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Old 10-11-2002, 05:25 PM
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Latest spy information from my dealer.....493hp in w211 e55(M)

I was passing by mercedes dellearship, and decided to come in and have a few words with my delaer...so he told me they had a meeting about AMG cars...and Maybach car....and he told me that new e55 will have 493 horses...WOOOOHOOO
I just cannot imagine how FAST it will be????? 0 100 in 4 sec or smth???? well...I think they probably know the tru #rs of upcoming m5....and they increasing E55 horses so there's not a big HP gap between those two...

Other thing i also have a bimmer 745i, and today it broke again...it is 6 time i went to the delaer...so i will make them buy it back!!! and wait for my E55!!!! I'm #5 on the list) whoooohooo!!!


I thkink it's really great news if it true!!!

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http://www.benzworld.org/news/news.asp?id=156
says it will be regularly aspirated. Who is right?

That would be truly sad, but I guess I would not have to worry about trading anymore, I would just go back to looking for my aftermarket Kompressor!!!
Old 10-11-2002, 11:31 PM
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Claudio, I see that they commented that the C30 will be normally aspirated but I didn't see anything about the E55.

I've read several places that everything in the E55 powerplant is similar to the SL55. We know that it has SC, so I wouldn't expect any different on E55.

BoBk: no way the E55 will do 0-60 in 4 sec's.
The SL55 has been clocked at 4.5.
Expect something between 4.3 and 4.7 in various reports.
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yes it's with 476...but if there another almost 20 hp as my delaer told me...it might save another 0.2-3 sec...well we will see later!
anyway it's an awesome ROCKET!
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2003 E55 Kompressor.... isn't it rated @ 460'ish ponies? R U sure it'll have 493 hp????
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well as i said, my salseman told me that he participated ina meeting about amg and maybach cars.. and he told me that it will have 493 hp....so i assume he knows what he is talking about.

Only way we can find out is we wait and see!
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The level of expertise that most salesmen have is limited compared to those who are personally interested and really doing research...
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I suspect that the car will be officially rated at 476 hp on paper, but the true number maybe higher! It's hard for me to imagine that MBUSA would rate a car that has a sticker of about $120k the same as a car for roughly $35k less. Even thought the SL is a convertible, you have to show the justification somewhere and horsepower would be the ideal place!!! Just my 2 cents
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there's no way that it will do 4's i think that they will make sure that the sl55 is the fastest in the stable. that car will be impressive. btw does anyone know what the msrp will be, i put a deposit on a new m5 500-550bhp. may try to switch but im concerned about the price...

claudio do you think that it would be sad if the e55 is naturally aspirated? maybe i misunderstood

i also doubt that it will be naturally aspirated, i think the potential for that v8 output has around 4 and some change. and i think they may be worried about reliability. thats why they smack a supercharger on it. remedies the problem. even bmw had to jump to a v10 because of the m5's v8 reaching its limits.
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Naturally aspirated, as opposed to supercharged, would be sad, 'cause I would not have any incentive to make a switch up from my current e55.

Seems like everyone is sure that it will have a Kompressor, and I bet that 0-60MPH in the mid 4's will happen if we actually get anywhere close to 500bhp that is being projected...
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