New Mercedes SL55 AMG

[Seb2]

Saw in the latest issue of German AMS a test with 5 of the fastest production cars. Test was done on the Nardo track in Italy. Test was done with GPS. So this is real speed.

Aston Martin Vanquish

Ferrari 550 Maranello

Lamborghini Murciélago

Mercedes SL55 AMG

Porsche GT2

Tests

0-100 km/h:

Aston Martin Vanquish 5.6 s

Ferrari 550 Maranello 4.7 s

Lamborghini Murciélago 3.6 s

Mercedes SL55 AMG 4.6 s

Porsche GT2 4.0 s

0-200 km/h:

Aston Martin Vanquish 17.4 s

Ferrari 550 Maranello 14.6 s

Lamborghini Murciélago 11.4 s

Mercedes SL55 AMG 13.7 s

Porsche GT2 13.1 s

0-300 km/h:

Aston Martin Vanquish 55.0 s

Ferrari 550 Maranello 61.2 s

Lamborghini Murciélago 34.2 s

Mercedes SL55 AMG 32.5 s

Porsche GT2 40.9 s

Top speed:

Aston Martin Vanquish 316 km/h

Ferrari 550 Maranello 306 km/h

Lamborghini Murciélago 330 km/h

Mercedes SL55 AMG 325 km/h

Porsche GT2 315 km/h

Weight of the cars:

Aston Martin Vanquish 1863 kg

Ferrari 550 Maranello 1732 kg

Lamborghini Murciélago 1819 kg

Mercedes SL55 AMG 1974 kg

Porsche GT2 1446 kg

CW value:

Aston Martin Vanquish 0.34

Ferrari 550 Maranello 0.33

Lamborghini Murciélago 0.33

Mercedes SL55 AMG 0.29

Porsche GT2 0.34

Horsepower:

Aston Martin Vanquish 460PS/6500RPM

Ferrari 550 Maranello 485PS/7000RPM

Lamborghini Murciélago 580PS/7500RPM

Mercedes SL55 AMG 476PS/6100RPM

Porsche GT2 462PS/5700RPM

Torque:

Aston Martin Vanquish 542Nm/5000RPM

Ferrari 550 Maranello 569Nm/5000RPM

Lamborghini Murciélago 650Nm/5400RPM

Mercedes SL55 AMG 700Nm/2650RPM

Porsche GT2 620Nm/3500RPM

Price:

Aston Martin Vanquish € 228036,-

Ferrari 550 Maranello € 183298,-

Lamborghini Murciélago € 215180,-

Mercedes SL55 AMG € 124234,-

Porsche GT2 € 173328,-

I was so suprised when i saw this. This shows again low CW and much low rev torque wins in acceleration. Another great car from Mercedes.

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Hallo Seb2,

 

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[FrazerNash]

Jep, great car, the Mercedes-Benz! I also read the article and I think that I´ll buy one next year, when I buy a NEW car... Or the new Alpina B12, but I´ll waite till february when the Maranello Evolutione is in production *hehe*...let´s wait and see!

[Seb2]

Anyone heard if there will be a new E55 with same engine?. Bet the RS6 and M5 will get hard with it.

[Shaunt]

The car looks better in person.

I was at the LA car show, and I recorded everything about this car, :grin:.

[FrazerNash]

Now the time has come......tomorrow I´ll order my SL 55 AMG ! ! ! :grin: :grin: :grin: When that car is delivered in 2003, I´ll post some pics and sound-files here. I hope it´s in the 1st quarter of 2003.

[Seb2]

Nice choice. Cant belive its time allready for a AMG seen like 2-3 SL500 R230 on the street.

BTW. I heard that you can order the car without speedlimiter but it will still have one around 300km/h. So you have to go to a aftermarket tuner to get rid of that.

[FrazerNash]

On 2002-02-15 16:03, Seb wrote:

Nice choice. Cant belive its time allready for a AMG seen like 2-3 SL500 R230 on the street.

BTW. I heard that you can order the car without speedlimiter but it will still have one around 300km/h. So you have to go to a aftermarket tuner to get rid of that.

Well, in March you can get the SL 55 AMG without ANY speedlimiter - then they have better tyres :grin: My SL has no limiter then... ca. 325km/h the car will run :cool: COOL.....

[kuwa]

I can't see SL55 outrunning the lamborghini to 300kms. it seem weird?

[FrazerNash]

On 2002-02-20 03:31, kuwa wrote:

I can't see SL55 outrunning the lamborghini to 300kms. it seem weird?

Well, the Lambo has less torque than and the air drag is also not as good as the SL´s one (Lamborghini: cw 0,33

Mercedes: cw 0,29). And don´t forget that this is VERY important from 200-300 kph... :cool:

[Seb2]

Like i wrote the SL55 uses a supercharger wich gives better torque on low rpm it also has automatic transmission and low CW. It has very a good front area. I also think the Lambo uses 330 tires back dont know what the SL use but its smaller.

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Hallo Seb2,

 

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[kuwa]

That is crazy, you mean I'm gonna see yuppie moms driving a ferrari, lamborghini, viper, porsche killer to do grocery shopping? God help us.....

[thepolarfoxqx]

The E55 gets the S/C DOHC that is at 493hp.

[Seb2]

For those who are intrested AMS made one more test on Nardo. This time with tuned cars.

The MTM Bimoto made 371km/h!!!. Wonder who would dare to drive that fast in a little TT.

[Seb2]

[Seb2]

Some videos also.

http://195.127.100.252/mtm2/video/movies/Nardo1.mov

http://195.127.100.252/mtm2/video/movies/Nardo2.mov

[thepolarfoxqx]

wow, twin motor, i'd hate to have to connect that layout.

With the current SL500 running 4.3 to 60 (S55 and E55 tieing) - and new 4 valve engines coming out of MB soon, it looks like some pretty amazing stuff.

I am dissapointed to see the E55 motor detuned to 476, if anything, I would hope the tuned it up to the SLR Spec 550 - to come even with the new M5. That would be one hell of a competition.