Owned a CLK55, these cars are really reliable, fun fact the same person that built your engine was the same that did mine 🙂 The blank buttons are common even in fully specced models, there is always 1 or two blank buttons most of the time.
FYI none of the estate C55s were built in 2007. All 595 were built in 2004. Now perhaps it was registered in 2007 but not built. Fellow owner btw. My car sits on 18" wheels which looks a lot better than 19". You can upgrade the brakes to 6/4 piston setup. 6 piston even fits under 17" wheels which can offer marginly more ride comfort. Just 270,000km on mine :)
Thanks for your comment. I wasn't aware the C55 AMG Estate was that rare! I researched a bit further based on your comment and what I found is that the C55 (sedan and estate) was available between 2005 and 2007. It was introduced together with the W203 facelift in 2005 (replacing the C32 AMG) and ran until it was replaced by the W204 C63 AMG. Mine was first registered in Germany in April 2007 as a demo car and then sold to the previous owner through a Dutch Mercedes dealership in October 2008 with just 10,000km on the clock. I cannot believe it was built in 2004. I will come up with a plan to improve (and possibly upgrade) the car in future videos!
@BackToClassics looks like I was partially wrong. Prodution of the s203 estate C55 was from May 2004 until May 2007. Mine was first registered in June 2005 but was built in 2004 so quite early on in the production run. I do have a few bells and whistles though. Tinted windows, larger 120mm exhaust tips, AMG limited slip differential (basically a heavily modified c320cdi diff), and aforementioned big brake pack. Yours does look clean though and with less years probably less prone to rust than my own. A keeper for sure and well worth working on. Mine also didnt come with the factory wheels. The wheels it does have (see my profile pic) still do look good though
A wonderful sleeper. Great cars. Sadly these never came to India officially and the big cost imports were generally E or CLS55. Wonder where you’re based around in the Netherlands
Owned a CLK55, these cars are really reliable, fun fact the same person that built your engine was the same that did mine 🙂 The blank buttons are common even in fully specced models, there is always 1 or two blank buttons most of the time.
It was a great personal touch from AMG to put the builder's name on the engines. Good to hear Sandro Petricca did a good job on yours as well!
i would include every naturally aspirated 55 amg as hidden gems
FYI none of the estate C55s were built in 2007.
All 595 were built in 2004. Now perhaps it was registered in 2007 but not built.
Fellow owner btw. My car sits on 18" wheels which looks a lot better than 19".
You can upgrade the brakes to 6/4 piston setup. 6 piston even fits under 17" wheels which can offer marginly more ride comfort. Just 270,000km on mine :)
Thanks for your comment. I wasn't aware the C55 AMG Estate was that rare! I researched a bit further based on your comment and what I found is that the C55 (sedan and estate) was available between 2005 and 2007. It was introduced together with the W203 facelift in 2005 (replacing the C32 AMG) and ran until it was replaced by the W204 C63 AMG. Mine was first registered in Germany in April 2007 as a demo car and then sold to the previous owner through a Dutch Mercedes dealership in October 2008 with just 10,000km on the clock. I cannot believe it was built in 2004.
I will come up with a plan to improve (and possibly upgrade) the car in future videos!
@BackToClassics looks like I was partially wrong. Prodution of the s203 estate C55 was from May 2004 until May 2007.
Mine was first registered in June 2005 but was built in 2004 so quite early on in the production run.
I do have a few bells and whistles though. Tinted windows, larger 120mm exhaust tips, AMG limited slip differential (basically a heavily modified c320cdi diff), and aforementioned big brake pack.
Yours does look clean though and with less years probably less prone to rust than my own. A keeper for sure and well worth working on.
Mine also didnt come with the factory wheels. The wheels it does have (see my profile pic) still do look good though
A wonderful sleeper. Great cars. Sadly these never came to India officially and the big cost imports were generally E or CLS55.
Wonder where you’re based around in the Netherlands
Thanks for your comment! These AMG cars are great indeed. We're based in the town of Bergambacht, close to Rotterdam.
Bad car, old, fast, lot of maintenance. You can do only one thing: please sell it to me !! 😂👍🤟😀🤩
You're right... I'm a true idiot! 😉