I've done a lot of burnouts in manual cars which consists of building up revs and then dropping the clutch in first gear. This supplies a large initial force which is big enough to overcome the traction of the tyres. So naturally i did the same thing in my auto c180 (w203 1998cc) and it works well. Put the car into neutral and rev the engine. Then move the stick into drive, the car will slow the engine down to a "safe" speed before engaging drive. When it does the wheels will loose traction and the car will initiate a rolling burnout. Works well even with traction control on (it's actually a poor system on mine at least). However this comes with a warning for larger engined cars! The automatic transmission can be permanently damaged by sudden loads on it. I;m not sure how safe the car's own "safe" rev speed is!
Either way, it's lots of fun!! Try turning the wheel a bit for a full on slide!
James