Saturday, December 17, 2011

Mercedes CLK 55 AMG promo video

The cheesy promo shows a CLK 55 beating a private plane from SoCal to NorCal.  During the housing bubble in California, these coupes were everywhere.  I'm sure it's a very competent car, but I just didn't see its appeal.  It seems like Merc just got lazy and decided to stuff the "55" AMG engine in everything.  Was there ever an A55 or B55 AMG?

3 comments:

Edvin said...

Nope, no A/B55's. They are quite small fwd family cars and MB isn't/wasn't crazy enough to stuff a big V8 in them. There was an A210 Evolution "AMG" but the only thing AMG about it was the suspension and bodykit. Only 140hp and 0-60 of 8.2 secs. The B class and the newer A class had a 190hp turbo four but without the AMG name.

The CLK's weren't that popular here, so I wouldn't mind one, but there are a number of cars I would buy before it. I agree on the 55 AMG engine though, it didn't quite seem worthy of the AMG name (until they supercharged it), unlike the beasts of today.

Alan said...

Perhaps the cheapest-looking MB ever made. The interior appeared to have been molded from one piece of plastic, the exterior had no tension whatsover - looked like an overstuffed bag.

Maxichamp said...

@Alan: It seems like the boys and girls in Stuttgart made this car specifically for California realtors and exurban residents flush with HELOC money.