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This is the most special video you ever made. To see you so enthusiastic together with your friend and that exciting car makes it so much more special. Don't take me wrong. All your videos and reviews are the best in class, and the proof for that is that allower the internet /youtube almost everybody is trying to imitate you. But this video shows another part of you, and I like it so very much. Like many other car lovers and enthusiasts, I would like to see more videos like this, with older special and ikon cars. Many THANK YOU for this one!
This is a really special vehicle, I hope the owner really enjoys it. There is nothing better to me than a fast estate, the more unassuming the outside the better. Thanks Thomas and team for another great review, would definitely love to see more videos like this!
What a beast. This is one of my favourite older cars of Mercedes-Benz. Great review, Thomas. If you want to, please review more older Mercedes-Benz cars.
Haha I really enjoyed that. It was the 55 engine that caused me to become an AMG fan. You caught up so quickly to that motorbike when you joined the autobahn haha. Thomas your reaction was RUclips gold haha 😂
These always remind me of why I used to like German cars. Such a great car. Miss these days when it was about driving and not screen size/mood lighting. What a great sounding engine
This C55K sounds like a stock C55 which is perfect for going sleeper mode. Straight pipe would free up more horsepower but the sound advertises too much.
Loved it Thomas. These old MBs really powerhouses and like you said, awesome for the money if you buy a good one. They can be a money pit as well. Enjoyed this and please bring in more retro cars for your channel.
Loved this video. Your production quality makes it fun to watch so please, bring more vintage Mercedes reviews. The Bi-Xenons and headlight design language of this era are much more emotional than today's commodified LED set up. In later years the Bi-Xeon projectors physically rotated with the steering wheel. Combined with upgraded new xenons and [LED bulbs for the incandescents], a very effective beam pattern for driving is achieved. For one thing there are actual fog lights. Today to my eternal frustration, fog lights are extinct. I ask you to demonstrate driving in the rain at night the need for fog lights that have disappeared in today's Mercedes. Yet some new cars like the VW GTI and Teslas have them. It makes no sense.
This version of the S203 just puts into perspective how much power is available in modern day cars. At 300 hp nobody bats an eyelid when in the near past it was really rare to have so much. As for the design, the best C-klasse have been w201 and w204 with the latter being the epitome of Mercedes. It still looks classy, elegant and stylish which can't be said about the modern versions with those weird curvatures on the shapes of the cars.
Great fun seeing this sleeper project 👍 More like this would be awesome, maybe also side by side comparisons from older more affordable care to the newer equivalent
Test driving some old glory is a pretty cool "format", with your experience Thomas, it's really enjoyable and can inspire some of us, lookin for a good sleeper or some underrated affordable powerhouse 👍
Kleemann offered the same mod. Added an Autorotor supercharger to the 5.4 engine,making 515 to the wheels. It was a rocket. He needs to get a Torsen in the rear end to put it down . It ran 11.8 in qtr mile. The states never got the estate model .
Very nice I have the same minus the supercharger and therefore only 390hp haha. Recommend the owner replaces exhaust tips with 125mm amg ones as it really suits the estate rear end and was actually offered from factory so not aftermarket. It is a fantastic all rounder. Good for DD and also for cross continental road trips especially if you downsize to 17" wheels for additional comfort (the 6 pot front brakes fit fine)
Holy moly, Thomas...! This video REALLY took me back in time... Back in the early 2000s, I was working for Mercedes UK and we had a 'corporate day out' testing a range of MB products at the Mira test track in Warwickshire, UK. My most memorable recollection was tail-sliding the supercharged-V6 C32 AMG for 3 continuous rotations of the wet-track handling circle...! What a beautifully balanced chassis that car had... 😉
A great review of the C55. Looks like a lot of fun. Your friend is very lucky indeed. Wonderful to see older cars on your channel. I prefer the 2006 styling as a problem today is that many manufacturers lower the roof line and reduce glass area. Not good for visibility, head room and space. Although it could be that more modern cars might be safer in a crash.
Please review more youngtimers, it’s so interesting to compare the driving experience from 20 years ago to the modern cars. However, I prefer to see reviews of original cars rather than heavily modified cars. The original car is what MB invented and built at that point in time, and that is what I find so appealing.
MORE THOMAS please ? anyway subscribed ! Yes, Thomas! This is what we need - more of these older gems through the eyes of the modern standards. Please clone yourself and put up more videos!
Super nice! Thanks Thomas. Are you ever going to review the latest Jaguar F-pace SVR? I recall that you mentioned that at one time you worked for Jaguar and still liked their vehicles…
@@autogefuehl Amazing, thank you! Must have missed that upload somehow. Appreciate you guys taking the time to answers us, and of course your videos in general 👌🏼
I would like to know how the SL55 engine off a R230 could be swapped into the w203 chasis although they both use very different brake system, one has the SBC brake system the other doesn’t
Like everyone else - loved this video. I am a retired Mercedes Benz mechanic. Back in my day w116 6.9 was the beast. Any chance of you getting your hands on one ? I would love to see what you think of them ?
A very interesting car and a very good review as always! Although in my point of view such cars are a little bit pointless these days. The servicing of an old car and the fuel consumption (especially nowadays) doesn't make it very liable for a daily driver and there are much more interesting cars for 45K that the owner put into it... But for fun, why not 🙂
Why put inferior engine in. M113k swap is a much better more torquey engine and so easy to tune to 600hp stage 1. 700hp stage 2. Also much more durable than m156 with head bolt issues
Good morning Exactly this was the squaring of the circle. But Ralf ( the owner of RaceCarTec garage, the builder ) got the approval and release for it from the TÜV Harald ( owner of the 570 hp sleeper )
I know what I’m about to ask concerns another variant of the W203-generation C-class - the C30 CDI AMG, not the C55 - but why wasn’t the C30 CDI AMG built in right-hand-drive, only in left-hand-drive?
If you're a car enthusiast and you're life is all about spending money on a car then yes , buy it ,if you're like me and ,realised that the car became a money pit and that you can go travel and enjoy life instead of investing money in a car ,then don't buy it 😂 Nice clip mate 👍
This W203 facelift C Class was the best C Class Mercedes ever made. So robust and such high quality and impeccable attention to detail. Now the C Class is cheaply made, feels brittle and weak and has terrible engines. This C Class was back when Mercedes was still real Mercedes. Now they're a shell of their former selves. My dad has a 2005 C220 cdi with 330,000 kms on. It has no rattles and all the interior and exterior bits looks as new. I've seen the new W204 and W205 C Class with peeling interior bits and so much rattles. The new W206 has enough hard plastic to make a Kia Picanto proud. This generation of Mercedes (particularly the W211 E55 AMG) is what made me such a fan of the brand. Now, they're just a big disappointment. They don't make them like this anymore.
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Ralf who put that engine in:
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00:00 Whaaaaaat??
00:10 2006 Mercedes C55 AMG Estate!
00:34 Bought for 15,000 $ but then supercharged
01:33 W203 (sedan) / S203 (estate) design
01:53 Hidden power
02:28 Quad pipes
02:48 Doors
03:00 2006 C-Class AMG interior
03:56 Seating position
04:19 Rear seats and trunk
04:45 German Autobahn acceleration with the 570 hp C55
07:15 Bilstein suspension fitted
08:45 Suitable as everyday driver?
11:57 100 km/h - 200 km/h (60 mph - 125 mph) test
13:15 Agile driving test
#Mercedes #MercedesCClass
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Yes, Thomas! This is what we need - more of these older gems through the eyes of the modern standards. Please clone yourself and put up more videos!
:-)
This is the most special video you ever made. To see you so enthusiastic together with your friend and that exciting car makes it so much more special. Don't take me wrong. All your videos and reviews are the best in class, and the proof for that is that allower the internet /youtube almost everybody is trying to imitate you. But this video shows another part of you, and I like it so very much. Like many other car lovers and enthusiasts, I would like to see more videos like this, with older special and ikon cars.
Many THANK YOU for this one!
thanks so much =)
This is a really special vehicle, I hope the owner really enjoys it.
There is nothing better to me than a fast estate, the more unassuming the outside the better.
Thanks Thomas and team for another great review, would definitely love to see more videos like this!
cool thanks =)
There's nothing cooler than a "sleeper" estate car!
I have a huge soft spot for the W203, it started my passion for MB.
We have a W203, so my opinion is biased, but I like it a lot more than most of the more recent Mercedes designs lol
What a beast. This is one of my favourite older cars of Mercedes-Benz. Great review, Thomas. If you want to, please review more older Mercedes-Benz cars.
thanks my friend :)
Haha I really enjoyed that. It was the 55 engine that caused me to become an AMG fan. You caught up so quickly to that motorbike when you joined the autobahn haha. Thomas your reaction was RUclips gold haha 😂
hehe =)
Thomas I absolutely love these older model reviews. I just love seeing you review cars to be honest, please never stop!
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Great to see you reviewing cars we couldn’t afford when new, but now a second hand no brainier / bargain etc 🚙👍🏻
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it is so under the radar car if i see it pass next to me at 200+km/h i would crack myself laughing
These always remind me of why I used to like German cars. Such a great car. Miss these days when it was about driving and not screen size/mood lighting. What a great sounding engine
This C55K sounds like a stock C55 which is perfect for going sleeper mode. Straight pipe would free up more horsepower but the sound advertises too much.
Great review! Big fan of your content, would love to see you do scenic routes around Europe with older cars, German/non-German alike
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Here some scenic road episodes:
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570HP and my man's like - "It needs more horsepower." :)
Loved it Thomas. These old MBs really powerhouses and like you said, awesome for the money if you buy a good one. They can be a money pit as well. Enjoyed this and please bring in more retro cars for your channel.
thanks erik !
Good to see you having some genuine fun Thomas.😊
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@@autogefuehl can I ask you something about mercedes and other cars😊?
my first car was a w203 estate in this exact colour, only it wasn't an AMG, i got a bit nostalgic seeing this
Sprinkle some of these in between the usual content because, for me at least, they're a joy to watch! 😀
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Loved this video. Your production quality makes it fun to watch so please, bring more vintage Mercedes reviews. The Bi-Xenons and headlight design language of this era are much more emotional than today's commodified LED set up. In later years the Bi-Xeon projectors physically rotated with the steering wheel. Combined with upgraded new xenons and [LED bulbs for the incandescents], a very effective beam pattern for driving is achieved. For one thing there are actual fog lights. Today to my eternal frustration, fog lights are extinct. I ask you to demonstrate driving in the rain at night the need for fog lights that have disappeared in today's Mercedes. Yet some new cars like the VW GTI and Teslas have them. It makes no sense.
As w203 c200 kompressor owner, this video is so interesting. I think cars in early 2000s have pretty nice feelings different from nowadays.
Another interesting review from Thomas.
thanks m8!
we need more cars like this one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pure joy and laughs from a very emotional powertrain. We will miss this
“Holy Ffffff” 😂
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Love that review of an old classic. Please more! Maybe a BMW M5 E39?
cheers! oh that d be lovely.
Enjoy these episodes also:
ruclips.net/video/eTLEUHFQ74E/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/I3OhqwH9AVA/видео.html
There you can see real differece between new cars and old cars, emotions are on different level :D
Cool sleeper, should have some surprises on way for many unsuspecting drivers.
Mercedes Benz older headlight design language in the mid 2000s was a lot better than the current one.
This version of the S203 just puts into perspective how much power is available in modern day cars. At 300 hp nobody bats an eyelid when in the near past it was really rare to have so much. As for the design, the best C-klasse have been w201 and w204 with the latter being the epitome of Mercedes. It still looks classy, elegant and stylish which can't be said about the modern versions with those weird curvatures on the shapes of the cars.
I like the S203 better than the W203. W203 has odd angles at the tail which the S203 does not have.
Good to see you're expanding your channel
Like Doug Demuro but in Germany :-)
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Great fun seeing this sleeper project 👍
More like this would be awesome, maybe also side by side comparisons from older more affordable care to the newer equivalent
Thank you very much! Liked, subscribed and shared. My absolute favorite RUclips channel by far.
Awesome 😎
C 55 AMG still looks OK 👌 and it's drive prytty modern 💪 Great car👍
Your reactions are priceless.. What a mad car👌👏
Excellent video! From America, a big YES for more reviews on older auto’s like this AMG!
thanks m8 best greetings!
Brilliant content! Would love to see more like this! Maybe the W204 C63 next!?
Cheers!
I like these reviews with older vehicles
Test driving some old glory is a pretty cool "format", with your experience Thomas, it's really enjoyable and can inspire some of us, lookin for a good sleeper or some underrated affordable powerhouse 👍
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2006 Mercedes C55 AMG Estate not only hauls cargo, but also hauls a** like no other ... Slainte' ! Cheers !
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Still an amazing machine
Kleemann offered the same mod. Added an Autorotor supercharger to the 5.4 engine,making 515 to the wheels. It was a rocket. He needs to get a Torsen in the rear end to put it down . It ran 11.8 in qtr mile. The states never got the estate model .
Good morning
Exactly for same reason my car got a limitating slip differential by Drexler as well
Harald ( owner of the 570 hp sleeper )
I have an E55K and it definitely needs an LSD !
More of these youngtimers please:))
Very nice I have the same minus the supercharger and therefore only 390hp haha. Recommend the owner replaces exhaust tips with 125mm amg ones as it really suits the estate rear end and was actually offered from factory so not aftermarket.
It is a fantastic all rounder. Good for DD and also for cross continental road trips especially if you downsize to 17" wheels for additional comfort (the 6 pot front brakes fit fine)
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Great idea for a new series
Great job Thomas, I wish you can review some legend Japanese car as well
cheers =)
Holy moly, Thomas...!
This video REALLY took me back in time...
Back in the early 2000s, I was working for Mercedes UK and we had a 'corporate day out' testing a range of MB products at the Mira test track in Warwickshire, UK.
My most memorable recollection was tail-sliding the supercharged-V6 C32 AMG for 3 continuous rotations of the wet-track handling circle...! What a beautifully balanced chassis that car had... 😉
Glad u joined 😊
Now, this is some car reviewing. I had to watch this video. A scarce vehicle. He must keep it well.
Thanks! Feel free to share =)
Like it. Does not have to be new vehicles.
Bitter mehr von den alten AMGs ! ;)
HI Thomas. Love the vintage cars. Much more interesting than the new EVs.
Wonderful! It is a beauty. I used to have a 2007 C230 V6 and it was driving like a dream.
Excellent video review new idea for new series modern classics, a lot of people still like the older cars from early 2000s and 90s.
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Never knew the C55 AMG existed...was always hearing of the C32 AMG and the following C63 AMG.
A great review of the C55. Looks like a lot of fun. Your friend is very lucky indeed. Wonderful to see older cars on your channel. I prefer the 2006 styling as a problem today is that many manufacturers lower the roof line and reduce glass area. Not good for visibility, head room and space. Although it could be that more modern cars might be safer in a crash.
thanks Andrew!
Please review more youngtimers, it’s so interesting to compare the driving experience from 20 years ago to the modern cars. However, I prefer to see reviews of original cars rather than heavily modified cars. The original car is what MB invented and built at that point in time, and that is what I find so appealing.
MORE THOMAS please ?
anyway subscribed !
Yes, Thomas! This is what we need - more of these older gems through the eyes of the modern standards. Please clone yourself and put up more videos!
Welcome 🙏
I love that car!
More! Lovely car
Best review ever dear thomas.i request you plz make more videos on used vehicles plz cover land cruiser
you might like this video: ruclips.net/video/Lx_4prtr8pk/видео.html
Just got a bone stock C55 with only 362hp. Another 200hp would be beyond awesome.
I love this ! I have a lightly modified E55 Kompressor T Modell... absolutely love the engine it's one of the best #M113K ftw
More Mercedes Youngtimers, please!
Great car! Make video also for w208 AMG
We call a car that isn't supposed to be fast, but is, a "Sneaky Pete" in the states.
5:28 Brilliant. 😂
WoW mr. Thomas, you grown 3 cm since last time i watch you 🤣
Love this back to the future cars videos,
keep em coming 🤗👍
ahahha yes
Shockingly this generation was also available as a AMG diesel.
These W203 chassis are very interesting and a great candidate for V8 swaps.
Good morning
You write about the AMG C30 ?
The only AMG diesel ever build , using also the w203 shape ?
@@haraldrichter9265 yes
Love this engine! I miss the AMG of old 😫
It's very quiet surprisingly
I love my W203 🥰
Schön!👍
I love old wagons, especially Mercedes ones. Extremely reliable too compared to modern Mercedes. Good video though. Crazy acceleration and power
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Real buttons! : )
Very fast engine tuned !
Great video Thomas, as usual. But please, clean that steering wheel!
cheers m8 !
Das absolute Gegenteil zum I7. Sehr interessant, ja bitte mehr davon.
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NICE CAR
Super nice! Thanks Thomas.
Are you ever going to review the latest Jaguar F-pace SVR? I recall that you mentioned that at one time you worked for Jaguar and still liked their vehicles…
Yeah indeed! I ll try
@@autogefuehl thanks, looking forward to it!
Thomas , please do some vids in german also
This is great!
If you could get your hands on an old Mercedes-Benz 500E (M119) that would be an awesome review as well
enjoy this: ruclips.net/video/ZcQz75KAXkE/видео.html
@@autogefuehl Amazing, thank you! Must have missed that upload somehow.
Appreciate you guys taking the time to answers us, and of course your videos in general 👌🏼
15 liters per 100 km ... good fuel consumption
cool tengo uno iguak gast el mismo color
GRUNT!!! 😁👍
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Could I suggest the Audi RS2 Avant or RS4 B5, 7, or 8?
I would like to know how the SL55 engine off a R230 could be swapped into the w203 chasis although they both use very different brake system, one has the SBC brake system the other doesn’t
maybe make video with top 10 first cars in eu ?
well that unit you can see clearly that it needs some love and attention, but great review.
Like everyone else - loved this video.
I am a retired Mercedes Benz mechanic.
Back in my day w116 6.9 was the beast.
Any chance of you getting your hands on one ? I would love to see what you think of them ?
Thanks 🙏
We do have some other nice vintage episodes! ruclips.net/video/ZcQz75KAXkE/видео.html
Yes, very cool episode. But you forgot to say it's a Thomas blue! 😀
hehe =) It's black!
@@autogefuehl oh, I was convinced it's a dark blue metallic. 👍
It is a dark blue metallic 😉😎
But really close to black
A very interesting car and a very good review as always! Although in my point of view such cars are a little bit pointless these days. The servicing of an old car and the fuel consumption (especially nowadays) doesn't make it very liable for a daily driver and there are much more interesting cars for 45K that the owner put into it... But for fun, why not 🙂
If you had a complete running C55 and a complete running clk63(m156) how difficult would it be to swap the M156 into the C55?
Why put inferior engine in. M113k swap is a much better more torquey engine and so easy to tune to 600hp stage 1. 700hp stage 2. Also much more durable than m156 with head bolt issues
This is the car of a sensible family man who is still yearning for his before marriage wild days 👍
Just curious how TUV reacts to such modifications 😀 As I know you can’t have any aftermarket mods without certification. German Ordnung 😄
I'd like to know as well
Good morning
Exactly this was the squaring of the circle. But Ralf ( the owner of RaceCarTec garage, the builder ) got the approval and release for it from the TÜV
Harald ( owner of the 570 hp sleeper )
I know what I’m about to ask concerns another variant of the W203-generation C-class - the C30 CDI AMG, not the C55 - but why wasn’t the C30 CDI AMG built in right-hand-drive, only in left-hand-drive?
Good morning
Because the number of sales of the C30 were too low to develop a seperate finishing line for RHD models
260, safety first 😅
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this car has another longer front end than then ormal w203 just to fit the eight cilinder
If you're a car enthusiast and you're life is all about spending money on a car then yes , buy it ,if you're like me and ,realised that the car became a money pit and that you can go travel and enjoy life instead of investing money in a car ,then don't buy it 😂
Nice clip mate 👍
cheers m8 !
This W203 facelift C Class was the best C Class Mercedes ever made. So robust and such high quality and impeccable attention to detail. Now the C Class is cheaply made, feels brittle and weak and has terrible engines. This C Class was back when Mercedes was still real Mercedes. Now they're a shell of their former selves. My dad has a 2005 C220 cdi with 330,000 kms on. It has no rattles and all the interior and exterior bits looks as new. I've seen the new W204 and W205 C Class with peeling interior bits and so much rattles. The new W206 has enough hard plastic to make a Kia Picanto proud. This generation of Mercedes (particularly the W211 E55 AMG) is what made me such a fan of the brand. Now, they're just a big disappointment. They don't make them like this anymore.
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