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Originally Posted by gago1101
C63 may not seem like a boat to you, but it is one, a very rough choppy boat. With 500 Bhp and 3800lbs, it is as slow as it can get on the track where sports cars do well and boats do not. Take the new Z28 with roughly the same weight and Hp as the c63, it goes around the ring in 7:37. Now that's a sports car, albeit a cheaply made one.
Edit: my Porsche PTT has the same 500 Hp and is about 500-600 lbs heavier, larger and more plush than the c63, but it is faster around the track.
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You're comparing a Sports Sedan to sports cars? You just lost all credibility my friend. The Z28 is designed as a sports car. The C63's purpose is in no way designed to be a sports car. It's designed to be a sportier take on what is a luxury automobile.The purpose of a C63 is to still give you S class levels of refinement, with everything turned up to 11.It needs to be sporty, but MB can't give up that smooth ride quality. MB designs their cars to be road cars first and second and third. Then, they maybe start thinking about a track session. If the ride is harsh in a Porsche, people are just going to be 'It's a Porsche, what do you expect?' If the ride is harsh in a Mercedes, it's customers will be up in arms because that's not what a Mercedes is or has been about. If you think a AMG is meant for regular tracking, you have completely missed the point. The problem is, your perception of what is and is not a sports car is skewed. The PTT was built to be a sports car. The C63 is being designed from a car that's meant to make sure you have a comfortable drive.
Lets be real here. Today, everything this side of a FR-S and BR-Z or Miata is going to be a boat. With safety standard requirements increasing, that's just the way it's going to be. The PTT is a boat as well, not as much of a boat as an M5, but still a boat.