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M113 V8 in an SL55

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The Authors C63

I covered over 120,000 miles in this, almost faultless.

Mercedes V8 Hall of Fame

Engine	Capacity	Character	Reliability	BetterBangers
M100	6.3/6.9L	Monumental	★★★★☆	8/10
M119	4.2/5.0L	Sophisticated	★★★★☆	9/10
M113	4.3/5.0L	Smooth & durable	★★★★★	9/10
M113K	5.4L	Supercharged monster	★★★★☆	9.5/10
M156	6.2L	Naturally aspirated lunacy	★★★☆☆	9/10
M157	5.5L	Twin-turbo brute	★★★☆☆	8/10
M273	4.7/5.5L	Refined	★★★☆☆	7.5/10
M278	4.7L	Fast & sophisticated	★★★☆☆	7/10

Wikipedia

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Bruno Sacco

Chief designer of Mercedes responsible for many models

Bruno Sacco (12 November 1933 – 19 September 2024) was an Italian-German automobile designer and chief engineer, who served as the head of styling at the Daimler-Benz AG, the German manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz automobiles and trucks, from 1975 to 1999. Since Bruno Sacco was hired as a Mercedes-Benz stylist in 1958, his career and contributions to their vehicles’ industrial design spanned more than four decades.

VANOS has been used on these engines by BMW:

M50
M52
M62

Double VANOS:

M52TU
M54
M56
M62TU
S54
N52
N62

Engine Code	Cylinders	Models
M50	Inline – 6	E34, E36, early Z3
M52	Inline – 6	E36, E39, Z3, E38
M62	V8	E39, E38, E31 8 series, E53(X5)
M52TU	Inline – 6	E36/7 Z3, E46, E39, E38
M54	Inline – 6	E36, E49, E65, E53, Z3/Z4
M56	Inline – 6	Z3 (USA only)
M62TU	V8	E39, E38, E31, E53
S54	Inline – 6	E46, Z3 M, Z4 M
N52	Inline – 6	E90, E60, E63, E65, E83, Z4
N62	V8	E60, E65, E63, X5, X6