Not a Merc fan but this is different...

[TomM]

richcorsavxr said:

stephen300o said:

F1s Medical estate Merc sounds better..

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

I want one of those so bad! There was a PH member with one of these who put a camera on his rear bumper on his way to pick up his kids - sounded amazing. Fair play to MB for not muting their V8's

[mollytherocker]

richcorsavxr said:

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

That is mental! It sounds like a small boy making sports car sounds with his tongue between his lips fart style!

MTR

[vit4]

Rich_W said:

Yeah. I mean the 325 has a 2.5 litre engine.
The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine

oh...

850 was also 5.4 litre and (at least the E39) 540 was a 4.4 litre

[stephen300o]

richcorsavxr said:

stephen300o said:

F1s Medical estate Merc sounds better..

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

11 dislikes! youtube eh, go figure..

[Chrisw666]

stephen300o said:

richcorsavxr said:

stephen300o said:

F1s Medical estate Merc sounds better..

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

11 dislikes! youtube eh, go figure..

Probably because it's an old man car.

[832ark]

vit4 said:

850 was also 5.4 litre and (at least the E39) 540 was a 4.4 litre

850 was also a 5.6 later on

[vinnie83]

Chrisw666 said:

Probably because it's an old man car.

You're joking right?

A huge V*, ~500bhp, that noise, and you say it's an old mans car? You kids nowadays

[Chrisw666]

vinnie83 said:

Chrisw666 said:

Probably because it's an old man car.

You're joking right?

A huge V*, ~500bhp, that noise, and you say it's an old mans car? You kids nowadays

Sorry I used less words than that post needed. I was suggesting the dislikes were because the imbeciles on youtube will have thought it to be an old mans car.

[Redv8]

richcorsavxr said:

stephen300o said:

F1s Medical estate Merc sounds better..

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

It sounds even better than that in real life ... A deep throaty roar that sends shivers down your spine

[blindswelledrat]

ajprice said:

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.

Yeah. I mean the 325 has a 2.5 litre engine.
The 540 has a 4.0 litre engine.
850 had a 5.0 engine

oh...

The current 328 has a 2.0 litre engine.

318 2litre
335d 3litre

The 114i, 116i and 118i all have a 1.6 turbo.

THis conversation literally could not be any more interesting.

Actually yes it could.

[Pickled]

Doesn't BMW's badging have to do with, turbo'd models having the same power a larger na engine, so get badged as such? I recall this was the case with the E23 745i (turbocharged 3.5)

[AreseV6]

Redv8 said:

It sounds even better than that in real life ... A deep throaty roar that sends shivers down your spine

I got excited everytime it came round at Silverstone and it came round a lot

[Sir Bagalot]

What happens these cars when F1 are finished with them? I know they're only on loan from Mercedes but where do they go from there?

[torque2me]

The "63" has something to do with their racing history but for the life of me cannot remember.....I used to work for them

[Chris944_S2]

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.

It's been like that for 3 or 4 decades, what intigues me more is that people still can't get their head around it.

[Fraser Z4]

richcorsavxr said:

word!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlgw90Ns7c&fea...

Glorious!

Is that just a standard C63?! I knew they were loud but I've never actually heard one like that at full chat. They don't seem as loud on the professional video's/reviews.

A C63 is on the list for my next motor. If I got one it would be the coupe, but if I was in a position to need 4 doors then I'd much rather have the estate than the saloon; they're so cool!

Edited by Fraser Z4 on Tuesday 10th July 19:59

[Paul_M3]

Chris944_S2 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.

It's been like that for 3 or 4 decades, what intigues me more is that people still can't get their head around it.

I know what you mean.

People don't seem to realise that even back in the early 80's the 316 and 318 were both 1.8 litre engines. (as an example)

[mgst170]