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Originally posted by Norman Anthony
The C36, being AMG's first car homalogated under the Mercedes AG watchful eye, was done very nicely. Many aspects of the car is tuned. Where as the C43 is basically the engine from the CLK430/E430 (chime in boys if I'm incorrect), stuffed into the engine bay of the W202. Sure, it's got HP/Torque, but is it as 'tuned' as the C36. I think not.
My $.02
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I agree. I think the V8 was to big an engine for that chassis. I don't believe it came close to overwhelming the chassis, but tightening up the chassis to match the engine but staying with in the limits of the 202 body really took away from the driving experience for a daily driver. I think if they had done some 500E ish things to it, redesigned the suspension, etc, it could have been better.