what is the best mercedes muscle car ?

what is the best mercedes muscle car ?

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selondonman

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170 posts

219 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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what is the best mercedes muscle car ?


Super Sonic

8,769 posts

66 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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The old Brabus EV12.
EV does not mean electric vehicle!

GTRene

18,579 posts

236 months

Thursday 30th November 2023
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if you think about NA MB then I guess (never driven one)

-Brabus SLK V8 R170 (see Clarkson video)
-Brabus SLK V8 R171

-CLK Black-series
-Other Black-series models

not NA MB the likes like AMG GTR models

Skd884

824 posts

213 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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C class m156.

ChocolateFrog

30,787 posts

185 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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SLS.

E63eeeeee...

4,899 posts

61 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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I think the SLS and my immediate response, the AMG GT, are probably too expensive to be muscle cars, which are supposed to be about cheapness and blue-collar as well as performance.

So probably the C63 coupe.

P1Fanatic

1,163 posts

25 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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SL65 Black Series

E63eeeeee...

4,899 posts

61 months

Tuesday 5th December 2023
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P1Fanatic said:
SL65 Black Series

Now hang on. Muscle cars should be V8s. Out of all the non-obvious muscle-car manufacturers, Mercedes have easily the most commitment to ludicrous V8s, and you pick a V12?

Howitzer

2,861 posts

228 months

Wednesday 6th December 2023
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The 450SEL is the original Mercedes muscle car.

The SLS etc is a sports car so doesn’t count imo.

The V12 cars don’t count either, especially if they have a turbo.

A M156 engined car counts, as does the E55 NA and my own car the 500e.

450SEL is definitely closest to a German version of a Hemi Cuda though which to me matches the German version of an American muscle car.

Dave!

GTRene

18,579 posts

236 months

Wednesday 6th December 2023
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a lot Brabus V8 series are Uber cool machines.

popeyewhite

22,588 posts

132 months

Wednesday 6th December 2023
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NA E63 AMG
Comfy V8 saloon, goes like stink in a straight line and sounds fantastic.
Can't be the C Class, it's too small and less powerful.

randers

15 posts

99 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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I have an E500 coupe, looks like any other e class coupe but has a 388hp 5.5 V8. Not the best handling in the world but will light up the rear very quickly smile

rev-erend

21,570 posts

296 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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My vote to to either the SLK AMG or the v8 C63's

popeyewhite

22,588 posts

132 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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Muscle cars are generally big bodied cars with oversize engines. Not sure how a C class or SLK fits... .

belleair302

6,958 posts

219 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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E500, W124 must be high up there and the W204 AMGs can be tuned for serious speeds and output.

GTRene

18,579 posts

236 months

Friday 8th December 2023
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here a few for you, there are also older models , but so you know that there are a few out there.

like the Brabus 800 or 850 or 900 series + series, the numbers stand for hp I believe, those are monsters

https://www.brabus.com/en/cars/supercars.html

Regbuser

5,227 posts

47 months

Saturday 9th December 2023
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For me it would have to be the 560SEC AMG 6.0 wide body


Mercdriver

2,945 posts

45 months

Saturday 9th December 2023
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Nah, you are all wrong, a G Wagen brabus for me, real man’s muscle car

glennjamin

399 posts

75 months

Saturday 9th December 2023
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SLR

popeyewhite

22,588 posts

132 months

Sunday 10th December 2023
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Regbuser said:
For me it would have to be the 560SEC AMG 6.0 wide body

Crikey you could annexe a small country with that.