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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Help me buy a Euro SEL500
 
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Francis Baconator
Jul 11, 2008

Thanks for the avatar man!

BrokenKnucklez posted:

FWIW, I rarely hear complaints about Mercedes automatics. Pretty bulletproof as long as you keep some form of fluid in it. You think when they were with Chrysler, they could have stole some of that technology.
Um, actually, they did. The 545RFE automatic in my '07 Dodge Ram is a Mercedes-derived unit. I can anecdotally confirm that it is quite nice and robust. Anyway, I could be wrong, but I think the 645RFE used with the current Hemis is in the same family (possibly the 45RFE too, but that may just be purely Mopar) as well. I'm fairly certain this isn't the only example as the 300 did, and may even still, ride on an old E class chassis.

Then Daimler-Benz cleaned out their piggy bank before Cerberus came to pick at the remains, but that's a whole other thread...

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