SL/R230: New engines
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It seems that rumours are going on about new engines to replace the V8 of the Sl500 from next year.
Can somebody confirm and give more info ? Thanks
Can somebody confirm and give more info ? Thanks
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Mercedes-Benz SL 55 AMG (R 230) and CLK 55 (W 209)
Re: New engines
Originally posted by BERNIE
It seems that rumours are going on about new engines to replace the V8 of the Sl500 from next year.
It seems that rumours are going on about new engines to replace the V8 of the Sl500 from next year.
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sl and M-class E320 4Matic SLK350
Off topic question to Ronald RE: E Class
Ronald - I see you reference the 350 engine's slow availability to date. I see you are located in Germany. Is it official there that MY2004 E Class 320 will convert to the 350 engine at inception of the model year production beginning July 2003? This is what is being reported by at least one Canadian dealer but there is no official word from MBUSA to date.
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Re: Off topic question to Ronald RE: E Class
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Is it official there that MY2004 E Class 320 will convert to the 350 engine at inception of the model year production beginning July 2003?
Is it official there that MY2004 E Class 320 will convert to the 350 engine at inception of the model year production beginning July 2003?
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Thanks guys for your valuable info.
It might be true that MB is not going to release/announce new engines before 2005 for various reasons, but in my opinion this could come much earlier for simple reasons such as :
1. from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition
2. the gap between the standard SL (being either S, SL, CL and even E class) with the AMG 55 version is too big. This gap has to be reduced.
Just my opinion and all others comments are welcome
It might be true that MB is not going to release/announce new engines before 2005 for various reasons, but in my opinion this could come much earlier for simple reasons such as :
1. from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition
2. the gap between the standard SL (being either S, SL, CL and even E class) with the AMG 55 version is too big. This gap has to be reduced.
Just my opinion and all others comments are welcome
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Originally posted by BERNIE
Thanks guys for your valuable info.
1. from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition
Thanks guys for your valuable info.
1. from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition
2. the gap between the standard SL (being either S, SL, CL and even E class) with the AMG 55 version is too big. This gap has to be reduced.
And don't forget: AMG engines are based on the standard Mercedes-Benz engine blocks. So if Mercedes increases the size of their V8, AMG engines will have more power as well.
Just think of the AMG V6 Kompressor: Once the 320 engine block runs out due to the 3.7l 350 - AMG will have to announce a successor to the 3.2l V6 Kompressor. Basically the same thing happened when the E 55 (W/S 210) replaced the E 50 (W/S 210).
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The info I've seen and somehow confirmed by my dealer is that these new engines will have a smaller engine but equipped with a compressor.
Near future will either confirm or not
Near future will either confirm or not
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Originally posted by BERNIE
The info I've seen and somehow confirmed by my dealer is that these new engines will have a smaller engine but equipped with a compressor.
Near future will either confirm or not
The info I've seen and somehow confirmed by my dealer is that these new engines will have a smaller engine but equipped with a compressor.
Near future will either confirm or not
Ronald
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Originally posted by BERNIE
"from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition"
"from a power point of view a V8 of 5Lt with only 306 horsepower is a bit short versus competition"
It's no wonder few people got excited about the S600/CL600...