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Mercedes Benz previews the latest SLK55 AMG and my issue with the BMW Z4

Mercedes Benz previews the latest SLK55 AMG and my issue with the BMW Z4

Rigval

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My opinion of Mercedes Benz is this. With every new model brought out Mercedes Benz erodes what were supposedly boundaries that only BMW once held as the Ultimate Driving Machine. If you took a look at when the SLK first started out you wouldn




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In S'pore,i would take the BMW,the reason,much lower road tax on a 3L turbo,than a 5.5LN/A v8.

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The difference in road tax is about $3k a year. After swallowing the AMG's ridiculous annual depreciation (which is similarly ridiculous for the Z4 35is), I'd gladly pay that $3k to feel and hear that monster engine in my small coupe every day. Rigval is right, with an engine like that, merely going to the supermarket at 60km/h is a pleasure in itself....it is like masturbation... Imagine cumming every time you drive the car.

 

One thing is, AMG forgot to turbocharge the 5.5L V8. Nevermind i am sure lots of tuners out there would be willing to.

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AMG kept the SLK55 n.a so that it wouldn't be faster than the SL. Obviously Mercedes wouldn't want their smaller, nippier, lighter little coupe to be faster than the flagship SL.

 

Viceroymentol ..you read my mind.

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