Fasten your seatbelts gentlemen, you are about to find out how much of a difference the extra power and torque make. The 60kmph mark comes up in just over four and a quarter seconds and 100kmph in under 10 seconds, 9.86s to be precise. Yes, that's nearly three seconds quicker than the C180. The 150kmph mark comes up in 23.70s and the one kilometre mark in 31.10s at 167kmph. The car goes on to record a top speed of 223.46kmph. These are figures that are quite comparable to the 3.2-litre engined S-class though the sports coupe has a much smaller engine.

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