Filed under: Aftermarket, Wagons/Estates, Supercars, Mercedes-Benz
S73 T AMG: Pagani power in an S-Class wagon
Close your eyes and imagine working at AMG, Mercedes' own in-house tuning division that should by now be familiar to everyone. Now go back a decade and imagine being in Affalterbach then. As part of the AMG team, you've had your share of kicks developing monster engines and shoehorning them into otherwise ordinary luxury sedans, and now you've just developed an even crazier engine for the Pagani Zonda. You're looking at the supercar engine, and you're looking at a big ol' S-Class sedan. So tempting, if only someone would give you the budget to put the two together.
Enter stage left the Sultan of Brunei, a monarch with a penchant for crazy cars and the money to make them reality. So in you shoehorn the 7.3-liter DOHC 48-valve V12, all 565 horses worth, and create a monster of a super-sport-sedan. While you're at it, why not fit a special exhaust, brakes, suspension, wheels and full custom interior. Oh yeah, and just for kicks, why not make it a wagon while you're at it. The result: the cartoonishly sinister S73 T AMG.
The Sultan was reported to have originally ordered 15, then decreased the commission to 10 (the oil business must have been slow that year), and sources estimate that a total of 18 were built, with three remaining in AMG's custody. Suddenly the more recent idea of dropping a Lamborghini V10 into an Audi sedan doesn't seem quite so crazy, does it?
[Source: Autojunk.nl]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
bmoredlj 9:23AM (7/11/2007)
Not as ridiculous as a 456GT wagon or a Bentley SUV, but close, and much faster.
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Brian Dreggors 9:33AM (7/11/2007)
It really, really, really, really looks like an old Accord wagon.
http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/pictures/1993_Honda_Accord.jpg
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nagmashot 9:42AM (7/11/2007)
and that "old" Honda Accord is a 100% copy from the Audi 100 Avant ... that S-Class looks much more like the E-Class wagon of the same time..
josh 9:52AM (7/11/2007)
Sultan of Brunei, please be my daddy!!!
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nagmashot 10:02AM (7/11/2007)
owning 6 Dauer Porsche 962 LeMans are six good reasons to be his son :-)
Who needs Veyron, McLaren F1, Konigsegg, Enzo if you can have the ultimative road going rocket.. in six different colors :-))
Jon 10:46AM (7/11/2007)
nagmashot:
I care. I would go for a Koenigsegg any day. I see nothing wrong with the car and it would be great compared to what I've got now. Probably be great compared to what most Autobloggers have now.
iamhoff 12:45PM (7/11/2007)
*raises hand* I want! All ahead, Ludicrous Speed!
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Jim 2:36PM (7/11/2007)
Ugliest car ever. I wouldn't buy that if it was only 30k
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Mal Fuller 5:19PM (7/11/2007)
AMG? It looks more like a 1976 AMC Hornet Sportabout Wagon if you ask me.
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