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Old Oct 19, 2002 | 10:01 PM
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how fast are the ml500?

i just got an ml500. pretty fast for a luxury suv. i want to know if any body has raced anything with their ML.?
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Old Oct 20, 2002 | 02:57 AM
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Just as quick as the X5 4.4. The ML500 without the sport package should be runing mid 15 sec in the 1/4 mile. It's a very quick SUV with one of the best engines in the world, Benz V8 500.
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Old Oct 20, 2002 | 10:18 PM
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Hey...

Just checked out the specs of an ML500, and to my surprise its FAST!! The performance data I got was from Car & Driver and they ran it 0-60 in around 6.8 seconds and 1/4 mile in 15.3. It runs to 60 about .7 seconds faster and the quarter mile about .2!!

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Old Oct 28, 2002 | 08:25 PM
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Its weird how Car & Driver also claims that the ML55 does 0-60 in 6.8 and 1/4 mile in 15.3

But in a comparision between the X5 4.6is and ML55 that was featured on SpeedVision months ago they claimed to have achieved a 6.4 0-60 time with the ML55.
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Old Dec 5, 2002 | 10:49 PM
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Anyone surprised about the lack of the huge HP gain when going from an ML430 to an ML500... thats a lot of displacement for less than 20 horsepower. I know the 02ML500 is 288, the 430 is like right behind it. There has got to be some simple stuff to get the power it really has.
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Old Dec 15, 2002 | 05:00 AM
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Big displacement maybe...700 more cc, just a thought. It is like 300 hp v6, 300 hp v8, just a thought
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