Number of cylinders: 8
Emission class: Euro 4

Mercedes-Benz E-Klasse E55 AMG, 2003. Two owners, 107,725 km.

AMG was once a company that set up shop in an old mill in Affalterbach, taking Mercedes models that were frankly already far too good straight from the factory. One glance, one bit of meddling, and suddenly there stood something that gave you shivers down your spine as a motorway cruiser. In the nineties they were officially absorbed by Mercedes, and from that moment the floodgates were well and truly open. What follows is a string of cars that look relatively calm on the outside, but hide an unexpectedly mean streak under the bonnet. The reverse world of tuning: don't shout, just bite.

The E55 AMG from this generation (the W211, for the insiders) is perhaps the finest example of that. A tidy executive saloon in a dignified shade of grey, proper lines, nothing to make you suspect anything out of the ordinary is going on. Until you open the bonnet and find a 5.4-litre V8 with a mechanical supercharger. A supercharger, not a turbo, so the response is immediate, brutal and utterly without patience. 476 bhp in a car that, if you must, will happily ferry your mother-in-law to the garden centre. She won't notice a thing, until you take the right-hand pedal a touch more seriously and the entire front end of the car wants to fling itself towards the horizon.

The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as well. 92 photographs including the underside. The service history, scanned in full. Paint thickness measured panel by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline from 18 March 2003 to today, with every owner and the mileage year by year in a single graph.

Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the showroom, and finally the online auction on our own website. What changes is the way you buy, not the location — once a car has arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon–Fri 9–18 and Sat 10–17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone free for you.

Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per destination beforehand.

Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell us what you are looking for — another Mercedes-Benz we can often find through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside the listings. Have one of your own: we buy exceptional cars outright, classic or modern.

Our showroom measures 6,000 m², with over 150 cars under one roof. You are just as welcome if you are not buying — walk around, take your time and enjoy the cars; sharing the enthusiasm is half of it.