LAST DRIVE in my Mercedes E55 AMG - Bye Bye V8 Kompressor!

**A Legendary Driving Experience: My Time with the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG**

We've had the privilege of owning a rare and impressive car, the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG. We bought it at around 75,000 euros, and over the past two and a half years, we've put nearly 40,000 kilometers on it. Considering its age, this is an impressive feat, and we're proud to say that the car has been well-maintained.

**Maintenance and Upgrades**

To keep our E55 in top condition, we've performed various maintenance tasks. One of the most recent upgrades was replacing the front brake pads, which were starting to show signs of wear. Additionally, the alternator had to be replaced due to a faulty unit. We also took the opportunity to replace the rear air suspension struts, which has made a significant difference in the car's ride quality and overall performance.

**Driving Experience**

The E55 AMG is an exceptional driver's car, with its V8 engine producing an impressive amount of torque. Despite being equipped with a 5-speed automatic gearbox, which was new at the time of purchase, we've found it to be capable of handling the torque output of the engine. In fact, our experience has been that older AMG models often come with more robust gearboxes due to their power output.

We took advantage of the car's manual mode and put it through its paces on a quiet road. The steering is indirect, but this is largely geared towards comfort rather than track performance. Nevertheless, the E55 AMG can still deliver impressive acceleration, especially from around 5,000 RPM. When we switch to first gear, the V8 engine's sound becomes even more pronounced, making for an exhilarating driving experience.

**Performance and Handling**

While our E55 has not been subjected to extensive track testing, its performance is still noteworthy. In comparison to other cars in its class, the E55 AMG holds its own, with impressive braking performance according to a recent carwow video featuring a drag race between the RS6 E55 and the M5 V10.

However, we must note that our car's performance has been somewhat limited by its age. The RS6 and M5 models are far more powerful, but our E55 still packs an impressive punch. We've enjoyed taking it out for long trips, where the air suspension provides a comfortable ride, making this car an excellent choice for daily driving.

**A Rare Opportunity to Own a Legend**

With only 1,444 units produced, the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG is a rare and exclusive model. This rarity, combined with its impressive performance capabilities, makes it a highly sought-after collector's item. As the next owner of this car, we can't help but feel a sense of envy – not because we wish to part with our beloved vehicle, but rather because we know that we'll be hard-pressed to find another opportunity to own such an exceptional car.

**Conclusion**

If you're interested in purchasing an E55 AMG or learning more about this incredible car, please don't hesitate to reach out. We've included the address of our holding company on screen, where you can contact us directly. Whether you're a seasoned collector or just looking for an exciting driving experience, the Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG is definitely worth considering.

**Top Speed Run**

We recently conducted a top speed run with the E55 AMG, which resulted in an impressive outcome. We'll be sharing this footage in a separate video, so be sure to check it out and subscribe to our channel for more content.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by autotop and now my name is Max and today we are taking a look at my very own E55 AMG wagon this is this is the S21 Generation Um this car is from 2004 and as you've seen from the title I am selling it this is the last video I'm recording with this car I've been driving it for I think just over 2 and a half years now and have absolutely loved it I adore this car I think honestly it's one of the coolest cars we've ever owned it just blows my mind that in 2004 this is what AMG and Mercedes were building it was just miles ahead of everyone else because if you drive an RS6 or an M5 right now it does not feel as solid as this car I can promise you that it's just built so well and uh well ah I've enjoyed this car I've been on holiday with it uh it is on winter tires still as you can see it comes with Mitchell and Pilot Sport 5 tires don't worry it has been an absolute dream to drive on the autoban we removed the limiter uh about a year or a year and a half ago so it does like 300 km an hour on the speedo it is properly fast it's so good look in this silver I love it and it has a couple very cool modifications um well three I think so one is the fact that it has an E63 bumper so a facelift bumper which means you get these little slots there and the bumper design in general is a little bit more like AMG it's got the 18in five-spoke AMG Wheels also from an E63 so a facelift wheel and these mirrors are update versions as well so you have an indicator in there and it just gives the car a little bit more of a modern look compared to a stock E55 and I think it works really well so uh yeah why am I selling it well it's basically because I think the car is too nice it's it's in such a good condition it is basically a collector's item only, 1444 of these wagons were made E55 wagons so it's a super rare car it is in really good condition the paint is great uh I mean the wheels are brand new and I just I need something that I can abuse a bit more I just worry a bit too much about the car when it has to be you know used as as a proper wagon and uh my girlfriend uses it for her work as well so she needs to put a lot of stuff in the rear sometimes and it just it hurts me too much to look at it and to to see it being used that way uh so I try to you know don't do that and that is kind of defeats the purpose of having a wagon right I mean you've got this massive load loing Bay here as I've shown you before you've got some space below for a spare tire and then this car has basically every option even the electrically operated loading floor or moving floor and I always wondered what it was why this car has that well if you have dogs It's Kind of Perfect to let them jump on here right because then they don't scratch the bumper which is a real problem because Martine has that with his m340i his dogs jump in the back and then they like scratch the bumper so I guess that's one use for it and it's just cool to do right every time I show someone this they're like what the hell and then you have an electric uh Roll Cover as well so if you listen there it goes closes up automatically you've got proper space in the rear as well it's super comfortable for four adults let's check out the engine and this is probably my favorite part about this car the M1 13k 5.4 L V8 with a supercharger developing 476 horsepower and 700 NM according to Mercedes back in the day but we had it on the dyno uh 2 years ago I think and it did 500 horsepower or something like that conclusion of today this is the best one pretty insane right this car is now 20 years old and it's still putting out more than they promised back then which is just outrageous so these engines are properly built it's like a heavy duty built engine and uh they are bulletproof they work still uh after all this time they it just works so well and it's still such a fast car compared to everything else out there if I just put the pedal down it it will smoke so much which is great in an old car like this and a lot of people think this is a cool car as well I get so many thumbs up and uh yeah people who absolutely adore the car that's also pretty cool now you can upgrade these engines pretty easily if you go for a Supercharger pulley and then improve the cooling you can easily do like 550 horsepower and you can go absolutely nuts go you know know 6 700 horsepower but that's not really what I wanted to do I wanted to keep it original because it is so rare and uh I've managed to do that which is great lovely day so let's get in I'll show you guys the interior and then we'll head out for a little Drive cool astray there people were allowed to smoke back then and we've got heated seats in the rear as well it really has almost every option available uh which is cool so in here if you've seen my previous videos of this car you saw that I had this like AliExpress Android thing uh in there with like carplay and uh Google Maps and stuff like that but I didn't really like it one it was super laggy and two I didn't really like the unoriginal look of it I have an original Mercedes radio a period correct one in here and I like it much better now it just looks so much cleaner and then it also means you have the secret storage back because that didn't work when I had the other unit installed so this is your like secret stash as you can see beautiful wood trim All Around the car and we've got heated seats ventilated seats at the front it it's so incredible this car really has it all it it just it doesn't feel old I've never driven this car when I was like M I wished I had a more modern car it just has everything I mean okay like apple carplay would have been nice but I don't really miss it so yeah pretty incredible these seats are great as well super supportive soft leather seating position is great I love it two bits I really do uh anything else oh cup holder it's still in one piece if you've seen the first video then you know that these 10 to break really easily and I had Martin in the rear and I was like oh he's going to break it it's still in one piece which is great uh what else you've got some storage here and then you have more storage in there two versions sun roof as well which is nice and then you have this old school V8 it's not loud it sounds like it has a bit of that old School AMG power boat feel you know it it has that that that slight Rumble of an SLR it just sounds like a V8 it sounds so good so let's go for a little drive and I'll tell you a bit more about my experience so we're at 118,000 km and uh we bought the car I think at like 75 or 880,000 so we've done nearly 40,000 km with it I think and uh that's not bad in 2 and a half years what have I done recently uh to keep it in this great condition brake pads at the front had to be done and it needed a new alternator uh the rear air suspension struts have both been replaced so it just drives like it did when it came from the factory it it is really really impressive now as you can see cruising around we're doing what like 1,800 RPM right now it's so quiet and comfortable like in your daily driving it is insane with the air suspension just in Comfort mode it's so impressive and you always have that little growl from the V8 we have the 5-speed automatic gearbox uh instead of the sspeed which was new back then but I don't think it was able to handle the torque so that's you know you see that with a lot of amgs that the big torque versions they have an older gearbox because they are just a bit stronger now let's slow down a little bit we have pedals behind the steering wheel so let's go for manual mode and then we don't have a sport mode or anything like that well for the gearbox but not for the car which is great so first gear oh it's so torky and that V8 sound is mighty brakes are really good as well I actually just saw a video I think it was a carwow video a drag race between the RS6 E55 and the M5 V10 RS6 V10 as well and braking performance was the best for this one so performance- wise it was beaten by the RS6 of course but that one is much more powerful so it's very torky that V8 it's very powerful but you can feel that from like 5,000 RPM it it gains like an extra like an After Burner because that's when the supercharger really kicks in handling wise I mean it's a big boat the steering is pretty indirect is more geared towards Comfort than uh like real Track Performance or anything like that so back to manual mode we go because it's nice that you can actually control it a little bit because otherwise you have to go way too fast if you you do like a kick down you're you're just gone so second gear W honestly it does not disappoint if you are used to like modern performance cars this is still going to be a very fast car so if you are looking for like a older performance car or a young Tim as we call it in the Netherlands which isn't which is a car that's 15 years or older um which means that it's tax friendly if you have a company that's why I actually have this car on my holding company because I drive it privately and that means that I can just write off all the expenses on my business which means that you can drive this car here and and it's not that expensive which is just amazing because it does everything I want a car to do and then some and uh well it just it has been an absolute honor to own this car to drive this car because it is just a legend it's it's a living legend and uh the fact that there are just 1444 of these makes it so special and the fact that you can actually drive it you can drive it hard you can drive it properly you can drive it a lot we've we've driven it a lot like on long trips as well and it's just it just works it's very reliable and uh I don't think that's the case with the RS6 V10 or the M5 V10 so yeah an absolute Beast of a car and uh I've loved it so much so if you want to check out this car on the autobound click in the top right corner you can check it out over there we did a top speed run with it and it did absolutely fantastically this is it my last video with the E55 as I said if you're interested hit me up send me a message on Instagram or uh send us an email I'll put the address on screen right now please only do so if you are seriously interested uh 118,000 km it's a great car so if you are the next owner I envy you honestly but I just have to buy something that I can abuse a bit more and uh I don't have to worry about hurting it or damaging it because it's just so nice so thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle if you want to watch more make sure you're subscribed because YouTube tends to unsubscribe people automatically so make sure you're subscribed check out this video or this playlist of reviews and I'll see you at the next video thanks guys byewhat's up ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this POV review by autotop and now my name is Max and today we are taking a look at my very own E55 AMG wagon this is this is the S21 Generation Um this car is from 2004 and as you've seen from the title I am selling it this is the last video I'm recording with this car I've been driving it for I think just over 2 and a half years now and have absolutely loved it I adore this car I think honestly it's one of the coolest cars we've ever owned it just blows my mind that in 2004 this is what AMG and Mercedes were building it was just miles ahead of everyone else because if you drive an RS6 or an M5 right now it does not feel as solid as this car I can promise you that it's just built so well and uh well ah I've enjoyed this car I've been on holiday with it uh it is on winter tires still as you can see it comes with Mitchell and Pilot Sport 5 tires don't worry it has been an absolute dream to drive on the autoban we removed the limiter uh about a year or a year and a half ago so it does like 300 km an hour on the speedo it is properly fast it's so good look in this silver I love it and it has a couple very cool modifications um well three I think so one is the fact that it has an E63 bumper so a facelift bumper which means you get these little slots there and the bumper design in general is a little bit more like AMG it's got the 18in five-spoke AMG Wheels also from an E63 so a facelift wheel and these mirrors are update versions as well so you have an indicator in there and it just gives the car a little bit more of a modern look compared to a stock E55 and I think it works really well so uh yeah why am I selling it well it's basically because I think the car is too nice it's it's in such a good condition it is basically a collector's item only, 1444 of these wagons were made E55 wagons so it's a super rare car it is in really good condition the paint is great uh I mean the wheels are brand new and I just I need something that I can abuse a bit more I just worry a bit too much about the car when it has to be you know used as as a proper wagon and uh my girlfriend uses it for her work as well so she needs to put a lot of stuff in the rear sometimes and it just it hurts me too much to look at it and to to see it being used that way uh so I try to you know don't do that and that is kind of defeats the purpose of having a wagon right I mean you've got this massive load loing Bay here as I've shown you before you've got some space below for a spare tire and then this car has basically every option even the electrically operated loading floor or moving floor and I always wondered what it was why this car has that well if you have dogs It's Kind of Perfect to let them jump on here right because then they don't scratch the bumper which is a real problem because Martine has that with his m340i his dogs jump in the back and then they like scratch the bumper so I guess that's one use for it and it's just cool to do right every time I show someone this they're like what the hell and then you have an electric uh Roll Cover as well so if you listen there it goes closes up automatically you've got proper space in the rear as well it's super comfortable for four adults let's check out the engine and this is probably my favorite part about this car the M1 13k 5.4 L V8 with a supercharger developing 476 horsepower and 700 NM according to Mercedes back in the day but we had it on the dyno uh 2 years ago I think and it did 500 horsepower or something like that conclusion of today this is the best one pretty insane right this car is now 20 years old and it's still putting out more than they promised back then which is just outrageous so these engines are properly built it's like a heavy duty built engine and uh they are bulletproof they work still uh after all this time they it just works so well and it's still such a fast car compared to everything else out there if I just put the pedal down it it will smoke so much which is great in an old car like this and a lot of people think this is a cool car as well I get so many thumbs up and uh yeah people who absolutely adore the car that's also pretty cool now you can upgrade these engines pretty easily if you go for a Supercharger pulley and then improve the cooling you can easily do like 550 horsepower and you can go absolutely nuts go you know know 6 700 horsepower but that's not really what I wanted to do I wanted to keep it original because it is so rare and uh I've managed to do that which is great lovely day so let's get in I'll show you guys the interior and then we'll head out for a little Drive cool astray there people were allowed to smoke back then and we've got heated seats in the rear as well it really has almost every option available uh which is cool so in here if you've seen my previous videos of this car you saw that I had this like AliExpress Android thing uh in there with like carplay and uh Google Maps and stuff like that but I didn't really like it one it was super laggy and two I didn't really like the unoriginal look of it I have an original Mercedes radio a period correct one in here and I like it much better now it just looks so much cleaner and then it also means you have the secret storage back because that didn't work when I had the other unit installed so this is your like secret stash as you can see beautiful wood trim All Around the car and we've got heated seats ventilated seats at the front it it's so incredible this car really has it all it it just it doesn't feel old I've never driven this car when I was like M I wished I had a more modern car it just has everything I mean okay like apple carplay would have been nice but I don't really miss it so yeah pretty incredible these seats are great as well super supportive soft leather seating position is great I love it two bits I really do uh anything else oh cup holder it's still in one piece if you've seen the first video then you know that these 10 to break really easily and I had Martin in the rear and I was like oh he's going to break it it's still in one piece which is great uh what else you've got some storage here and then you have more storage in there two versions sun roof as well which is nice and then you have this old school V8 it's not loud it sounds like it has a bit of that old School AMG power boat feel you know it it has that that that slight Rumble of an SLR it just sounds like a V8 it sounds so good so let's go for a little drive and I'll tell you a bit more about my experience so we're at 118,000 km and uh we bought the car I think at like 75 or 880,000 so we've done nearly 40,000 km with it I think and uh that's not bad in 2 and a half years what have I done recently uh to keep it in this great condition brake pads at the front had to be done and it needed a new alternator uh the rear air suspension struts have both been replaced so it just drives like it did when it came from the factory it it is really really impressive now as you can see cruising around we're doing what like 1,800 RPM right now it's so quiet and comfortable like in your daily driving it is insane with the air suspension just in Comfort mode it's so impressive and you always have that little growl from the V8 we have the 5-speed automatic gearbox uh instead of the sspeed which was new back then but I don't think it was able to handle the torque so that's you know you see that with a lot of amgs that the big torque versions they have an older gearbox because they are just a bit stronger now let's slow down a little bit we have pedals behind the steering wheel so let's go for manual mode and then we don't have a sport mode or anything like that well for the gearbox but not for the car which is great so first gear oh it's so torky and that V8 sound is mighty brakes are really good as well I actually just saw a video I think it was a carwow video a drag race between the RS6 E55 and the M5 V10 RS6 V10 as well and braking performance was the best for this one so performance- wise it was beaten by the RS6 of course but that one is much more powerful so it's very torky that V8 it's very powerful but you can feel that from like 5,000 RPM it it gains like an extra like an After Burner because that's when the supercharger really kicks in handling wise I mean it's a big boat the steering is pretty indirect is more geared towards Comfort than uh like real Track Performance or anything like that so back to manual mode we go because it's nice that you can actually control it a little bit because otherwise you have to go way too fast if you you do like a kick down you're you're just gone so second gear W honestly it does not disappoint if you are used to like modern performance cars this is still going to be a very fast car so if you are looking for like a older performance car or a young Tim as we call it in the Netherlands which isn't which is a car that's 15 years or older um which means that it's tax friendly if you have a company that's why I actually have this car on my holding company because I drive it privately and that means that I can just write off all the expenses on my business which means that you can drive this car here and and it's not that expensive which is just amazing because it does everything I want a car to do and then some and uh well it just it has been an absolute honor to own this car to drive this car because it is just a legend it's it's a living legend and uh the fact that there are just 1444 of these makes it so special and the fact that you can actually drive it you can drive it hard you can drive it properly you can drive it a lot we've we've driven it a lot like on long trips as well and it's just it just works it's very reliable and uh I don't think that's the case with the RS6 V10 or the M5 V10 so yeah an absolute Beast of a car and uh I've loved it so much so if you want to check out this car on the autobound click in the top right corner you can check it out over there we did a top speed run with it and it did absolutely fantastically this is it my last video with the E55 as I said if you're interested hit me up send me a message on Instagram or uh send us an email I'll put the address on screen right now please only do so if you are seriously interested uh 118,000 km it's a great car so if you are the next owner I envy you honestly but I just have to buy something that I can abuse a bit more and uh I don't have to worry about hurting it or damaging it because it's just so nice so thanks for watching hope you enjoyed it you can subscribe by clicking the big button in the middle if you want to watch more make sure you're subscribed because YouTube tends to unsubscribe people automatically so make sure you're subscribed check out this video or this playlist of reviews and I'll see you at the next video thanks guys bye\n"