Mr.AMG on the CLK 63 Black Series - The Perfect AMG!!

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Welcome my friends to the first episode of RBR Heroes!! For the longest time you’ve requested to see the Signature RBR style on some legends from the past, so this year we’ve already filmed 8 episodes for you, and it begins today with the first Black Series to truly leave a mark!!

This is the Mercedes Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series, and those keen-eyed will recognise it as Jezza’s (Jeremy Clarkson’s) beloved old car, now part of the Mercedes Benz UK Press fleet. It is a hugely significant car, as it came during a time of great change at AMG, a company that was back then known for straight-line speed and little else had suddenly made something aimed at Porsche gt3, so let’s explore it all and kick the series off with the CLK Black!

So let’s go back in time to 2007, AMG were nothing like the company they are today. They made hugely characterful cars for sure, but they were known for straight-line performance, ridiculous horsepower figures, and left-field charm. Take the CLK 63 for example. Sure it had the then-new legendary 6.2-litre engine, 474BHP, 0-60 just under 5. But the handling was poor, and that’s kind of what everyone expected. Amazingly, Gear paddles were a new thing, manual mode not automatically shifting up at redline, was touted as an amazing new feature. ESP that kind of switched off a little bit, also a feature.

Just look at what car magazine in the UK said:

“Or you could hold off until the next M3 arrives. It'll be fast, cost thousands less and still have room for four. And we'd put money on it driving rings round the Merc.”

That's never something we’d say about today's AMGs! So, back then AMG didn’t make serious cars. Then Bernd Schneider won the DTM in a modified CLK, and AMG quietly launched unbeknownst to the world, an ultra-rare CLK DTM. Only 100 examples, of which 40 were right-hand drive and 80 convertibles. Despite a list price of €236,060 it sold out, among those buyers were said to be Formula 1 racers Jenson Button, Kimi Räikkönen and Takuma Sato. And it was an insane thing, with 574BHP and 800NM coming from a supercharged 5.4l V8 capable of 200MPH and 0-60 in 3.9 seconds…. 17 years ago!

Then came the first-ever Black in 2006, the SLK. Carbon fixed room, transmission and steering oil coolers, aluminium strut brace, more power… clearly something was afoot at AMG.

Then the car that blazed the trail: the CLK Black Series. it was based on the safety car CLK 63 used at Formula 1. A bizarre comment for us today, as Standard production Line AMG’s are now more than able.

Unlike the then typical AMG Upgrade jobby of the 3k AMG body kit, some wheels and more power, the Black Series changes like the DTM were geared toward serious driving. And today I’ll show you everything!

The 6.2 engine, is legendary. Here it gave 500BHP, 0-60 4.3 seconds and 630nm of torque. It has a more extensive intake system to cool the more powerful 500BHP 6.2 engine, and a more free flowing and louder exhaust.

The rear track is 2.6 inches wider and the front track is almost three inches wider. A completely new suspension system, bespoke spring links, wheel carriers and thrust-, camber- and torque-arms; and ride height and compression and rebound damping are fully adjustable.

AMG wanted to it to be used o track extensively, so cooling measures are abundant and unique to the black. It has an additional transmission oil cooler and an engine oil cooler & a more efficient power-steering cooler.

It also has a multi-plate limited-slip diff again with its own oil cooler. Unlike other AMGs, ESP off that actually means off, and the 7 speed has a real manual mode that didn’t shift up on redline: sounds weird doesn’t it? But the change at AMG had begun

Head of development during this time was Tobias Moers. Father of all the best AMG product to date. According to him, his target was the GT3. These days it doesn’t sound weird, back then it was a jaw drop moment for a company that never came close to that experience.

But what makes there CLK Black, a hero? Today we explore:

    ⁃    Revolution at AMG
    ⁃    Standard CLK 63 AMG
    ⁃    CLK DTM - the victory and special car
    ⁃    Black Series - SLK 55
    ⁃    CLK Black Series
    ⁃    CLK Black technical changes
    ⁃    Performance
    ⁃    Design
    ⁃    CLK Black Vs C63 Black
    ⁃    Interior review
    ⁃    CLK Black Exhaust sound
    ⁃    Burn out
    ⁃    Full driving review

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