SIBLING RIVALRY; Renntech's E500 takes it to AMG's E55.(News)(Product/Service Evaluation)
AutoWeek, November, 2003
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Byline: ANDREW LUU If we have one complaint with Mercedes' autobahn-storming E55 AMG, it's the almost 200 extra pounds the car carries over its E500 sibling. The AMG's supercharged power may rattle your internals, but the chassis lags a few steps behind when you arrive at a corner. The same can't be said of the normally aspirated car: In our AutoFile tests, the E500's lighter mass helped it to slalom and stop quicker than the E55.
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In a perfect motoring world we'd combine the AMG's massive output with the athletic reflexes of the 500. Thankfully, Hartmut Feyhl, owner of ...
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