RE: PH Heroes: Mercedes 300 E AMG Hammer

[soad]

Love it - looks bloody great. Good write-up too.

[SleeperCell]

How come these are the same photos as in the recent inside line article (well, pictorial)?
http://www.insideline.com/features/1986-amg-hammer...

AMG doing some sort of press release thingo? Also a few contenders for desktop wallpaper of the week there if they supplied high res versions .

[Garlick]

SleeperCell said:

How come these are the same photos as in the recent inside line article (well, pictorial)?
http://www.insideline.com/features/1986-amg-hammer...

AMG doing some sort of press release thingo? Also a few contenders for desktop wallpaper of the week there if they supplied high res versions .

A few mags were invited to go and drive the car, and PH was one of them.

Merc had laid on a snapper who managed to make the most of the dreary conditions, and sent out the pics after the event. Sadly, this means that we'll all be choosing pics from the same source.

[TheRoadWarrior]

900T-R said:

Love those two-piece wheels. Whatever advances there have been in the past 25 years, they don't really include road wheel design (witness the otherwise lush Aston V12 Vantage and the new Mégane 250's 19-inchers )...

100% agree with you threre!! I've never understood how aston could bring themselves to fit such chavtastic wheels to such an amazing car!

[Gridl0k]

They know their market.

[Riggers]

Garlick said:

SleeperCell said:

How come these are the same photos as in the recent inside line article (well, pictorial)?
http://www.insideline.com/features/1986-amg-hammer...

AMG doing some sort of press release thingo? Also a few contenders for desktop wallpaper of the week there if they supplied high res versions .

A few mags were invited to go and drive the car, and PH was one of them.

Merc had laid on a snapper who managed to make the most of the dreary conditions, and sent out the pics after the event. Sadly, this means that we'll all be choosing pics from the same source.

...Although there are a couple that (I think) are 'exclusive' to PH...




At least I hope nobody else wants to use my ugly mug...

[stats007]

900T-R said:

Love those two-piece wheels. Whatever advances there have been in the past 25 years, they don't really include road wheel design (witness the otherwise lush Aston V12 Vantage and the new Mégane 250's 19-inchers )...

They're three-piece split rims.

[E21_Ross]

omg that looks good. properly menacing, what a car! as already stated, back from the hey day when mercs were well built too!

[theturbs]

Lovely.

[gumsie]

Gridl0k said:

Great Pretender said:

Well I would argue that most people with an inclination of the rules of Supply Chain, would at least understand Mercedes' plight.

On the other hand, you could argue that Merc's procurement team deserve to be shot.

Their QC team certainly does, judging by the failure rates.

Fact is that today's Merc is built to a price that's way lower, relatively, than those of the 70s and 80s. My friend's W203 C320 is obviously more modern than my W202 but you don't have to poke around the cars too long to see which is slightly over-engineered and which went through several rounds of Bean Counting.

Dead right. Open the door of anything made between 1995 and 2003 and you'll wander if the metal work is any thicker than a bible page.

[E21_Ross]

GregE240 said:

Puk said:

Love this car, brilliant !

Those were the times when Mercs were reliable and well made ...

Most people know they still are, aside from a slight wobble in the late nineties for a few years.

an 06 plate CLK350 cab (at 50k, not a cheap car!) was absolutely appalling in build quality. put me off most modern mercs, but i still love the old ones

[nouze]

Garlick said:

A few mags were invited to go and drive the car, and PH was one of them.

Just curious, when did the test take place?

[daveco]

Gridl0k said:

EVO has a long history of doing exactly that sort of comparison.

288GTO vs F40 vs F50 vs Enzo comes to mind (pretty memorable..)

True, but it seems they haven't done one for a while. The last one I recall was the M car issue but that seemed to be a hurried article. They should feature old and new in each issue.

[V8mate]

Isn't SOTW normally on Fridays?

[Garlick]

Riggers said:

At least I hope nobody else wants to use my ugly mug...

No, it's just that everyone else is too embarrassed to use a pic where a driver is on an empty and closed runway, behind the wheel of a 300E AMG Hammer and is tootling along at 30mph with a big on his face

[Gridl0k]

I think they missed a tiny little piece next to the cigarette lighter when they were making the entire dashboard out of my nan's dresser...

[iluvmercs]

Ever since I heard of the Hammer, a few years ago, I've lusted after one.
An absolutely stunning car!

Darren

[Great Pretender]

V8mate said:

Isn't SOTW normally on Fridays?

You will go to Hell

[V8mate]

Great Pretender said:

V8mate said:

Isn't SOTW normally on Fridays?

You will go to Hell

Hey! I even did a winky smilie (for internet users without the requisite sense of humour) and everything!

[TheArchitect]

Love the indented AMG badge.