This Mercedes E55 AMG Is Absurdly Cheap At Under £9K

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This Mercedes E55 AMG Is Absurdly Cheap At Under £9K

This week, we were pretty stunned to see a YouTuber’s 402,000 mile W211 Mercedes E55 almost hit its factory horsepower figure on the dyno, and actually exceed its original torque figure. It shows that even the leggiest of these supercharged E55s are mighty fast, and - naturally - this led to a little trip to the classifieds.

To our surprise, we found an example being sold for a borderline absurd £8495. If you were thinking it must have some galactic mileage figure, you’d be wrong: it has a reasonably modest 107,000 miles on the clock. It’s not like it’s tatty, either: from the pictures at least, it looks to be in remarkable condition for a 13-year-old car.

This Mercedes E55 AMG Is Absurdly Cheap At Under £9K

At around £2000 less than the next cheapest ‘E55k’ it’s almost suspiciously cheap, but assuming everything checks out, this represents a hell of a lot of car for not much money.

The 5.4-litre, supercharged version of Mercedes’ M113 V8 made its way into various mid-noughties AMG products, producing a whopping 574bhp and 590lb ft in the limited-run CLK DTM. In the E55 it’s good for a still very potent 469bhp and 516lb ft - that’s a greater allotment of torque than its 6.2-litre N/A replacement managed, by the way.

This Mercedes E55 AMG Is Absurdly Cheap At Under £9K

0-62mph happens in 4.7 seconds, which sounds awfully pedestrian when the current E63 S does the same in just 3.4 seconds, but we are talking about a car that costs just a tenth of AMG’s current bruiser-spec E-Class. Come to think of it, there can’t be many other standard cars under £10,000 that can break the five second barrier.

This Mercedes E55 AMG Is Absurdly Cheap At Under £9K

The E55k is a car that came long before AMG found the ability to create a proper dynamic rival for the BMW M5, but if you’re looking for something fast, understated and comfortable that rocks an awesome soundtrack, this thing is hard to beat.

Of course, we now have to point out that while a used E55 will be cheap to buy, it most certainly won’t be cheap to run. It’ll run on a heavy diet of unleaded, won’t be cheap to service, and as with a lot of Mercedes of the era, it’ll be prone to the odd electrical issue. Rust problems aren’t unheard of, either.

Even bearing all that in mind, this is a seriously tempting used buy. Anyone want to take the plunge?

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Comments

TheMindGarage

So then, this or an E46 M3?

08/09/2017 - 14:40 |
6 | 2

This. It’s more powerfull, and easier to modify.

08/09/2017 - 14:45 |
4 | 4
Anonymous

Buy it quickly, sell it for a few grands more after a good engine bay clean, and buy a gorgeous N/A BMW M5 E60 V10 <3

08/09/2017 - 14:43 |
28 | 2
Rich_WVU

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Exactly! Why have 8, expensive, unreliable cylinders, when you could have 10!?!

08/09/2017 - 15:44 |
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German Perfectionist

No wonder it’s so cheap, it’s got the steering wheel on the wrong side… How did this pass Mercedes’ quality check?

08/09/2017 - 14:46 |
210 | 8
Anonymous

Aw I’d buy this it’s the steal of the century

08/09/2017 - 14:58 |
0 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

No it isn’t, a 2006 S65 AMG recently sold for $3,250

08/09/2017 - 15:28 |
4 | 0
Anonymous

AMGs are so badass! :D

08/09/2017 - 15:03 |
4 | 0
Anonymous

I wish I could daily this, a good mix of V8 grunt and luxury

08/09/2017 - 15:30 |
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DL&#x1F3C1;
  • spend further £9k on servicing/repairing/insurance
08/09/2017 - 15:35 |
6 | 2
Anonymous

Trust me, you’ll find out why its so cheap.
Repair costs are phenomenally high. The navigation dvd costs 250 usd, and these cars always have small things that break and cost a fortune to replace.

08/09/2017 - 15:55 |
16 | 2
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Mercedes-Benz once did the protective undercoating of my car.

That day they took me € 350,- Euro. (USD $410)

08/10/2017 - 10:06 |
0 | 0
Anonymous
08/09/2017 - 16:33 |
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ThatFordGuy

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

It’s not a Dacia though!

08/09/2017 - 18:46 |
4 | 0
Poke

The servicing would cost more than the Value of said E55!

08/09/2017 - 17:56 |
4 | 0