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Wow! Those are some great numbers. Among the highest that I have seen for a stock 500E. I wonder why the factory numbers are so far off? The only thing that I can think of is they are giving a worst case scenario which in a M119 can be pretty bad when the engine is hot.
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Mercedes does that with all their cars. The 210 E55 is rated from the factory at 13.9 at the 1/4 but it will pull low 13's all day long. The 211 E55 is rated from Mercedes at 0-60 in 4.7 and the 1/4 mile in the high 12's but will do 0-60 in aroud 4.2 seconds and the 1/4 mile in the very low 12's. I'm not sure how they do their testing but they leave alot on the table as far as the actual acceleration numbers go.