RE: Mercedes-AMG CLS 53: Driven

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Chestrockwell said:

dvs_dave said:

I guess Sam Sheehan is a true millennial as he doesn’t seem to acknowledge that the world existed before the year 2000.

AMG’s “old school” earliest offerings were all I-6 based. So there is true provenance here with a switch back to an I-6 offering.

Poorly researched piece.

True, to my knowledge, the C36/E36 came before the C43/E55.

Also I’m not sure on the timeline but I’m positive a W124 E36 exists, not sure if it existed before the hammer though.

It is annoying though, people moaning about M140is going 4 cylinder when the highly regarded E30 M3 had a 4 cylinder as well!

From wiki, all the 80/90’s AMG’s:

1988–1993 190E AMG 3.2
1988–1993 300E AMG 3.4E, AMG 3.4CE, AMG 3.4TE
1992 "The Hammer" AMG Widebody Coupe
1993–1994 E60 AMG
1994–1995 E36 AMG
1995, 1997 S70 AMG
1995, 1998–2001 SL73 AMG
1996–1998 SL60 AMG
1995–1997 C36 AMG
1996–1998 E36 AMG
1996–1997 E50 AMG

Almost half of them are I-6’s!