if it wouldnt be so expensive to fix these things, and own it out of warranty… it would be a serious car to consider
his isn’t about a car; it’s about an engine. Forget Vipers, Ferraris, Bentleys, all those rumbling turbodiesel-powered American trucks, and anything else you think has punch. The CL65’s handbuilt, twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 spanks them all, grunting out 738 pound-feet at just 3000 rpm. And that’s only because Mercedes-Benz electronically limits it to that number; fully unleashed, it’d be good for a transmission-shredding 885 pound-feet worth. Its 604-horsepower rating almost gets lost in the blur.
2005 Mercedes-Benz CL65 AMG
Base price $178,220
Vehicle layout Front engine, RWD, 2-door, 4-pass coupe
Engine 60o twin-turbo V-12, SOHC, 3 valves/cyl
Displacement, ci/cc 364.9/5980
Max SAE hp @ rpm 604 @ 5500
Max SAE torque @ rpm 738 @ 3000
Transmissio n 5-speed automatic
0-60 mph, sec 3.8
1/4 mile, sec @ mph 11.8 @ 120.9
Brk, 60-0 mph, ft 115
200-ft skidpad, avg g 0.86
600-ft slalom, mph 65.0
On sale in U.S. Currently
What’s Hot
• Fastest-accelerating auto-trans-equipped car we’ve tested
• Every luxury amenity you could ask for
• No ride/noise/harness penalty for all this punch
What’s Not
• Expensive, as you’d expect
• Low production numbers
• Rear cabin so tight it’s almost a two-seater
is this the one that where they software limited the torque to save the transmission?
I would love one of these… there is a video somewhere of one going to a drag strip with slicks and destroying all kinds of cars with a lot of confused rednecks watching.
