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Law of large numbers

Riding every day around the city at a speed of 60 km/h is understandable. To drive along the autobahn, almost instantly accelerating to 250 km/h, also many people can, especially in countries with normal autobahns. And what is needed in order to imagine a figure of 300 km/h? One way is to look at cars from the German city of Affalenbach.
Here the court Mercedes studio reached the fresh e-klasse. The bar was already decently lifted up to the year -old S63 demonstration, so, as usual, I had to compete with yourself. According to representatives of the company, an important milestone in this rapid race was the creation of the E 5.6 The Hammer model in 1988 (or just 300E AMG), which simultaneously crossed the threshold of 300 km/h and jerked the door to the American market for the company. And European consumers knew well what the great three -letter AMG was eating with.
The output characteristics of the constantly improved motor 6.3 coincide with the indicators of the crazy relatives of the SL63, from there the sedan got a seven -speed Speedshift MCT box with the Race Start function. Only Mercedes test pilots and bold fans of the pirate chip tuning can accelerate to 300 km/h on this machine, for everyone else the speed will remain within the electronic restriction of 250 km/h. But the buyer does not pay for imaginary numbers - the car trigger threshold will still reach the vast majority of the participants in the movement. The first hundred takes only 4.5 s.
The AMG Ride Control suspension system that retains a road clearance helps to cope with all this power, regardless of the load. The Ride Control system operates in three modes - Comfort, Sport and Sport Plus, adding stiffness and reducing the height in accordance with the driver’s expectations. The choice is made using a button next to the gearbox lever. The gearbox also supports three modes plus manual, they are chosen by a rotary wheel. Well, for the rational joy of ESP, you can also come up with a button that turns on the Sport and OFF modes. Moreover, your favorite active driving settings can be assigned a key with an laconic laconic marking of AMG, and then when using it one press will be enough.

With touching attention, more likely to the Western European consumer, the Germans relate to fuel saving. As if a six -liter road aggressor should fit in an imaginary consumer basket. But the facts are a stubborn thing. The civic mode of operation of the box is habitually marked with the letter C, but now it means not Comfort, but Controlled Efficiency. The checkpoint selects the highest gear, holding the engine speed at a minimum. With calm ride, the consumption can be dropped to incredible 9-10 liters per hundred.

But what is completely impossible to get rid of is the weight. Together with all of its sports, the car refers to the super -mechanical class - 1850 kg, which should be remembered both in quick turns and with emergency braking. Brakes - you can order ceramics as an option - and controllability is excellent, but the details of comfort and safety plus a weighty six -liter engine must obey the gravity forces, and the driver - the laws of common sense.
At each unit of the car, a mysterious German name traditionally flaunts. We know that domestic customers really appreciate this sweet detail. Each of them imagines that somewhere in distant Germany, Herr personally collected their engine and still prays for him. After the presentation of the model, we went to the assembly line to check this hypothesis. Alas, in such a late hour there were no longer workers at the factory. Night shifts are not accepted here, nevertheless, they do not work for stream. But for the assembly of each unit, which takes up to 4 hours, a specific master really is responsible. A straightforward question: will it be fired if the client’s engine breaks? - It remains unanswered. Because the quality control system of such an engine simply does not produce from the plant. According to statistics, three or four engines are returned to the assembly for ten thousand, and in these rare cases the master really redo everything. AMG customers largely pay money for this inscription as a symbol of attitude to work.

What else did customers pay for, you could look at the refinement workshop. Here is an elongated G-Klasse. The customer is a well -known photographer who needs to shoot in African reserves using huge lenses, while without leaving the car. Apparently, photographs of Zebr and Gopherikov diverge so well that the props maestro orders this is precisely this is not the most accessible to the general public atelier. But it costs piercing orange SL63 AMG - the client paid several tens of thousands of euros to ensure that any metallic details disappear from the external appearance. The same amount, almost the cost of an ordinary representative car, he will give a beloved shade for the cabin of the salon. But at this level, automobile fanaticism is no longer worried about anyone.

Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG
Gasoline engine V8
Engine volume, cm3 6208
Maximum power, l. With. 525 at 6800 rpm
Automatic 7-speed AMG SpeedShift MCT transmission
Acceleration to 100 km/h, with 4.5
Max. speed, km/h 250 (limited by electronics)
Fuel consumption, l/100 km 12.6 (in a combined cycle)
Price in Russia, rub. from 4 945 600