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yhliem · #58 06-23-2003, 09:12 PM

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Originally posted by omegabenz
This seems to be a very heated and controversial thread.

I was at AMG two weeks ago in Affalterbach, Germany. I went there to talk to them about the AMG Hammer, and learn more about their start before the aquisition in 1995, but there are only three mechanics still there that know the car, and everyone else is new. I talked to a salesman about the car, but he just told me everything that I already knew.

He told me that the only "Hammer" is the W126 Coupe with the M117 6.0L DOHC and the W124 Coupe M117 6.0L DOHC, and he said it refers to the engine: 6.0L DOHC M117.

From all the magazines I have read in the late 1980s, they featured a car: 1987 Mercedes Benz 300E AMG HAMMER 6.0L DOHC M117 Engine, which broke the 300 km/h mark, which was about 187 MPH tested by Road and Track. I have about 30 different magazines with the AMG HAMMER in it, and they all state about the same thing, not much variation in the numbers and facts.

AMG seems to lack knowing their old history. If you look at their 30 year video, there is a huge jump in the 1980s, they just put a picture of a 300CE wide body, but what really got them where they are today was the 300E AMG HAMMER sedan because it was the fastest sedan in the world which could outrun the ferrari testarossa. The 300E AMG HAMMER was the car that started the fastest sedan revolution we are still in, with the AMG sedans since 1995, Audi S4, BMW M5, etc, and now with the new E55 Supercharged engine out, they are now where they are today because of everything they did in the past, that they have forgotten about.

All these facts that I have presented you are from magazines or AMG literature that I have.

it actually surprises me how the techs at AMG don't know their own company's history. I would havethought that working for a company like that, one would WANT to know the history.

the only thing I would probably debate would be the comment about the Hammer starting the super sedan revolution. I would have to say that the title of first production super sedan rightfully belongs to the 300SEL 6.3.