2008 ML550
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04-04-2007, 11:21 PM
2008 ML550
2008 Mercedes-Benz ML550 - Auto Shows
Now, that progress! The new ML550 outguns the original ML55 AMG, for $10,000 less.BY JARED GALL, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN
April 2007
In the 10 years since its introduction, we have seen a procession of steadily more powerful V-8s in the Mercedes-Benz ML sport-ute, beginning with the original 268-hp ML430. From there, it progressed to the 268-hp ML500, and then on to the hot-rod (for that generation) 342-hp ML55 AMG. The first time we drove a current-generation ML350 (with a 268-hp V-6), we proclaimed the V-8 superfluous. In part, that was because the ML500’s 302-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 added only 34 horsepower at the time.
In New York, Mercedes replaces its ML500 with the more powerful ML550. How much more powerful? About 21 percent. With the32-valve DOHC 5.5-liter V-8 from the S-class underhood, the new ML550 promises 382 horsepower, 80 more than in the ML500 and a full 40-horse team more than in the original ML55, butstill safely shy of the current bad-boy ML, the 503-hp ML63 AMG. The seven-speed automatic currently found backing the smaller, weaker V-8 remains. The duo, always ready for 0-to-60 mph in just 5.3 seconds in the S-class sedan, should be willing to perform the same feat in just under six seconds in the M-class.
Other than the engine, no upgrades are expected for the 2008 ML550. Watch for it in showrooms late this summer at a base price of about $55,000, which undercuts the older, slower ML55 AMG by $10,000.
From: http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...enz-ml550.html
More from: http://emercedesbenz.com/Apr07/04_Me...US_Market.html
just found itfrom the internet.. not sure if it's true or not. By the way,what do you think of the price
5,5000$? That's like an increase of 5000$ of the ML500. I think Canada should havesmaller increase, because the ML500 in USA is so much cheaper as comparing to the one in Canada.
Now, that progress! The new ML550 outguns the original ML55 AMG, for $10,000 less.BY JARED GALL, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN
April 2007
In the 10 years since its introduction, we have seen a procession of steadily more powerful V-8s in the Mercedes-Benz ML sport-ute, beginning with the original 268-hp ML430. From there, it progressed to the 268-hp ML500, and then on to the hot-rod (for that generation) 342-hp ML55 AMG. The first time we drove a current-generation ML350 (with a 268-hp V-6), we proclaimed the V-8 superfluous. In part, that was because the ML500’s 302-hp, 5.0-liter V-8 added only 34 horsepower at the time.
In New York, Mercedes replaces its ML500 with the more powerful ML550. How much more powerful? About 21 percent. With the32-valve DOHC 5.5-liter V-8 from the S-class underhood, the new ML550 promises 382 horsepower, 80 more than in the ML500 and a full 40-horse team more than in the original ML55, butstill safely shy of the current bad-boy ML, the 503-hp ML63 AMG. The seven-speed automatic currently found backing the smaller, weaker V-8 remains. The duo, always ready for 0-to-60 mph in just 5.3 seconds in the S-class sedan, should be willing to perform the same feat in just under six seconds in the M-class.
Other than the engine, no upgrades are expected for the 2008 ML550. Watch for it in showrooms late this summer at a base price of about $55,000, which undercuts the older, slower ML55 AMG by $10,000.
From: http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshow...enz-ml550.html
More from: http://emercedesbenz.com/Apr07/04_Me...US_Market.html
just found itfrom the internet.. not sure if it's true or not. By the way,what do you think of the price
5,5000$? That's like an increase of 5000$ of the ML500. I think Canada should havesmaller increase, because the ML500 in USA is so much cheaper as comparing to the one in Canada.
#2
04-04-2007, 11:47 PM
RE: 2008 ML550
arethere any difference between bhp and hp? Because this web site says 388bhp http://germancarscene.com/?s=ML550, where as the above one says 382hp...
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