RE: Merc CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake
Discussion
That sounds dirty that does...
Seriously, that engine is something else. I didn't understand when they dropped the old 5.5 supercharged lump for the 6.2 n/a, because for me AMG's are all about torque, and an obscence amount of it, but this new 5.5 twin turbo is just glorious.
And, not only does it not sound like it's turbo charged, but it also sounds like it's displacing about 10 litres!
As for the rest of the car, very nice, but does look a little odd from directly rear on.
Seriously, that engine is something else. I didn't understand when they dropped the old 5.5 supercharged lump for the 6.2 n/a, because for me AMG's are all about torque, and an obscence amount of it, but this new 5.5 twin turbo is just glorious.
And, not only does it not sound like it's turbo charged, but it also sounds like it's displacing about 10 litres!
As for the rest of the car, very nice, but does look a little odd from directly rear on.
Not a totally pointless Niche but theres so much product differentiation going on its as if they are targeting the type of customer who wants to be different purely for the sake of wanting to be different. Its like the G wagen with the bonkers engine. It makes no sense but its just profoundly cool.
I thought Shooting Brakes were two door estates, and this is just an estate. Or are Mercedes re-defining body types again for marketing purposes?
Shooting brake is an awful term for a car anyway and really does come from another era. Or are we going to get ppl referring to the shooting brake like A3 owners refer to their Hatchbacks as Sport Back?
Awesome car though
Shooting brake is an awful term for a car anyway and really does come from another era. Or are we going to get ppl referring to the shooting brake like A3 owners refer to their Hatchbacks as Sport Back?
Awesome car though
I'm afraid it doesn't float my boat. I feel the same about this Merc as I do about the latest football season after watching the Olympics - completely emotionless. And to be honest I didn't feel Chris's usual passion coming through in the vid either.
Yes, its fast, makes a great sound and is well built - but I just don't see the point.
You'd also probably have to endure repeated seizures brought on by the flashing ESP light if you were daft enough to take this thing out in the wet.
And the manual up-change we saw in the vid was painfully slow. You can see Chris lean his head slightly forward in subconscious anticipation of the next gears power surge, but it doesn't quite come when expected.
Great car, if you can afford the tyres.
Give me a Panamera any day.
Yes, its fast, makes a great sound and is well built - but I just don't see the point.
You'd also probably have to endure repeated seizures brought on by the flashing ESP light if you were daft enough to take this thing out in the wet.
And the manual up-change we saw in the vid was painfully slow. You can see Chris lean his head slightly forward in subconscious anticipation of the next gears power surge, but it doesn't quite come when expected.
Great car, if you can afford the tyres.
Give me a Panamera any day.
rob.e said:
Looks good and the AMG version certainly sounds great..
BUT:
- Not actually that big in the boot.
- FIFTY grand!?
Erm, make that £87,400. Fifty grand would have struggled to get you into the equivalent E55 AMG 10 years ago.BUT:
- Not actually that big in the boot.
- FIFTY grand!?
However I do like this, and I was actually surprised at just how much boot space there was for a CLS derived car.
It looks OK I guess but not as interesting as some of the other great estate cars of years past IMO.
What I'd really like to know though is why EVERY new car with a slightly elongated rear end is now called a shooting brake. Where did this phrase come from and what does it mean exactly? At any rate it's a wky marketing term so please stop using it. It's almost as bad as the other annoying trend of manufactures insisting on calling every new two door car a coupe now, even when they are clearly not. The long ones are called ESTATE cars and the two doors are called hatchbacks unless they are long, low and svelte.
Phew...glad I got that off my chest!
What I'd really like to know though is why EVERY new car with a slightly elongated rear end is now called a shooting brake. Where did this phrase come from and what does it mean exactly? At any rate it's a wky marketing term so please stop using it. It's almost as bad as the other annoying trend of manufactures insisting on calling every new two door car a coupe now, even when they are clearly not. The long ones are called ESTATE cars and the two doors are called hatchbacks unless they are long, low and svelte.
Phew...glad I got that off my chest!
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