It still has the 5 speed auto. Yuck! I have to admit, I like AMG's. But, for $200k, I'd rather have the Lambo LP560-4.

• Mon, 08/18/2008 - 11:42
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"the S63 AMG costs nearly $70,000 less but delivers similar performance from its V-8 engine." 

This reads like an example of the law of diminishing returns. Someone, somewhere, with an annual car budget well into the millions may need this, but it's hard to imagine many buyers.

• Mon, 08/18/2008 - 13:34
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so you're catching up with this gleaming monster on the always free freeway 405. From behind it immediately tells you're in the company of greatness, you're stuck behind a "S65" (on the left side) "AMG" (on the right side). traffic moves up on the parallel lane and you inch into that open space only to find out even more of the great strangers identity, it is a "V12 biturbo". I'm already impressed, but think of the driver, just in case he forgot what he spent over $200K for, there's an equally shiny decal on the dashboard, it says "V12". So 5 (five !!!) shiny decals raise the asking price from $90K to over $200K, now that's some expensive chrome plated plastic.

• Tue, 08/19/2008 - 18:21
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