2011 S63 with 5.5 Twin Turbo - Road Test
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Nothing.
We were not allowed to go into the back half of the factory floor where they do the cold testing of the Engine as they were building the 5.5 there.
They sure don't say much. We weren't allowed to take pictures even in the Performance Studio. There are cameras everywhere with guards watching your every move.
We were not allowed to go into the back half of the factory floor where they do the cold testing of the Engine as they were building the 5.5 there.
They sure don't say much. We weren't allowed to take pictures even in the Performance Studio. There are cameras everywhere with guards watching your every move.
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Area under the torque curve typically rules on the street. Think 65 and that enormous hunk of torque down low. You simply touch the pedal and the car goes unlike the whole downshift and wait for RPM routine on NA engines before the car really moves.
It seems it really comes down to your preferences in life. I am a long time M5 customer but would not buy the V10 (got an RS6 instead and now the 535 - tuned of course) because it took forever from pressing the loud pedal before it would get out of its own way. I own and have owned a lot of things that produce power with RPM and find them the answer for the track (for my taste with the Audi/Peugeot Diesel LMPs being an exception). On the street, I prefer those tiny little twin tubos that rip the meats off the rims at 2000 RPM. That being said, all the 63, M3, and M5/6 guys out there are not wrong either. It is simply a matter of taste. It appears as though MB/AMG are just going back to their roots.
It seems it really comes down to your preferences in life. I am a long time M5 customer but would not buy the V10 (got an RS6 instead and now the 535 - tuned of course) because it took forever from pressing the loud pedal before it would get out of its own way. I own and have owned a lot of things that produce power with RPM and find them the answer for the track (for my taste with the Audi/Peugeot Diesel LMPs being an exception). On the street, I prefer those tiny little twin tubos that rip the meats off the rims at 2000 RPM. That being said, all the 63, M3, and M5/6 guys out there are not wrong either. It is simply a matter of taste. It appears as though MB/AMG are just going back to their roots.
