2005 LA Auto Show: Mercedes-Benz to Debut World's Fastest Wagon
AMG Engine Makes E55 AMG Wagon the Ultimate Automotive Decathlete
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 -- The world's fastest wagon -- the new Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG -- is making its North American debut this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, open to the public January 7-16 at the L.A. Convention Center.
While it delivers the same stylish design, sumptuous comfort and versatile utility found on all E-Class wagons, the new E55 AMG wagon also packs the purposeful power of 469 horsepower and 0-to-60 mph times of 4.6 seconds, thanks to its 5.5-liter supercharged AMG V8 engine.
The limited-production E55 AMG wagon is the first AMG vehicle of this body type to be offered in the U.S. The wagon model has proven highly successful in Europe, and AMG owners in the U.S. have been asking for this unusual combination of thoroughbred high performance and Clydesdale utility.
The exclusive new wagon also comes with AMG aerodynamic bodywork with AMG 18-inch alloy wheels with staggered tires. Inside, black Birdseye maple trim is standard, as well as special AMG gauges and sport seats finished in nappa leather.
The new E55 AMG wagon stops as fast as it goes, thanks to high-performance four-wheel disc brakes with oversize perforated and ventilated rotors with multi-piston calipers. Like all Mercedes-Benz cars, the E55 AMG wagon uses ESP stability control to prevent skids and spins in poor weather driving.
Even Greater Luxury
The limited-production E55 AMG wagon comes with standard four-zone climate control that allows different temperature settings for the rear outboard passengers as well as the driver and front passenger. Also standard on the both the E55 AMG wagon and sedan models is a harman kardon Logic 7 audio system that features seven-channel surround sound, concert-quality output and 12 high-end speakers.
About AMG
AMG has been a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler since 1999 and is located near Stuttgart in Affalterbach, Germany. AMG develops each of its models, from the engine and driveline to suspension, brakes, chassis and aerodynamics. Each engine is produced and tested at AMG's headquarters in Affalterbach, and AMG models are assembled at the main Mercedes-Benz vehicle manufacturing plants. Spanning all Mercedes-Benz model lines, more than 11,000 AMG models were sold in the United States in 2003.
About Mercedes-Benz USA
Mercedes-Benz USA is headquartered near New York City in Montvale, NJ and is responsible for the U.S. sales, service and marketing of Mercedes-Benz cars and light trucks as well as the Maybach super-luxury sedan. MBUSA employs about 1,500 people in 20 different locations around the nation. In 2004, the company sold 221,610 vehicles through a nationwide network of over 300 retailers in the U.S., setting the highest-ever sales volume in its history for 11 consecutive years.