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07/09/2008 15:14. This machine flies.

A colleague and I were testing the new Mercedes for what we thought would be a long haul to Joliet, Ill. But somewhere along the trip, we either broke through some time-space continuum or we were accidently speeding. By the time the iPod rambled through the second play list, we were nearly there.

It's easy to do in this racing-enhanced Mercedes that has four doors but Germans insist on calling a coupe.

They could call it weiner schnitzel, that wouldn't change how great it is.

The outside world is muffled away. The bounce of concrete seams along Interstate 94 are smoothed out by a setting the Airmatic suspension on comfort. Only the cackle of the Escort radar detector announcing another possible Ka-band encroachment or POP by "The Man" ruffled our feathers.

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