There is a joke among people who work at Mercedes-Benz that the three most powerful words in the car business are: AMG. After entering, and winning, many major road races over two decades, AMG began ...

Since it’s been available for a couple of years now, we’re all pretty familiar with the Audi S4: 340-hp put through all the wheels and controlled with a six-speed box. The C55 is MB’s replacement for ...

The idea of a hot rod car is to stuff as much motor into as small and light-weight a body as is possible, a concept for which today's Nice Price or No Dice C55 AMG is a perfect example. Let's see if ...

THE 2005 Mercedes-Benz C55 AMG was made for moments like this. I was on one of the Bay Area’s most inviting stretches of freeway, the new section of Interstate 880 that sweeps toward the Bay Bridge, ...

A FEW YEARS BACK, WE THOUGHT A supercharged 3.2-liter, V6-powered Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG was the best thing short of a BMW M3. Mercedes engineers even argued their midsize rocket was the better of the ...

Apparently the C32 AMG’s 349 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque no longer sufficed, as with its 5.2-second 0-to-60-mph time and 104.5-mph quarter-mile speed. Not in a 21st-century world marked by all things ...

The Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2005 is currently available from $18,040 for the C-Class C55 AMG up to $22,990 for the C-Class C55 AMG. Wheel size for the 2005 Mercedes-Benz C55 will vary depending on model ...

cockpit. Suede-like Alcantara has been added to the top portions of each side bolster, adding a little more grip to the shoulder area in order to keep the back in place during hard cornering. Those ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Find a good one of these second-hand and you have a performance car at a bargain price. PERFORMANCE car fans have known for a long time ...

Handling, however, is phenomenal. I took it up my usual "road course," in behind my home on a particularly serpentine stretch of mountain roadway. The road is mostly two-lane, mixed pavement compounds ...