The best Mercedes station wagons from AMG

When it comes to preferences in terms of car brands or body layout, here they are different for everyone. And they can be influenced by many factors. If we take, for example, the famous French comedy starring Depardieu, we will see one of them. There he talks about the advantage of German technology and that Opel is also a German car, but worse than others. Yes, we are talking about personal impressions of driving certain models of different brands.


Sometimes we can be influenced by the opinions of others (for example, when the above character was doing his car analysis, the hero of Jean Reno was sitting next to him). It also means a lot in which country and locality a person lives, what he does and what kind of wealth he has. To get personal, I've never liked station wagons. They seemed to me something bulky, inelegant and clumsy.


I think the whole point is that I have never been involved in commercial trade and did not live in a large family. Fortunately, not everyone is of my opinion. For many, roomy and, quite often, very nimble passenger-and-freight models have become true friends and constant companions in life. Many of these motorists believe that the station wagon is an unusual and very interesting car. Perhaps the most famous manufacturer of station wagons, meeting the requirements of the most picky users, has become the German automobile company Mercedes.

It was from the assembly line of this manufacturer that models of this type came out, which also have excellent running and speed qualities. So, my personal opinion about generalists is no more than the bias of a person who "does not need, and does not need anything." And wagon fans are ready to sing praises to him: special grace, speed and inimitable beauty of lines. All this is said about Mercedes station wagons.

Dear many abbreviation AMG

According to many experts, it is the German company that can offer the most charged cars for a large family or small business. This is not surprising, because the experience of Mercedes in this area exceeds three decades. Of course, for such a long period and with such technical capabilities, it was not difficult to step much further than competitors. They did not look as defiant as their countrymen from BMW. But their strength and grace were within.



But that's not the point. The main inspirer of the project was the ambitious AMG. At that time, the company was an independent structure that supplied power units for well-known brands. Physically, the manufacturers were located in Stuttgart, and they were not lacking in creativity.


An intriguing proposal to unite irreconcilable rivals in one body brought unprecedented success. The output turned out to be an amazing station wagon, capable of competing in speed even with Italian sports cars. So the transformed W124 E-Class was able to surpass the base model itself in popularity. And the abbreviation AMG for many decades became associated with fans of high-speed station wagons with the best models of this type.

The E36 AMG was not the company's first experience in this direction, but it became the launching pad that led engine manufacturers to international fame and made it a leader in the production of "charged" station wagons. By the way, the model could reach a speed of about 250 km / h. This was facilitated by a wonderful 3,6-liter engine with a power slightly above 260 hp. With.

A new model that has received a well-deserved success

The release and triumph of the "thirty-sixth" continued for eight years. But everything comes to an end, and the life of car models is usually quite transient. The sated buyer already wants something new, even more extravagant. Moreover, Mercedes itself introduced a new line of C-Class. Why not experiment with new material?

And this time, AMG specialists decided to prove that they are worth something in and of themselves. Therefore, the Mercedes-Benz C43 AMG has become a full-fledged product of this company. In addition, the global trend of the 90s made sports cars perhaps the most popular type of passenger vehicle in the world. The youth of those years are obsessed with American films, where speed is everything. Many people enjoy filming fireballs moving along sports tracks at incredible speed. Who would refuse to repeat this in real life? And this can not be done without a cool sports car.


Against the background of such popularity of high-speed products, AMG has created a truly versatile car. In the sense that a large family with full gear could ride it for a long weekend. Or a reckless young man on the track could put it on two wheels. Such a turn was helped by a 4,3-liter, 302-horsepower monster engine with an incredible torque of 409 Nm. Therefore, complete with any modification of the car, only a 5-speed "mechanics" was used. Even today, a "second-hand" copy of such a sports car can pull a million rubles!

More sports cars from AMG at the beginning of the XNUMXs

AMG and in the new millennium continued to "keep your nose to the wind." True, at the end of the last century they lost their independence, being absorbed by Mercedes. Nevertheless, they were among the first to resort to a solution that was very strange by those standards. New models of the company received smaller engines.

Time has shown that such a solution turned out to be very promising. So the 32 Mercedes-Benz C2002 AMG car received only a 3,2-liter six-cylinder engine. The lack of power was compensated by a supercharger. As a result, the car only won in driving and speed characteristics, developing a maximum speed of 280 km / h.


Oddly enough, but three years later, the company "turned on the back." The new, "fifty-fifth" model again received a V8 with a 5,4-liter volume and 362 "horses". The car has become another confirmation that the company is a trendsetter in this niche. What made him special:

✅ exhaust-"four"
✅ quality steering
✅ perfectly adjusted suspension

In 2009, the AMG technical team realized the advantages of turbocharging over a conventional supercharger. Now the power characteristics of both models of the company, which appeared that year, have crept up sharply. The E63 S had an incredible 577/607 hp. s., C63 AMG DR520 - exactly as much as indicated in the model name. The first could accelerate to "hundreds" in just 4,5 seconds. And the C63 boasted a 6,2-liter engine, which is still considered one of the best engines for sports cars.

Modern Mercedes station wagons

According to many experts, the CLS63, released nine years ago, received the most elegant forms from the entire line of station wagons. As a power unit, a 5,5-liter bi-turbo unit with a capacity of 549/577 hp was used. With. The car has the most modern filling and is ready to provide maximum comfort on the road. Rounding out this list is the 604bhp 63 E2017 S. With a full filling, he can "pull" seven and a half million rubles.


But classic Mercedes are also available with station wagon bodies. For example, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake. He received an improved interior and a stylish modern design. This is no longer a monster, but an ordinary Wagon with a body length of 4,63 meters and a height of 1,435 meters. A modest 2-liter engine with 211 hp. With. in the basic package. However, this does not prevent him from remaining a classic passenger-and-freight transport with a trunk volume of about 500 liters.