Mercedes SLK 55 AMG

A new video that shows you the Mercedes SLK55 AMG.This car has 5.5 V8 Engine that produces 355 bhp.Accelerates from 0-100 in 4.8 seconds and reaches max speed of 250 kmh (electronically limited).I want to apologize to the owner because this car was spotted illegaly on private property.I hope you like this videeo and you'll rate and comment.You can also check my PREVIOUS VIDEO (Corvette C6 Sound) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG7vlKAm1u8 .
Review:
As you took in the name SLK55 AMG, I bet you rolled your eyes and thought 'not another one'. Well, it is another one: another impossibly muscular, stunningly quick Mercedes. Another Mercedes that leaves all its rivals for dead for pure performance and swaggering attitude. The SLK55 may be bereft of a supercharger but that AMG 5.5-litre V8 still packs a thumping 355bhp at a bellowing 5750rpm, backed up by 376lb ft at 4000rpm. Even the new Porsche Boxster S can't get near its 4.9sec sprint to 62mph. A new 911 might just be able to catch it.

But all the signs are that this is more than just another AMG dragster. The regular SLK is perhaps the surprise package of 2004; nimble, faithful and interactive well beyond expectations. And if the SLK55 can harness all that's good about its little brothers but add the usual AMG dash of sledgehammer performance, it promises to be the most exciting and driver-focused Mercedes in a very long time. At ΂£49,650, it needs to be a bit special.

Scanning through the press pack whets your appetite still further. To tie down all that power the SLK55 is endowed with new struts and gas-filled dampers, thicker anti-roll bars and specially programmed ESP that is said to intervene with gentle and almost imperceptible applications of the brakes to correct slip angles when they are deemed too severe. The system doesn't cut power, however, and in practice AMG claims it feels very much like a mechanical limited-slip differential. Then there are the brakes themselves: huge 340mm vented and drilled discs gripped by six-piston callipers up front, and four-piston 330mm discs of the same specification at the rear. Even the gorgeous 18in alloys, lightly wrapped in 225/40 front and 245/30 rear Pirelli P Zero Rosso rubber, barely contain them. This SLK is loaded with serious intent.

It's not all great news, though. For Luddites (for which read enthusiasts) the decision not to offer the SLK55 with a manual 'box is criminal. And that ESP system is a bit of a spoiler, too. You can switch it off, but, in a twist of German logic, this doesn't actually mean you're left to your own devices. As soon as it detects the car losing grip in a bend it reasserts itself. Mercedes and AMG are determined that this is the most responsible route - even the CLK DTM road-racer (evo 073) is never fully off the electronic leash - but to me it seems like a token gesture designed to appease the Green movement in Germany. On a 612bhp saloon car I can live with it, but in a compact sports car I'd like 'off' to mean 'off'.

It seems churlish to moan about anything when you've got the key to the baby AMG in your hand, though. It simmers with aggression, and when you rouse the V8 it emits the most wonderfully cartoonish muscle-car noise. Hairdresser's car? Well, maybe a shaven-headed and heavily tattooed barber from east London, but Nicky Clarke would be advised to look elsewhere.

Which isn't to say the SLK55 isn't great at wafting gently around town, it's just that it's equally happy charging the straights, shedding speed violently and flinging itself through corners with just a hint of body-roll and a nice suggestion of throttle-dictated balance. It'd be a shame if AMG's work wasn't rewarded every now and then with a serious workout.

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[kevinabletv1]

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[jsmarais83]

That's an entirely different car! The CLK GTR black edition is in an entirely different league! You can't possibly compare that to a cayman or even an slk for that matter. It's a factory racer not a customer car that you buy off the showroom floor!?

[pocketpunkie]

@jsmarais83 CLK GTR Black Edition: Carbon fiber everything, no rear seats, lighter panels, and it clocks in 200 pounds heaver than the stock CLK. Why you ask? AMG tuning division managed to fit a 1 gazillion horsepower fusion reactor and even small ones make the car very heavy. At least thats vaguely how I remember J. Clarkson putting it before it melted his face off.

[jsmarais83]

@scottmo31 cayman R the newest iteration. and the reason? MID-ENGINE BALANCE

[jsmarais83]

@onebadsavage26 I think that you just wanted a nice german car with the most horsepower you could afford.. and I could see how you came to the decision to buy this car but I just don't think it's as focused a car as the Cayman R. I think it is overpowered- just like any AMG- if you ask any true enthusiast they would recommend BMW and Porsche over any car because they are cohesive, and proportionate. The AMG branded Mercedes are just a glorified muscle car except for the CLK GTR Black edition.

[onebadsavage26]

@jsmarais83

Beg to differ...I have one and torsional rigidity is not an issue as it was designed as a convertable. Mine will lift a wheel of the ground on steep driveways. As for "girl car"..opinions differ. I like mine and I'm definately not a girl.

[jsmarais83]

Correction.. 0-60 in 4.7 not 4.8.....

[jsmarais83]

Stupid girl car. Over powered and suffers from a low torsional rigidity due to the roof... And for the record the cayman R with the new PDK transmission, direct injection 3.4 liter 330 horsepower engine and, LSD can pull in a 4.8 second 0-100kph time (0-60mph for the Americans reading this).. So check your facts again before posting a video glorifying some overpowered chick ride.

[domandape]

Heh my gf has one, and a vette tried to pass us earlier today... Lold smoked hard and I wasn't even driving... Haha

[bamboali]

uber wide :)