RE: Chris Harris video: Hammer time

[Rollcage]

Judging by the people present in the vid, Autocar will soon be doing a similar article!

[rpla102]

Mr Harris,

Could you not have driven all of those on the forecourt, and put together a AMG tour de force video documenting the progression....

Great video but far to short...!!!

[Allyc85]

I hate to admit that I never knew the Hammer existed until watching this video! Thanks for the introduction to it!

[Lagerlout]

LotusOmega375D said:

It seems to be relatively smooth and quiet which is how I remember V8 AMG Mercs to be. These days they've gone a bit brash and loud: if you hear a modern Black series car pass by nowadays it seems to be trying too hard to sound like an old American musclecar, rather than the cool gentleman's express of yesteryear.

You're right. You need to go V12 to get that back.

[Bencolem]

Aarrgghh, the video is too short. Just settling into how much I was enjoying the car when it was all over. Have a major penchant for these. An estate version would have to be in my dream garage. In fact I daydream of a standard W124 estate (late '95 / '96 model) taken to AMG for the oily bits to be swapped with a black series CLK!

[agtlaw]

mastadriver said:

wasn't this care based on E500 (hand built by Porsche) and had M119 V8 (rather than M117)? E60 AMG, or is this different model?

500E.

[Guffy]

gaz1234 said:

Very samey.. shame CH doesnt come up with the amusing sentences JC does.

Guess you're not a CH fan then!!

gaz1234 on another CH thread said:

same old vid, bored after half way. would buy 370

gaz1234 on another CH thread said:

pointless

Great vid from where i'm sitting

[LeighW]

Shame the vid was so short, but that's a proper car! I'd have rated it 11 if I could.

[Hellbound]

Would have happily watched an hour long video of the tour and a few of the cars. Always loved AMG and BMW M in equal measure but for different reasons.

[OlberJ]

For a second there i thought Monkey was wearing 1 direction boots

Nice car, shame the vid was only 5 mins long. They're getting less each time!

[PUA]

love the older, less mainstream amg's



sl73 - the daddy of them all IMO!

[BigBen]

agtlaw said:

mastadriver said:

wasn't this care based on E500 (hand built by Porsche) and had M119 V8 (rather than M117)? E60 AMG, or is this different model?

500E.

E500 post facelift, 500E prior to that.

The Hammer came out before the 500 as far as I recall.

[madmover]

Does anybody know what the cost was when new? Very cool car, as soon as you hear the name you know it must be good!

[carinaman]

The distended arches remind me of this:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/6832...

[Bash Brannigan]

This video made me go straight to the classifieds and see what's for sale, great choice of car! I hope that you got to drive the others too, being less rare and a lot newer I'd be curious to know if there are any that you now like but didn't when launched - like you said about the B5 RS4.

Pistonheads needs to start doing more videos!

[Hellbound]

PUA said:

love the older, less mainstream amg's



sl73 - the daddy of them all IMO!

I love the SL73. Seen a few for sale, some clean low mileage examples priced as low as £35k, and then others of similar condition on JamesList for close to £100k!

That full fat V12 is a thing of beauty.

[gaz1234]

Guffy said:

Great vid from where i'm sitting

no not particularly.

the doughnut vid in the cts v was st as to was the alex whatever his name was from gumball. the 370 v Toyota v porsche again was a but dull.

the only good ones are the 1980s rally and new pagani one

[roystinho]

Love that car, not one I'm familiar with

One question though, who picked the music from a yoghurt (or any other cold/ice desert) advert?

[Bash Brannigan]

gaz1234 said:

Guffy said:

Great vid from where i'm sitting

no not particularly.

the doughnut vid in the cts v was st as to was the alex whatever his name was from gumball. the 370 v Toyota v porsche again was a but dull.

the only good ones are the 1980s rally and new pagani one

Drunk much?

[Dave Hedgehog]

stunning car

video is too short ...


need more of AMG and of the Hammer ...