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  1. 03-12-2006, 06:08 AM #1
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    Mercedes or tuner testcar?

    I saw this new S-class yesterday on the German Autobahn, it was doing way over 200 km/h. It has a Roll cage (!?), 4 exhaustpipes and an unpainted front fender.

    Is it a testcar of Mercedes (still testing with the S65) or from one of the German tuning company's? What do you guys think?
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    Seems to be an official AMG Testcar. License plates with A-GO and a number are mostly going to Mercedes and AMG. Also the A-Class mules had it.

    Could also be a S73 AMG or something, because the exhaust pipes are different from the S65 ones...
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    i would say they look a bit more like AMG exhausts than BARBUSs ( chunkiness) so i would say merc
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    It was the cage that amazed me the most when I saw this car, they must be doing some serious testing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by pterps
    It was the cage that amazed me the most when I saw this car, they must be doing some serious testing!
    I hope not in the same way as the Mercedes test driver a couple of years ago that blew a woman off the road...
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    We were doing over 200 km/h to catch up with him, but he drove away from us (my wife was behind the wheel ). We entered a 120 km/h zone so we could catch up with him and take these pics.
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    How was it doing way over 200kmh if there's a Corsa just a few dozen meters infront of it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pergarec
    How was it doing way over 200kmh if there's a Corsa just a few dozen meters infront of it?
    because that was in the 120 km zone
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    I thought it had passed Pterps at over 200kmh.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pergarec
    I thought it had passed Pterps at over 200kmh.
    he just explained where he took the pics
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    Quote Originally Posted by pergarec
    How was it doing way over 200kmh if there's a Corsa just a few dozen meters infront of it?
    Please read my post carefull......we entered the 120 km/h zone where I was able to take the pics........
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    the whole roll cage thing is weird.
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    sell the pics as spy shots!!
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    Maybe an S equivalent of the CLK-DTM? Well ... we can dream
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    Quote Originally Posted by pterps
    It was the cage that amazed me the most when I saw this car, they must be doing some serious testing!
    Could be possible, that they use it at the Nurburgring for testing and there it is better to have a rollcage But at the other hand the Nordschleife is still closed because of snow...
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