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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 11:42 PM
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Why doesn't the CLK 55 have an option to have ...

... a 5.5L V8 Kompressor engine?

Why do only the big boys get to play with that bad bwoy 500 HP Beast?

I think we should complain!
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Old Jul 8, 2005 | 01:49 PM
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Riot this was already discussed previously. I believe the concensus was that it was dissusade people from spending on CLs and SLs
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Old Jul 8, 2005 | 02:33 PM
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maybe new 6.3 N/A 510 hp will be in CLK?
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Old Jul 8, 2005 | 09:07 PM
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maybe new 6.3 N/A 510 hp will be in CLK?
Not maybe, it will. I also think MB will base the car in the upper 70s instead of $69,900.00. JMHO
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Originally Posted by Riot Nrrrd
... a 5.5L V8 Kompressor engine?

Why do only the big boys get to play with that bad bwoy 500 HP Beast?

I think we should complain!

Because it is cheaper??
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Old Jul 9, 2005 | 06:07 AM
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Not maybe, it will. I also think MB will base the car in the upper 70s instead of $69,900.00.

............Don't be too sure about this. Mb cannot just put the 6.3L NA engine in all of its AMG lines from C-class to Cl-class. No one will buy the CL AMG. They are goiing to figure out a way to prevent this.

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