If you were given an ML63 to drive for a week... What would you do with it? We took it drag racing and it did an impressive job. Take a look at our four runs from both inside and outside of the car.
This is why I love high performance suv. Big ass stance, 4wd launch, massive torque. Can pack up 5 people for a weekend. Great cars. Porsche Cayenne Turbo S/ X5M/ ML.... :) ah
I agree. The thing IS a masterpiece. I took mine to a local track day event. It was fun, but the novelty wore off after realizing how heavy this thing is when trying to stop from 145mph or turn... I'm glad I did it though.
ML63 is a monster SUV. You should turn off all the traction control and run that 1/4mile again. There's a procedure to turn it off for maintance reasons but you can drive it that way also until the ignition is turned off, then the traction controls are automatically reengaged.
Thanks for that video, I was really interested in how the amg ran down the track. Took my 2013 ml550 down the track for the first and probably only time last night. I only ran it twice, but my first run was 12.888 @ 109mph, second was 13.026 @ 108. Obviously Mercedes extremely underrated the power of the 408hp ML550. This thing makes 500hp running almost similar times to your bigger engine V8. It is a stock Canada built vehicle. Have you done a tune on yours since this video?
There is no way an ML550 running a 12.8 will be stock. They are in the mid 13s stock, at best. The much lighter CLS550 runs a 12.9-13s quarter mile. Yours probably has a tune which you aren't even aware of. Car and Driver has your car at 13.4s @ 106, so no way there would be such a massive deviation from their results.
get this with renntech ecu tuning and down pipe and you will hit early 11's if not high 10's. its worth it and your gona love you beauty more and more. ;)
That thing is a Masterpiece. If you consider, how luxurious it is, how reliable, how big and comfortable, it's insane. To a lot of people those cars are just gas wasting crap cars, to me, that's hightech engineering. You get a car like that, out of the factory, take it to the dragstrip, "kill" some beefed cars, then go offroad, after that pick up your family and go for a holiday trip. All you have to do is clean up your car. Very impressive.
it is too heavy, it can't go fast trough curves.... is a car for Americans, I mean, for people that doesn't know what a curve is, for people that drive in circles or in a straight line :D