Interesting Mercedes Factoid

Post by **VW337** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:30 pm

Today I worked on a very rare beast. It is claimed to be 1 of 13'ish to have ever been made.

Supposedly in 91-93 Mercedes made the E500 in cooperation with Porsche. Essentially the car is built by Merc, then it is shipped of to Porsche for suspension and motor tunning. The factory motor is stock with 320bhp while the tuned version will launch that big bastard and I mean really big bastard to 170mph off of the showroom floor and handle the twisties with ease.

If anybody could find more info I would be curious to read up on it.

Post by **AVICJR** » Wed May 23, 2007 4:37 pm

What all did you do to it?

Post by **VW337** » Wed May 23, 2007 10:10 pm

Deck , 4ch amp, changer, Ipod.

Nothing big.

Post by **mr tibbs** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:05 am

I found this: Mercedes also included a limited production sport version of the W124, created in close cooperation with Porsche. This was called the 500E, and set the standard for modern sports sedans.

Here

That's all I could find for a min.

Post by **Bfowler** » Thu May 24, 2007 7:40 am

Mercedes also included a sport version of the W124, the 500E, created in close cooperation with Porsche. Each 500E was hand-built by Porsche, being transported back and forth between the Mercedes plant and Porsche's Rossle-Bau plant in Zuffenhausen during assembly---taking a full 18 days to complete each model. Between 1991 and 1995, Mercedes/Porsche built a total of 10479 500Es. Of these, 1505 of the "super" sports sedans were imported into the USA between 1992-1994, or roughly 500 cars per year of importation. Called the 500E through model year 1993, in 1994 it was face-lifted along with the rest of the range and renamed the E500.

The 500E had a 32-valve V8 engine delivering 322 hp (240 kW) and 354 ft·lbf (480 N·m), with the engine being derived from the R129 500SL roadster. Sports car braking performance also came from SL components: front SL500 300mm disks with 4-piston calipers came installed on the 1992 and early 1993 cars. The later 1993, and all 1994 cars came with the upgraded 320mm set taken from the 600SL. Rear brakes on all years were 277mm brakes from the 500SL. In the USA, the 500E came fully-loaded, with the only options available to the buyer being a dealer-installed CD changer and an integrated telephone. The 500E was only available as a four-seater, with the four leather seats supplied by Recaro (the fronts heated).

Called the "Velvet Hammer" by Mercedes, and a "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" by the press, performance tests of the day yielded impressive results: 0-60 mph (97 km/h) times of 5.5 seconds and accelerateration through the quarter-mile (0.4 km) in 14.1 seconds at 101 mph (163 km/h). Top speed was electronically limited to 250 km/h (~155 mph). It was rated at 14 mpg (16.8 L/100 km) in the city and 17 mpg (13.8 L/100 km) on the highway.

With its aggressive stance: 1.5 inches wider track, 0.9 inch lower profile, flared fenders, side skirts, front air-dam and wide tires, the 500E is easily distinguished from its lesser brethren. Because of its look, limited numbers, hand-built construction, and unique pedigree, the 500E is already considered a "classic," even within Mercedes-Benz.

500E -groupA small number of E500 sedans were outfitted with a 6.0L V8 engine by tuner AMG. These models were called "E60 AMG" and produced up to 400 hp (298 kW). An even smaller amount of sedans were outfitted with a 6.0L V8 engine by tuners Brabus and Renntech. Brabus also created a 7.2 liter V12 W124 sedan.