| Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006 |
| Guitar Zero |
I bet this really shiftshttp://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/242933/Shame they puffed out of using the 3.0 six though. But who is in charge of writing the news articles ?, they obviously know shit all about 80s Mercs |
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| DarthBalls |
Ben beat you to it, it's the first link here:
http://themotor.myfastforum.org/about12250.html |
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| Racing |
Maybe but I'll reply in this thread......Sportline? Used to homologate? I thought it was just an 80s/90s Merc version of Audi's "S-Line" trim level....
Nice idea but couldn't they have butchered an old 190 D rather than a 2.6 Sportline? |
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| Guitar Zero |
Yeah I know - 2.6 190Es are lush
One of Setright's favourite ever cars apparently |
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| Racing |
My step-grandparents had one in Smoke Silver. Drove it once - very smooth. | ||
| BeN |
They clearly mixed it up with the 190E Evolution, which was also mentioned in the press release.
Tsk tsk. |
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| simonp |
I'm at a complete loss as to the point of this exercise?
I can understand a man in a shed doing it, but the manufacturer?? 
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| BeN |
Apparantly, it's to "demonstrate the progress diesel technology has made in the past 20 years."
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| Guitar Zero |
I think it's brilliant - should have used the six pot diesel though.
Even so - 369 lbs ft in a car weighing less than a Focus !!. That engine can push the new E-Class to 100 mph in 20 seconds - just think how fast and economical that 190e is. I bet if Mercedes refurbished old 190Es, W124s and W126s and put the latest powertrains in, they would sell. |
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| simonp |
Not to me, they wouldn't! | ||
| PG |
Doesn't that just go to prove how much weight cars have put on? A mid sized Merc weighs less than a current Focus. |
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| Matt |
AMG 55 engine in a W124 shell, please.
I heard a rumbling V8 noise the other night and expecting an older muscle car type, it was a silver SL55. |
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| Guitar Zero |
I bet a Focus is wider, taller and just as long. and I know which one I'd rather have a crash in - that Merc would get torn to bits by the latest Panda, never mind a Focus. |