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QUINTESSENTIAL LUXURY RIDE OR SUPERCAR? Both, actually-here's AMG's latest CL.(News)

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Byline: WES RAYNAL

The car world salivated last fall when Mercedes-Benz unveiled the CL63 at the Paris motor show ("German Muscle,'' AW, Oct. 16, 2006). The tuned CL was at the time the latest AMG creation and the seventh car (after ML, CLK, E, CLS, R and S) to use the naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8, the standard form of AMG motivation. That engine cranks out 518 hp and 465 lb-ft of torque, enough for a 0-to-62-mph run in just 4.6 seconds.

Well, evidently, 4.6 seconds just ain't good enough anymore. The night before the Geneva show press days, U.S. media got an exclusive look at the latest version of the monstrous CL65, an ubercoupe promising supercar ...

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