German Muscle vs. American Muscle

[Alky V6]

They raced the wrong American muscle car.

YouTube - GRIP - Mercedes CLS 63 AMG

 

[turboc87gn]

Man i watched that whole thing and got exited when the showed the race preview and there was a gn i thought they were gonna race the gn and get thier german butts handed to them.....

 

[Alky V6]

Did you notice whose GN it was? I was a little surprised when a friend emailed me the link.

 

[Alky V6]

It's interesting to see the amount of rear tire growth after the shift.

 

[GNBRETT]

where is the english version. cant understand chit

 

[Grumpy]

well that was a wasted 12 minutes of my life

 

[Alky V6]

I know what you mean. There was about 1/2 second that was pretty good, though.
When I was at the track that day, I had heard that there was a film crew from Germany filming a race between a Mercedes and an old Ford Mustang. Not a very fair match up.

 

[Grumpy]

I know what you mean. There was about 1/2 second that was pretty good, though.
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thats why I watched it to the end !!

 

[seeyabye]

The Mercedes cost more than the Mustang, the truck and trailer that brought the Mustang, and the garage the Mustang is parked in. A more realistic comparison would be a CTS-V supercharged vs the CLS-63AMG.

 

[krom]

I used to race a SL600 TT V12 for 2 years at the track. He and I battled all the time. We both were running low 11's and I would usually get out ahead and he would try to chase me down. In the end I usually won but he beat me a few times, in fact he beat me one time and the video made it on a local exotic car forum bragging how it beat a GN. He was the first to get in the 10's but he sold the car and now races a 900 hp goat.

 

[sweetv6]

well that was a wasted 12 minutes of my life

+2

but happy to see Donnie's GN

 

[berserker6]

what does 93mph in the eighth equate to in the quarter mile?

 

[The Darkside]

what does 93mph in the eighth equate to in the quarter mile?

I'm guessing around 116 mph...

 

[BandAid]

gay

 

[Alky V6]

The people in Germany sure seem to like it. A lot of views and comments. I wish I could read German. Or, maybe it's better that I can't.
I was thinking of adding a comment asking why they didn't race the GN.

 

[Raymond Bunch]

Donnie, they probably would not want to race you. But I'd be up for it at any track they choose. I'll even drive there to meet them with the AC blowing and stereo turned up to show it a street car. :wink:

 

[Alky V6]

It seems kinda chicken shtuff that the Germans would pick a US car out of the sixties to compete against. Maybe we should air a race of a late model ZR1 Corvette against a German car from the sixties. Now that would be fun to watch.

 

[berserker6]

The people in Germany sure seem to like it. A lot of views and comments. I wish I could read German. Or, maybe it's better that I can't.
I was thinking of adding a comment asking why they didn't race the GN.

leave a comment. the vast majority of germans speak english. that mercedes is the exception over there in the sense that most germans drive underpowered 4 cylinders or tubocharged diesels. we just had a relative from germany visit last summer who loves cars and he was blown away by the horsepower thats available to us. for example my durango making over 300 he couldnt believe. and he loved the buick.

 

[Alky V6]

leave a comment. the vast majority of germans speak english. that mercedes is the exception over there in the sense that most germans drive underpowered 4 cylinders or tubocharged diesels. we just had a relative from germany visit last summer who loves cars and he was blown away by the horsepower thats available to us. for example my durango making over 300 he couldnt believe. and he loved the buick.

You leave the comment. I'm not looking to start WWIII. You know how those Germans can be.

 

[ITSONLYABUICK]

I think they wanted a race they could win.