I've got to guess thats not exactly a "low horsepower" model....did you notice it smoking the rear wheels when he floored it in reverse? Its most likely a 280e or something...not exactly a slow car. I know its at least a gasser, because there's no way a N/A Euro 300D could smoke its wheels in reverse....

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