300C SRT8 Touring Wagon Announced

[E55 KEV]

Originally Posted by LSV1970

Geneva opens (public) on march 3rd.
I'll be there during the official opening for business.

You're right, I found out it will be presented a E63 with 510HP.

Hopefully there will be someone there with some real knowledge. The car itself won't be there. The W211 E-Class is due a mid-model upgrade aka face-lift for 2007 and it probably is not ready to debut. So the 2007 E-Class and the 2007 AMG version looks will be upgraded. Can wait to see it.

[E55 KEV]

Nice Pics Rambit, hey check out the extra fender lip pieces? Those are not on the US or Euro 300C SRT8 nor the US Magnum SRT8????

[Johnny Vig]

Originally Posted by Rambit

Here's a couple of Hi Res pics of the SRT8 Touring Wagon to be revealed shortly. Interesting that they have the 300C SRT8 wheels, not the Magnum ones.




Rambit

They chose those wheels because they match the front end which is a 300 srt8. European styling is more 300 than magnum which is why they use the 300 front end on the wagon. Make note the silver calipers too. My 2 cents..

[Johnny Vig]

Here is another pic. I think it looks great. Nice way to avoid the gas guzzler tax too if they marketed this vehicle here.

[70GT6]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vig

Here is another pic. I think it looks great. Nice way to avoid the gas guzzler tax too if they marketed this vehicle here.

Wheres the tint - looks "naked" for a sport-wagon

[E55 KEV]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vig

They chose those wheels because they match the front end which is a 300 srt8. European styling is more 300 than magnum which is why they use the 300 front end on the wagon. Make note the silver calipers too. My 2 cents..

It is not a Magnum. They choose those wheels because it is a 300C - not a Magnum. The car is a 300 wagon with a 300 front and not a Magnum with a 300 front on it? The whole car is a 300 Magnum - front, back, interior, everything.

A Magnum with a 300 front could only happen in the US and only in the aftermarket.

[E55 KEV]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vig

Here is another pic. I think it looks great. Nice way to avoid the gas guzzler tax too if they marketed this vehicle here.

Actually it would still have the GGT. Even though we know that the car is actually just like a Magnum the GGT would stick because it is a wagon version of a platform already classified as a passenger car. The DOT/NHTSB would not give the 300C wagon the truck designation as the Magnum. The Mercedes E55 Wagon has a flat load floor also but still has a GGT just like the E55 sedan. Plus the Charger SRT8 has the same chassis as the Magnum and it does not escape the GGT.

70GT6, without the Truck designation is can not have the privacy tinted rear windows like the Magnum.

[hemiwagn]

I'd like to see the rear fog light switch. Do they integrate it into the headlight switch?