Not a Merc fan but this is different...
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6.3litres of Germany's finest ... Pure petrol head pornography http://t.co/2qT4CmHj and the sound of it blasting up the start/finish straight was out of this world
martin84 said:
contango said:
This always intrigues me that the 6.208 litre is somehow a 6.3 litre ???
It intrigues me how the engine size of a BMW actually bears no relation to what the model name says.The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine
oh...
Rich_W said:
martin84 said:
contango said:
This always intrigues me that the 6.208 litre is somehow a 6.3 litre ???
It intrigues me how the engine size of a BMW actually bears no relation to what the model name says.The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine
oh...
mollytherocker said:
Redv8 said:
contango said:
This always intrigues me that the 6.208 litre is somehow a 6.3 litre ???
Always round up...MTR
I was always under the impression it was rounded up, or down depending what was closest. So the Merc should be a 6.2.
I think they use the '6.3' for nostalgia, harking back to the big old 6.3's of the seventies.
In the Merc's case they are taking liberties to tie the current AMG range in with their historical cousins, the first of which was a 6.3 litre V8 in a S class body.
With BMW, it's a case of what used to be a way of naming models carrying over with a different meaning but similar absolute numbers being used. Where the last 2 digits of the model actually did indicate engine capacity, it now simply should be read as a sequence indicating a hierarchy.
Both could be called misleading, perhaps, but personally I think they are not deliberately so.
With BMW, it's a case of what used to be a way of naming models carrying over with a different meaning but similar absolute numbers being used. Where the last 2 digits of the model actually did indicate engine capacity, it now simply should be read as a sequence indicating a hierarchy.
Both could be called misleading, perhaps, but personally I think they are not deliberately so.
veevee said:
Rich_W said:
martin84 said:
contango said:
This always intrigues me that the 6.208 litre is somehow a 6.3 litre ???
It intrigues me how the engine size of a BMW actually bears no relation to what the model name says.The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine
oh...
335d 3litre
Fort Jefferson said:
veevee said:
Rich_W said:
martin84 said:
contango said:
This always intrigues me that the 6.208 litre is somehow a 6.3 litre ???
It intrigues me how the engine size of a BMW actually bears no relation to what the model name says.The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine
oh...
335d 3litre
stephen300o said:
F1s Medical estate Merc sounds better..
word!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...
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