e performance I think.
but that's almost moot and not really the topic here.
There's like, a really long thread about this car in the W206 AMG forum: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...der-guide.html
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I wouldn't be surprised if internals, etc. are slightly different as it makes 476hp in the W206 C63. That's a lot of headroom in the c43/cla45 or the c63 is absolutely wringed out (as far as factory liability standards are concerned)
but that's almost moot and not really the topic here.
There's like, a really long thread about this car in the W206 AMG forum: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...der-guide.html
but that's almost moot and not really the topic here.
There's like, a really long thread about this car in the W206 AMG forum: https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...der-guide.html
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As @mercedesmax stated, the C43 uses a variant of the M139 from the CLA45 which is hand built. This time around it is a one man, one engine.
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C63 has 2 electric batteries good for another 200 or so hp, but that power is only available for 10 seconds at a time. Also, it's 700 pounds heavier than c43.