Originally Posted by
Kickerinthehead
True hp? As in the advertised power for the crossfire is just plain wrong?
Originally Posted by
alaxfire
The same rumor has it that Daimler made Chrysler advertise lower HP so as to not compete in sales with the MB 2 seaters of the time.
Like I said, all rumor and speculation.
Point blank, we heard from the lead engineer on the crossfire project in Michigan last year that the SRT rating of 330 HP versus the SLK32's 349HP rating was total BS as well. They were the same motor, and same HP, but MB would not let them advertise a competing car with the same HP...
I have never heard this of the NA and SLK320, as both were rated at 215HP. If the motor put out more than that, I think MB would have capitalized in their sales literature for the 320...