[MtnClimber]

The SLS and AMG GTs are pretty impressive.

[SpaceBar]

“For nearly 25 years” sounds so much more impressive than “since 1992”.

[Daniel Ramsey]

I wouldn’t mind owning one, or two.

[GOP Poet]

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[yarddog]

In 1975 my wife and I were casually shopping for a sports car. We were thinking of a Corvette but there was a Mercedes dealer near us and we just stopped by and looked.

They had an SL, can’t recall the exact model number for $18,000 which was a lot of money back then. I did some quick figuring and we actually could have bought it tho it would have taken all our savings plus a loan which she could have gotten from her Uncle’s bank. It was a beautiful car but we ended up buying a house instead.

Back then you could almost make a living by buying houses, living in them for a while and selling it when you moved. They were going up in value fast.

Still I always wondered what it would have been like driving that beautiful Mercedes.

[bk1000]

Recently acquired a 2013 SL63. I am scared to death of it. I’m also scared I’m going to add a Renntech ECM tune and totally lose my mind! Truly a bucket list car for me, it is an amazing machine. But now that I have it out of my system I’m considering a S550 coupe.

[max americana]

I drive an AMG and never even want to downgrade to those stupid C and E class series. I would rather stick my face up Moochelle obamatard’s fat ugly ass than drive a C class. Actually told that in front of the MB sales guy and he started laughing..

[trebb]

I love my CLA - may be "bottom end" but the 2 liter turbo is smooth and relatively quick for a car that gets 28+ locally and 38-42 on the road. 0-60 in 6 - 6.2 seconds and very deceptive so you don't feel like you're accelerating as fast as the speedo says and it's easy to be going 90 and not realize you ain't at 65-70 any more.

The only AMG part I have is the suspension and it holds the road like a 6-toed cat on a curtain.

The AMG power plant is the same 2 liter engine - only hand built and putting out over 340 ponies.

[Fresh Wind]

Zero to arrested in 3.7 seconds!

[RayChuang88]

AMG actually developed a magnificent 6.2-liter V-8 engine rated at around 520 bhp, but unfortunately fuel economy requirements sadly killed further development of that engine. AMG instead decided to develop two-turbo V-6 engines with the same power but with much better fuel economy.

A really impressive engine is the AMG-developed 2.0-liter turbocharged I-4, rated at an amazing 350+ bhp and found on the Mercedes-AMG GLA45 and CLA45 models.