With V8 Power: C AMG, M3, RS4, IS500!!

New round in the arms race: With eight cylinders the small sedans Mercedes C AMG, BMW M3 and Lexus IS crack the 400-PS-Marke.

From Jürgen of Gosen the natives of stuttgart were first, the 1997 a fat V8 into the C-class planted (C 43, 306 HP). It followedthe C 55, which likewise remained under 400 HP (367 HP). OnlyAUDI set a newBestmarke with the RS4: 420 HP. But also those will soon fall.

2007 sendBMW itsnew M3 on the road. And that will have no more hot row six cylinder under the hood, but a modern V8. Derived from the V10of the M5, highly turning figure eight will not probably exceed the rival from Ingolstadt from the Papierform. 410 to 420 HP is in the discussion, BMW wants rather by a favorable weight per horsepower to convince.

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AlexTx - 8/24/2006 3:02:22 PM

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The problem is that the C63 and IS500 will only come with an Automatic....

Designer1 - 8/24/2006 3:56:00 PM

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Hmmm, I keep reading about IS500, what makes people think its not going to be an IS460 which will have fewer power than the German, and actually there might never be anything bigger than the IS350?

Lexus - 8/24/2006 5:48:31 PM

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Designer1, the IS500 is currently being tested in Germany for it final production. There are many magazines out there and that have it picture testing in German and it stats. Go and check it out or search online for the IS500

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Rupert - 8/25/2006 6:48:46 PM

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is it going to be the c 63 or c 43?

IZZIE06 - 8/25/2006 10:06:17 PM

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C63