Spotted : Mercedes-Benz C350 AMG

[Kevin Lee]

Although one might argue that this is definitely not front page worthy, but how often do you encounter a Mercedes-Benz C350 AMG? According to the local news, the only C Classes that were for sale was the C200 Kompressor, C200 CGI, C230, C250 CGI, C300 V6 and the C63 AMG.

Was this car a special import? This car had the Cycle and Carriage number plate holder, which are the authorised local Mercedes-Benz dealers and distributors. While it may carry a generic number plate attached to it, having the twin-pipes, perfectly aligned badge that says C350 , AMG, this leads me to believe that, this is the rare 300hp fire breathing dragon, that could be as rare as only 1 unit in Malaysia, let me know if you spotted others.

 

[Desolator]

hmm..was that picture taken in jalan dr nazrin shah? near istana kinta & parkroyal?

 

[Kevin Lee]

yeah your right, great eyes!

 

[pumpkin76]

hmm..... maybe just a badge..... plenty of those stuffs in ebay....

 

[Desolator]

hahaha..my house is nearby mate..use that route on a daily basis when i'm back home..nice find by the way

 

[Kevin Lee]

hmm..... maybe just a badge..... plenty of those stuffs in ebay....

my guess is that it might be a c300 amg, but the AHB number plate series was issued beginning of last year, before the launch of the c300 amg this year! so it doesn't correlate. so this could be a special issue car.

similar with the launch of the c class back then, there was a white color c-class elegance sedan with grey coloured interior. all white c-class sold in malaysia before the cgi came in, were only available in avantgarde trim, came with brown interior with no other choices, so it could be an one off demo unit from germany, for their CEOs or other promotional purposes.

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hahaha..my house is nearby mate..use that route on a daily basis when i'm back home..nice find by the way

ur in ipoh? can yumcha then

 

[Desolator]

sadly not now man..am studying in melbourne..will only be back at the end of the year..will be more than happy to yumcha then

 

[Veloc]

I believe it is just a badge la...

 

[zenom]

special ordered car should tagged by a special number plate too . that one is nowhere near a vip status number , so maybe just a badge but hey , who knows :P

 

[Kevin Lee]

special ordered car should tagged by a special number plate too . that one is nowhere near a vip status number , so maybe just a badge but hey , who knows :P

perhaps and maybe, but did u spot that LHD corvette with generic number plate, im sure that caught someone offguard!

 

[blueteg]

My guess is that it's either a grey import with the M272 3.5 engine, or a CKD C230 with M272 2.5 engine, based on the twin mufflers. Also the car doesn't actually have the AMG sports package on, otherwise the mufflers and rear bumper would look different.

I'm pretty sure the AMG badging is something he bought and pasted on himself too, since it's a rule that only the proper AMGs (with the big engines) get that badge.
My contribution, Kev.

 

[Kevin Lee]

My guess is that it's either a grey import with the M272 3.5 engine, or a CKD C230 with M272 2.5 engine, based on the twin mufflers. Also the car doesn't actually have the AMG sports package on, otherwise the mufflers and rear bumper would look different.

I'm pretty sure the AMG badging is something he bought and pasted on himself too, since it's a rule that only the proper AMGs (with the big engines) get that badge.
My contribution, Kev.

hmm, good argument! im sure thats what i think too, most likely a c230 with a c350 badging, by the looks of it!

 

[DanzEterna]

i tot all merc AMG's are black color? correct me if im wrong....

 

[Kevin Lee]

more googling led me to realise this, could be a real c350 , with a fake amg sticker stuck to it, just saying!

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i tot all merc AMG's are black color? correct me if im wrong....

i believe, that would be the AMG black series! lol

 

[DanzEterna]

maybe owned by CEO AHB holdings bhd...

 

[eujin]

wah...this is ipoh tiger lane..hahahha....well..ipoh getting alot nice car lately...rite kevin lee....

 

[6UE5t]

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i believe, that would be the AMG black series! lol

The Black series is actually not about the color! Besides black, it can be white, silver, red, etc.
Anyway back to topic, the Merc in the photo must be a normal C class with an AMG badge cuz so far AMG has not made any other AMG C class besides the C63.

 

[infinity.melvin]

there's no amg c350 bro.. there is only AMG sports package for C350..

The only AMG for C class is C63..

got the answer from here

Can the Mercedes Benz c350 be an AMG model? - Yahoo! Answers

and

300 hp AMG c350? - MBWorld.org Forums

 

[e3_1990]

Nice to see you shot it and post over here, i saw it before but too bad i dont have chance to take picture of it.

btw, there's a black s65 amg with number plate of AG* 8 appear occasionally in little india :P

 

[matshah]

there is C350..u can buy t new TOP GEAR malaysia n read t review on page 98-103