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Old 08-18-05, 02:38 PM
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Default Video: Jeremy Clarkson reviews the CLS55 AMG

Now whoever that says AMG cars can't handle should think again. The 4-door sedan beats the GT3!
http://www.brunssum.net/~bartcamp/Me...ew@TopGear.wmv

Thanks to EricK @ my.is for the video.
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Old 08-18-05, 02:56 PM
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Cool video. Does anyone know where there's more video reviews??
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Old 08-18-05, 04:45 PM
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the "rear taillights look like aliens"...haha

they're callled LEDs...
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these are not video reviews....they're clips from this past season of BBC's Top Gear, which ended last sunday.


that clip was from the first show of season 6.


the best part is him braking .... classic.
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I must admitt the look of that car is growing on me. The AMG is icing on the cake. I want one.....
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Nice video, car has grown on me, but I still don't like the front end . . .
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The more I see this car the more I like it. And the video just made it more appealing
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ERRRRRRRR, I'm so angry about being an engine!

ROFLMAO
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"9th from last in quality, I don't want it"

you take his words seriously right? So do i. That tells me everything i need to know.

Too bad...... nice car........ while it is running.
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Breaking in this car is so brutal, it would be less painful to actually hit the tree you're trying to miss.

And...

Listen to that noise! It's like Berry White eating wasps.

How does he come up with this stuff? LOL
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what an amazing video of the car. very nice run. but yeah, quality is defnitely one thing preventing me from owning them
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This is probably my favorite "sedan" to look at. I think it is sweet. I will not comment, however, on owning and reliability.
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Very sweet video...the car is amazingly flat in the turns. All I can say is that I will not own anything Mercedes unless it is AMG.

Only thing I would worry about that car is that it is a first year run...interesting discussion about the 18,000 hand-built engines per year (or 100 per day)...I guess they are not completely hand-built after all...though they do come with a great plaque on the engine
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an article i read a while ago, the techs that build the amg engines, it usually take them about 1/2 hr to hand build an engine. i have no clue how they can do that., unless everything is preassembled and they just put on couple of screws?
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Originally Posted by rominl
an article i read a while ago, the techs that build the amg engines, it usually take them about 1/2 hr to hand build an engine. i have no clue how they can do that., unless everything is preassembled and they just put on couple of screws?
LOL...so much for their marketing hyping the "hand-built" engine. Not that the result is incompetent though.
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