Well is money an Issue?

C36 is less than 20k USD
C43 is about 35k USD
C32 is 55k USD I believe

I am not sure which models are available in canada, but I really liked the Brabus W203 Diesel.

A C43 is the same engine as the E430, but it has hot-cams, not just a shoehorned engine. Actually in my opinion it is nothing close to being shoehorned, it actually fits quite nicely. A real shoehorn job is 500E or AMG HAMMER w124 with 6.0L DOHC M117.

I would try to get the newest AMG model you can afford. List what is the most important. In the Star magazine for mercedes owners about a year ago, last summer, there was a compairison of all C class AMG models, and the C32 has the most horsepower for the buck. I think the C32 looks the nicest, but I want a C43 with either an E55 motor or the kleeman kompressor that mercedes shop owners can put on.

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Current Stable:
1994 S500 v140, 210k miles, white with grey.

Former Mercedes in the Stable:
1983 300CD Turbo diesel 515k mi sold (rumor has it, that it has 750k miles on it now)
1984 300CD Turbo Diesel 150 k mi sold
1982 300D Turbo Diesel 225 sold
1987 300D Turbo Diesel 255k mi sold
1988 300 CE AMG Hammer 15k mi sold
1986 "300E" Amg Hammer 88k mi sold (it was really a 200, not even an E (124.020)
1992 500E 156k mi sold
etc.