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Originally Posted by riethoven
Low 5 second sounded a bit too fast for me. I remember when Road & Track only got 6.4 seconds for the first gen. Porsche turbo. They later admitted that they had dumped the clutch too hard and it dogged on takeoff. It could really do right at 6 seconds.
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They have about 340hp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK3R3QkmsPM&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWJzPD5WGJc&mode=related&search=
Naturaly they are slow when compared to the newer MB's.
Something like say an S65 can go to 60 in about the mid 4 second range, not bad for a fully loaded heavy sedan.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2279948870349575932&q=S55+AMG&total=63&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1
The AMG S class's are 200mph cars. Diesels cannot deleiver that kind of performance.