The coolest/fastest Minivan I never knew of

Started by RS ZWEI, August 08, 2017, 11:52:46 AM

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RS ZWEI

The Mercedes R63 AMG. I never knew about these, but then Im not a fan of Minivans, but this is a pretty cool car for the family man. 500BHP from a N/A 6.2 V8:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adUHK8PybDI

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1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

the phantom

minivan?  how is that different from a wagon/estate/break? does three rows of seats make the difference?  and the fact that he says minivan over and over?
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schattenblau

more people mover than minivan ?

higher roofline and 3rd row of seats  elevates it about a wagon.

overall a bit too steady as the brits would say.

this is more like it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgcAA4HUxuE


Filx

There was a story linked off Jalopnik some time back about a guy in the US that rebuilt his one in his garage.

IIRC the story goes he had bought it just out of warranty and soon after had some head bolt issue that apparently those earlier 6.3s have (a common fault from memory). He then went to the dealer and they quoted him something like $50K USD to repair it!!! So he sets off on this epic journey of DIY repair in his garage! Worth a Google search to read the story.
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RS ZWEI

Quote from: Filx on August 08, 2017, 03:27:22 PM
There was a story linked off Jalopnik some time back about a guy in the US that rebuilt his one in his garage.

IIRC the story goes he had bought it just out of warranty and soon after had some head bolt issue that apparently those earlier 6.3s have (a common fault from memory). He then went to the dealer and they quoted him something like $50K USD to repair it!!! So he sets off on this epic journey of DIY repair in his garage! Worth a Google search to read the story.

Phil, it goes on about that story in that youtube video. I think that head bolt issue isn't that common in the 6.2's.
1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

Filx

Quote from: RS ZWEI on August 08, 2017, 04:25:38 PM
Phil, it goes on about that story in that youtube video. I think that head bolt issue isn't that common in the 6.2's.

Oh yeah cool. I didn't watch the videos.
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HaNs

Quote from: RS ZWEI on August 08, 2017, 04:25:38 PM
Phil, it goes on about that story in that youtube video. I think that head bolt issue isn't that common in the 6.2's.

Head bolts and cam shaft wear are not uncommon!

Gordo

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the phantom

Quote from: schattenblau on August 08, 2017, 12:49:04 PM
more people mover than minivan ?

higher roofline and 3rd row of seats  elevates it about a wagon.




plenty of wagons have had a third row of seats
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schattenblau

Quote from: the phantom on August 10, 2017, 07:12:41 PM

plenty of wagons have had a third row of seats

yes,  + high roof = people mover

not much space in that espace

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