I once owned (until T-boned by a 3/4 ton pick-up) an '82 380SE euro version--with full AMG engine treatment. It was a sleeper SCREAMER. It would light the tires off the line, leaving rubber at shifts until the 3-4 at a little over 100.

full throttle downshifts under about 60 were sometimes hairy as rear tires broke loose when it dropped into 2nd. Never B4 (or since) had such a hairy chested daily driver--even my sl-600 pales in comparision to THAT 380 SE.