The Evo TME and now this. I'm loving the 2000s-2010s cars. Would like to see some more from this era. Really enjoying the videos!

Stunning car. Insane. I remember Clarkson reading the owners manual out. "Please take care when driving this car - The acceleration is savage" 😵😁

Older Mercedes models, especially the AMGs, looked so much better than what they offer you today. Subtle and simple.❤️

This to me is peak AMG, not as serious as the current ones, but just enough to make it feel tied down, just need a transmission remap to add in downshift blips

Peak AMG, and definitely peak Black Series. My favorite looking Mercedes

@aaa84gt

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt 👍

He's Injoying Himself. Staying Frosty 🥶

This shape. This engine. This presentation..brilliant!

Only ever seen one on the road, in Dubai, and it was probably the best sounding road car I've ever heard.

@joshmadigan6158

3 жыл бұрын

Ive got a guy in town who's on his second, loved his first but wanted to try a GTR IIRC and was back to a Black series in 3 months

Jeremy Clarkson, this car's previous owner, has said in one of his columns that the car rode so hard on the Top Gear test track (which is flat) that one day the Lotus engineer who designed the track said he can make it a lot softer while going faster round there. So he did the setup and it's 3 seconds or so faster than the original setup from the factory.

Dan looked a little worried behind the wheel lol. Great vid... The old school Black Series cars are amazing! Love the Brecon Beacons 💓

Dan is one of the greatest presenters of the moment

Always loved the body styling - and that engine noise is so sweet .

EPIC!!! reminds us of the iconic top gear clip.. well done PH!!

@Lex-of2wo

3 жыл бұрын

There is only one, PH. The hub of hubs.

@koenigsegg1237456789

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lex-of2wo lol, didn't think from that point XD

Beautifully done 10/10

Brilliantly done as always.

Putting out some great videos guys, rise and drive definitely becoming one of my favourite series on KZread

Awesome car, awesome video. Well done, watching this really made me smile

That burning tyre start! I love you!

Love your videos man , especially that slide out off the T junction 🤩🤩

Agreed! AMG cars are just epic!

Great Video

This Rise and Grind series is FANTASTIC

Great drive Dan, i had to re-watch your powerslide several times.

Nice filming and editing. Nice commentary from Dan too. I had one of these for a year. Sublime Recaro seats, very poor gearbox, hard to put the power down. However it sounded great and love the looks.

This is great.

Such a surprise

A choc feel to this vid. Not quite there but deffo choc vibes 👍

I have a CLK 350 with AMG suspension, wheels and was told not to drive it in the wet or snow, you did well.

i saw a red one before, really nice

Yay DAN~~!! the MAN~~!!!!

Really cool!!!! Love this car.........2006 C55 AMG has same nurburging time as E46 M3.

when amg turned m car. love both styles of amg built in this era like the e55 amg and clk63 black.

Damnit I so need this car... But I also need the bank account to buy this car .!. You've guessed it... I ain't getting this car😅... What a brutal beauty this motor is😊

Dan likes to hold onto a stiff warm knob in the welsh countryside 😱

The normal CLK, is a nice car appearance wise. balck, is like a big nice but wild beast. The dream had to be such a car, converted to manual transmission!

My car collection includes a CL600 V12 NA and a CL63 AMG. Hopefully I will lucky enough to own of of these✔💯😈

Epic roads ,passionate sounding weapon.. worth an early rise anyway. Smiles per gallon ..💥👍 Wouldn't get up to drive electric would you..

He could be referring to the Mustang 5.0L in his praises for the V8

It's a great car. Clarkson was a big fan of it - he even bought one. I like the fact that it used a naturally aspirated engine.

@9898983

Жыл бұрын

this is/was his car

@alphabetaxenonzzzcat

Жыл бұрын

@@9898983 Ah, I suspected as much.

Visually, it looks so subtle and toned down compared to modern Mercs, let alone AMGs.

@oshogweikekhai5499

3 жыл бұрын

Read what you typed again

@ledio.m

3 жыл бұрын

Ehhhh.. Yeah? No? Pls tell me wtf you wrote

@Pandamasque

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, read slowly: this extreme AMG now looks subtle even compared normal (overstyled) modern Mercs, let alone (even more overstyled) modern AMGs.

@ledio.m

3 жыл бұрын

@@Pandamasque Yeah. Definetely got it. Overstyled modern mercedes lmfao.

@Pandamasque

3 жыл бұрын

@@ledio.m Take the new S-klasse, which has a weird grille with so many angles, I don't know what shape it is anymore, which also bulges out like it got bitten by bees while allergic, and has a gloss square right in the middle of it, which looks like a giant piece of transparent scotsch tape. I know what it's for, but it's the least elegant solution in all of motoring. And then there are headlights that are also rounded and angular at the same time, but the angles somehow don't match the grille... It looks like a morbidly obese angry man with grillz in his mouth and diamond necklace around his neck.

Brilliant review of a lovely car in beautiful surroundings. As the owner of a SLK55 AMG of the same era it would be amazing if you could find and review the first ever black series; the SLK 55 AMG.

You set your alarm for 4 am. Clearly you slept in that jumper to save yourself time in getting dressed.

Jeremy Clarkson said this car is the most thrill car... He actually own one 👍

@zsm5833

3 жыл бұрын

i think this very car is the actual one he owned

Pistonhead videos really show the difference between an auto journalist making videos and a youtuber making car vids. So much more depth to these videos than the click bait youtuber rubbish.

Great vid, Dan, though you would think Merc would have learned by now to install a decent steering system? And gearbox sounds lousy like my old Smart Roadster Brabus! 🙄

4:57 slide

I believe this is Jeremy Clarkson's former car.

CLK GTR for more go.

Clarksons old car too !

Funny - the bmw SMG gearbox in the e60 M5 is miles better than this one

Clarksons car

£100k car and they put plastic bristles in the gear selector !!

Wish AMG stuck to this recipe , cars are so big and full of bling bull shit these days

From here on out AMG went downhill. From a connaisseur's car to full blown poser mobiles.

@lensoprezole5322

3 жыл бұрын

@slawterch : chassis wise, i would say the opposite. old amg's had issues to transfer power to the ground efficiently. latest amg's are pretty good at that.

@theotherchannel2028

3 жыл бұрын

no, they went uphill. the fact that the cars are loved by posers is a different story. but they were much better than before.

@paulthorpe766

3 жыл бұрын

I had one it was lethal.... the rear hopped across the road at a sniff of moisture, the gearbox was intransigent and rear diff creaked and groaned like a UK leather skinned Express reader residing in Málaga.