rushscored4
Member
I've recently bought a 2001 C32 AMG estate and I am amazed by it's awesome engine and gearbox! I traded in an E46 330Ci convertible which was quite quick and I drove quite a few other cars such as an M3 convertible, M5 saloon and the new 5 series Beemer but when I tried the C32 I was blown away.
What other car gives you the practicality of a 5 door estate with over 350 BHP, 0-60 in under 5 seconds and 0-100 in under 11 seconds (according to Autocar)? Those figures are quicker than the M5 and even an RS6. And the power is there at all revs from the moment you fire it up. The M3 was very disappointing on a 30 minute test drive as it took 20 minutes to warm up. I didn't think it offered much better performance than the 330Ci to be honest. The M5s were nice but pretty lumpy at low speeds whereas I think the C32 drives brilliantly at all speeds.
The only criticisms I have is the interior is a bit too dull (all black) and plasticky (I believe the impending face lift improves this) and mine has a poor spec (no Comand, Parktronic, etc). But I only paid £3.5k plus my 2002 330Ci and the AMG has just over 20T miles on the clock!
And hopefully Steve the Dutch fella can retrofit a Comand system for me. I've just bought a reg number off eBay (C2 AMG) so when DVLA pull their fingers out I'll post a few pics...
Anybody else got experience of the C32 versus other cars? Any interesting articles on the web or in magazines I might have missed? I notice there's a member called 'C32 Stu' who's also had an M5 and an M3.
What other car gives you the practicality of a 5 door estate with over 350 BHP, 0-60 in under 5 seconds and 0-100 in under 11 seconds (according to Autocar)? Those figures are quicker than the M5 and even an RS6. And the power is there at all revs from the moment you fire it up. The M3 was very disappointing on a 30 minute test drive as it took 20 minutes to warm up. I didn't think it offered much better performance than the 330Ci to be honest. The M5s were nice but pretty lumpy at low speeds whereas I think the C32 drives brilliantly at all speeds.
The only criticisms I have is the interior is a bit too dull (all black) and plasticky (I believe the impending face lift improves this) and mine has a poor spec (no Comand, Parktronic, etc). But I only paid £3.5k plus my 2002 330Ci and the AMG has just over 20T miles on the clock!
And hopefully Steve the Dutch fella can retrofit a Comand system for me. I've just bought a reg number off eBay (C2 AMG) so when DVLA pull their fingers out I'll post a few pics...Anybody else got experience of the C32 versus other cars? Any interesting articles on the web or in magazines I might have missed? I notice there's a member called 'C32 Stu' who's also had an M5 and an M3.
