Greetings from Germany.

Acorrdingly from the Auto Motor Sport Magazine(The higest rated Auto Mag)
the CLK 63 with 483hp will be coming out in June 2006 in Germany. Issue 26, 7dez.06

Great. I just bought my new CLK 55 AMG Facelift. Couldn't I just waited for one lousy year!!!!Grrrrrr.

Okay mine car is on sale now.

gg

 

Well theres some motivation to stay on the honor roll.

 

Wow, that sounds very exciting. I hear the W209 will be modified or changed all together due to low sales. Some have noted it's just not aggressive enough for the motor it carries. This is the primary reason I kept my W208. Please provide some links if you find some picks of the car.

Here could be one idea...

 

Only if I could fit the AMG 63 in my W208 hhmmmmm.... Maybe I have to see this in person to like it. I dislike the W209 body style not dissin you W209 owners but that's my opinion...

 

I would not hold your breath on that, I think you will find the new motor will be in the ML AMG first then maybe the SL AMG. I think you will find the they will put the new motor in the new CLK rather than the old body, the old body would have trouble handling the HP anyway.

The new body is not expected until 2007 - 2008, If they put the new motor in June 2006 then the body change won't happen until 2008 - 2009.

The V8 M3 coupe is due at the end of 2006 so one would think MB would introduce the new CLK63 AMG in 2007 a little earlier to compete with BMW.

There is no way they will put the 63 motor in as a standard CLK as it is there new AMG flagship motor.

I spoke to MB here and they said the CLK would be some way down the track to getting the new motor. The CLK55 AMG is not even available in the US anymore because the Cabrio CLK55 is out selling it. The volume of sales was not there, just because you put a larger motor in does not mean that the sales of CLK55(63) AMG would pickup.

Like someone else said the current CLK body is not mean looking enough to be a brute HP car, it does not have that wide-stance look about it.

Hey, if your right, l will buy one though!

 

robertus,
i really hope ur wrong, but ur most likely right.
june is a month b4 my b-day and only 4 months b4 my lease is up.
if it comes w/ a lsd and is a more sporty car i might consider it.
as for now, its between a cayman s, z06 and new m coupe(z4)

 

Nahhh,

MB is discontinueing the 55 Kompressor engine. In mid 2006 the E,SL and the CLS will get the 63 engine. The magazine said that it has something to do with safing costs. It makes sense. AMG will not produce the old 55 engine only for the SLK and the hard selling CLK. They will shift next year the whole produciton. Efficiency. Synergies...
Okay I will later scan the magazine.
Have to go to work.

Kind regards from Germany,

 

damn dude, u love clk's.

 

Hi AMG_55,

Some MB techs told me late this afternoon that the 63 motor is going into the cars that are getting or are new chassis's, the new ML etc, as Gerritg said.

So I don't see the current CLK shape getting this motor as its now an old chassis.

Wonder if Gerritg can tell us how the CLK sales are going in Germany.

 

The CLK63 is coming and in a totally new body style (at least for the U.S.) that should look more agressive. It a 2008 car so we will see it in 2007. The current body style CLK55 was of course discontinued in the Coupe because of weak sales. This is all according to the dealership in Boston. Can't wait for the new one.

Learso

 

In Germany to afford a sports car that spents so much fuel you either need to be a multimillionaire or gangster. Accordingly to my sales rep the CLK55 AMG only 6 were produced so far / From 06/2005 facelift version.
Not that bright.


As well the CLK 55 AMG needa fuel Octane 98 super plus. I just went to the gas station. 1,249.00 EUR = 1,470.61 USD per litre.
One US Gallon, 3.786 litres. Make up your own mind. Pretty expensive to drive such a car.

The 63 engine will be however very efficient and will have around the same consumption like the 55 engine. Curretly in the city I drive about 17l/100km


See the picture below for proof of collection

 

I concur! Not that I dislike the W209 but I am just a huge fan of the W208's looks. I'm thinking about, next time I'm looking for another car, buying a W208 CLK55 and then modding the heck out of it to make it more up-to-date. However, the cost of what I have in mind would likely be enormous so it's not happening any time soon (especially while I'm in college)

 

My German is non-existent, but according to this lousy translation the '06 CLK63 AMG will have 482 HP. Wonder when we're getting a couple of boatloads. For you Europeans, when are the 2006 models released, Sunday? -

 

Ok. So I guess I'll ask... Will this new CLK be faster than the new E63? Only about 35-40 more hp (482 vs 515) and I honestly don't know the weight difference, but I would think the CLK is lighter. Am I wrong?

 

The CLK will be a monster with 483HP!

Can't wait!

AMS is typically on top of AMG stuff. My bet is that we will see a CLK63 then.

They are the only mag that I have seen that ever is close to the truth......

Woo Hooo.....

 

I wonder if they will bring back the AMG coupe. Hope so.

 

*thinks about a C63... and what Kleeman could do to it*


Anyhow, I have been told by an AMG engineer that MB is cutting prices everywhere possible- if a cylinder wall can be made 0.5mm thinner then it will be. This creates alot of problems for the AMG guys because the engines can't hadnle much more than what they are already putting out so AMG has to do a lot of reengineering which also adds a lot to cost.

 

Although AMG is a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, it is my understanding that these new AMG engines, the 6.3, are all new and all AMG. They have nothing in common with existing Mercedes-Benz engines. Meaning that whatever Mercedes-Benz does will not matter. This is opposed to the current (and prior) line of AMG engines, which are all based on current Mercedes-Benz engines.

 

I never really cared for the look of the W209's, namely because I always thought the rounded rear quarters lent a softer, more feminine touch to the car. Howver, if the CLK63 is produced with the HP numbers quoted above, show me where to sign up. I don't care how it looks!

I'm going to estimate a 483hp CLK63 with 7G will turn a 12.6-12.8 1/4 mile time, depending on available traction (hint: needs wide tires).

 

I'd say 12.4 to 12.8.

 

good to know theyre not changing the body style at least.... enjoy your new engine!!

 

Any ideas about the price? I'd love to see it at the CLK55's prices, but the CLK63 sounds awfully close to the M6, which is priced at 90K.

 

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Different wheels on front and rear?

 

I've heard carmakers do that to test different loads on each axle, since each wheel weighs a bit more/less than the other. Engineers at work.