Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

Only 12 Mercedes 300 CE Hammers were fitted with the 6.0-litre V8 option, and one of them is about to be auctioned
Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

The products of Mercedes-AMG are hugely impressive. The C63 is a true dynamic rival to the M3, and arguably a better all-round performance car. The AMG GT is, in some guises, a sports car that can go toe-to-toe with the Porsche 911. Affalterbach is even making an F1-powered hypercar in the form of the One.

It hasn’t always been like that, however. Once upon a time, AMG was known primarily for stuffing huge engines in ordinary Mercedes and not always providing the chassis mods needed to ensure the rest of the car kept up. It was a purveyor if brilliantly silly hot rods that have their own appeal. And few cars demonstrate this ethos as successfully as the ‘Hammer’.

Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

Devised a few years before AMG became officially recognised by Mercedes in 1992 and over a decade before Stuttgart became the majority owner of the concern, the Hammer is an old-school bruiser. The affectionate nickname encompasses all of AMG’s big engine options for the W124, covering the saloon, estate and the CE two-door coupe.

5.0, 5.6 and 6.0-litre V8 engine swaps were on the menu. The car you see here had the 6.0-litre option, and was one of only 12 AMG-breathed CEs specced thusly.

Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

This gives it 375bhp and 400lb ft, all of which is sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed automatic gearbox pinched from an S-Class along with the big V8. It’ll crack 0-62mph in five seconds dead and top out a little beyond 186mph - true supercar territory at the time of the CE Hammer’s release.

There were some attempts to contain that power with a lowered chassis and a mechanical limited-slip differential, but make no mistake - this is an overpowered car. And that’s the appeal.

Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

This particular example is part of the famed Youngtimer Collection from which we’ve featured a few cars already. Despite being a 1992 car, it wasn’t until 1995 that this Hammer was registered in Japan. One of only 12 6.0-litre CE Hammers, it lived in the country until being exported to the Netherlands in 2014 and resprayed in black. The current owner snapped it up in 2017.

Here's Your Chance To Own One Of 12 6.0 Mercedes AMG CE Hammers

The Hammer - which has just 75,100 kilometres on the clock - will go under the, erm, hammer on 24 October at an RM Sotheby’s sale in London.

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Comments

Griffin Mackenzie

RAD 👌🏻👌🏻

09/21/2019 - 13:34 |
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Ali Mahfooz

186 mph for a coupe in 1994. Surprised how fast ordinary cars were back in the day with considerable amount of power.

09/21/2019 - 15:33 |
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Matthew Henderson

Thicc

09/21/2019 - 16:02 |
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Anonymous

What a machine

09/21/2019 - 18:01 |
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Anonymous

I wonder if Hoovie will bid on this

09/21/2019 - 18:31 |
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Anonymous

definition of:
Mercedes: this is a great car
AMG: “hold my beer”

09/21/2019 - 20:20 |
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Mark Stanton

I’m really curious about why the wing mirrors don’t match

09/21/2019 - 21:59 |
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Thanks a lot now I can’t unsee it lol

09/22/2019 - 04:43 |
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One is electric and one is manual

09/23/2019 - 05:40 |
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Because speed

10/03/2019 - 22:05 |
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Wogmidget
09/22/2019 - 00:37 |
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Toby 22

curious on what the name of those wheels are? been looking for these on ebay but can’t find the exact ones

09/22/2019 - 09:01 |
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OZ AMG Aero III

09/22/2019 - 12:48 |
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Lauge

My god that is sexy

09/23/2019 - 07:16 |
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