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I don't understand this decision. Why not use the 53 powertrain from the E and CLS. I love the 53 engine in my CLS, its awesome. It has the smooth and silky feel and great sound of an inline-6, and the electric supercharger acts as a torque fill basically eliminating lag, and making start-stop seamless. This would be an awesome powertrain in the AMG C-Class, and a much better replacement for the highly coveted V8, rather than dropping half of its cylinders. Not sure they couldn't reserve the 4-pot for the lower-tier AMG 35/43 model and at least save a "larger" displacement engine for the top-tier AMG 53/63 model.
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Retired: '95 E36 325i 5MT / '04 E46 330i 6MT / '05 E83 X3 3.0i / '11 E90 335xi / '17 G30 540i / '19 F87 M2C 6MT / '19 MB CLS 53 / '20 MB GLC 300
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