This vehicle has a 4 door saloon (sedan) body style with a front mounted engine supplying power to the rear wheels.
Its 8 cylinder, single overhead camshaft supercharged engine has 3 valves per cylinder and a capacity of 5.4 litres. For this model it develops power and torque figures of 493 bhp (500 PS/368 kW) at 6100 rpm and 700 Nm (516 lbft/71.4 kgm) at 2750 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels via a 5 speed automatic 'box.
The claimed weight at the kerb is 1985 kg.
Maximum speed stated is 250 km/h or 155 mph, claimed fuel consumption figures are 19.7/9.5/13.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined, and carbon dioxide emissions are 317.0 g/km.
Full specs
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| bodywork | |||
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| Body type | 4/5 seater sedan/saloon | ||
| Number of doors | 4 | ||
| Designer | |||
| dimensions & weights | |||
| Wheelbase | 2965 mm | 116.7 inches | |
| Track/tread (front) | 1574 mm | 62 inches | |
| Track/tread (rear) | 1574 mm | 62 inches | |
| Length | 5043 mm | 198.5 inches | |
| Width | 1855 mm | 73 inches | |
| Height | 1444 mm | 56.9 inches | |
| Ground clearance | |||
| length:wheelbase ratio | 1.7 | ||
| Kerb weight | 1985 kg | 4376 lb | |
| Weight distribution | |||
| fuel tank capacity | 88 litres | 19.4 [23.2] UK [US] gal. | |
| aerodynamics | |||
| Drag coefficient | 0.28 | ||
| Frontal area | |||
| CdA | |||
| Powertrain | |||
| engine type | supercharged petrol | ||
| Engine manufacturer | Mercedes-Benz | ||
| Engine code | |||
| Cylinders | V 8 in 90° vee | ||
| Capacity | 5.4 litre 5439 cc (331.908 cu in) |
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| Bore × Stroke | 97 × 92 mm
3.82 × 3.62 in |
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| Bore/stroke ratio | 1.05 | ||
| Valve gear | single overhead camshaft (SOHC)
3 valves per cylinder 24 valves in total |
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| maximum power output | 500 PS (493 bhp) (368 kW) at 6100 rpm |
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| maximum torque | 700 Nm (516 ft·lb) (71.4 kgm) at 2750 rpm |
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| Specific output | 67.6 kW/litre 91.9 ps/litre 90.6 bhp/litre 1.49 bhp/cu in |
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| Specific torque |
128.7 Nm/litre
1.56 ft·lb/cu3 |
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| Engine construction | |||
| Lubrication | |||
| compression ratio | 9:1 | ||
| Fuel system | EFi | ||
| bmep (brake mean effective pressure) | 1617.3 kPa (234.6 psi) | ||
| Maximum RPM | |||
| crankshaft bearings | |||
| Engine coolant | Water | ||
| Unitary capacity | 679.88 cc | ||
| Aspiration | S/Charged | ||
| Compressor | |||
| Intercooler | |||
| Catalytic converter | Y | ||
| performance | |||
| Acceleration 0-80km/h (50mph) | |||
| Acceleration 0-60mph | |||
| Acceleration 0-100km/h | 4.8 s | ||
| Acceleration 0-160km/h (100mph) | |||
| Standing quarter-mile | |||
| Standing kilometre | |||
| Maximum speed | 250 km/h (155 mph) | ||
| Power-to-weight ratio | Higher is better 251.81 PS/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 PS/kg 185.2 kW/tonne (1000 kg) 0.19 kW/kg 248.36 bhp/tonne (1000 kg) 0.25 bhp/kg 0.11 bhp/lb |
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| Weight-to-power ratio | Lower is better 5.4 kg/kW 9.02 lb/bhp |
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| fuel consumption | |||
| Fuel consumption | 19.7/9.5/13.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| universal fuel consumption (calculated from the above) | |||
| litres/100km | 19.7/9.5/13.2 l/100km urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| km/litre | 5.1/10.5/7.6 km/l urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| UK MPG | 14.3/29.7/21.4 UK MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| US MPG | 11.9/24.8/17.8 US MPG urban/extra-urban/combined | ||
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 317.0 g/km NEDC | ||
| Carfolio Calculated CO2 ? | |||
| VED band (UK) | M | ||
| CO2 Effizienz (DE) | |||
| chassis | |||
| Engine position | front | ||
| Engine layout | longitudinal | ||
| Drive wheels | rear wheel drive | ||
| Torque split | N/A | ||
| Steering | |||
| turns lock-to-lock | |||
| Turning circle | |||
| Front suspension | |||
| Rear suspension | |||
| Wheel size front | 8.5J x 18 | ||
| Wheel size rear | 9J x 18 | ||
| Tyres front | 245/45 R 18 W | ||
| Tyres rear | 265/40 R 18 W | ||
| Brakes F/R | |||
| Front brake diameter | |||
| Rear brake diameter | |||
| Braked area | |||
| Gearbox | 5 speed automatic | ||
| Top gear ratio | 0.83 | ||
| Final drive ratio | |||
| general | |||
| Carfolio.com ID | 118118 | ||
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| Model code | |||
| RAC rating | 46.7 | ||
| Insurance classification | No information available | ||
| Tax band | No information available | ||
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2002 Mercedes-Benz S 55 AMG added 2004-01-22. Last modified 2013-02-28. |
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