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Originally Posted by slybydesignw210 Me and my neighbor, of whom is a great car guy, told me the best MB ever made was the 1995 E500. he also told me that only 400 were made in 1995. he went on to say that the 1995 E500 will smoke any 2007 __________ u fill in the blank....car on the punch. i am just curious. |
The last 500Es [actually called E500 by 94] were no different than the others in performance. The last cars in Europe were fitted with 17" EVO lightweight wheels. The only real performance difference in US cars was that the 1992 has 7HP more that 93-94 cars due to a throttle change in the ECU. European cars that do not have CATS have 10 or so additional HP [and weigh less accordingly].
Otherwise, the differences are cosmetic and go along with many of the same differences that occurred with the rest of the line [grill and headlight changes].
As for performance, I put the 500Es 322HP and 354 lbft of Torque up there with many of the best but times have changed and we are now seeing AMG cars with 400-500 and 600HP. I drove an S65 a bit back and its 600HP and Torque are mind numbing in such a big car. I just can't figure out how to get that motor/tranny/ECU in my project 500E.