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Old 08-27-05, 04:05 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by LateNightCable
Objectively speaking, M5 is by far the natural athlete of the two. E55 AMG is a strong car, but handling wise it can't match the M5.

As far as straight line performance, they both take off like a runaway train. Although the Benz encounters traction problems early on due to it's massive low end torque and front weight bias.

Sorry, on the contrary! Almost all mags I've read they said that the E55 has an advantage from start to about 70 km/h. And that was the Wagon model, not the sedan!
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