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| June 11, 2007 | Vaughn, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2007 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mark Vaughn

Immediately upon arrival at the Streets of Willow racetrack in the Southern California desert, the AMG organizational professional stepped right up and asked, "You vant drive car?''

There was a bit of a goat-rope quality to this whole affair, but these were very powerful and expensive goats.

"Ja,'' we said.

So ve drove car.

Not just any car. This was a 507-hp Mercedes-Benz CLK63 AMG Black Series, and we jumped right into it. From what we'd heard, it promised to be a screaming howler of a road racer from a company that specializes in screaming howlers.

AMG Black Series cars have more power and less weight than even the regular, more powerful and lighter AMG products. They're like AMG-plus. This particular model is the first Black Series to be offered in the United States, and what a start for AMG's new line of performance-performance cars. (The first one was the SLK55, sold only in Europe.)

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