What is it?
Small changes have come to the Mercedes-AMG E63, tested here in estate form, although a saloon is available too. But if you’re going to go big German powerhouse, you might as well go full wagon, I always think.
The facelift comprises a mild exterior makeover, including a new grille that reduces drag and therefore wind noise at the front, while there are flatter tail-lights and a reshaped rear bumper and diffuser. New alloy wheel designs complete the outside alterations.
Inside comes Mercedes' latest infotainment system, losing the old rotary dial and gaining a touchpad on the centre console, plus a new steering wheel with double-stacked horizontal spokes featuring many haptic controls (meaning that, given the central screen is touch-sensitive, there can be up to three ways to adjust one thing).
The engine line-up remains unchanged, comprising a 4.0-litre petrol V8 that we don’t get in the UK and an S version that we do, making 603bhp and 627lb ft. The nine-speed automatic gearbox now has a wet start-off clutch instead of a torque converter and is said to be lighter and more responsive.
The suspension has been refined with the aim of adding comfort; there are no hard material changes, but bushes are altered, dynamic engine bearings tuned and damper hydraulics uprated.
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volvocu
Overkill?
Wow, 100K for a posh estate? It certainly delivers on the performance front but I would rather have a more modest engine and a dedicated sports car such as a Boxster or a used 911 for the same dough
scrap
volvocu wrote:
Yes, totally agree. It got ridiculous when AMGs started putting out 500bhp... now it's 600. What's the point of all this and where does it end?
TStag
Dear BMW, this is what a
Dear BMW, this is what a premium car's interior looks like!
artill
TStag wrote:
NO! The BMW isnt nice, but this is all screens and a nasty wheel. The Germans need to improve but this is not the answer
scrap
TStag wrote:
Sorry but the 'sports' front seats and 'carbon fibre' trim seem like ludicrous affectations on a two tonne estate car. Not that BMW's recent efforts are any more tasteful - but they are possibly better built.
The top line AMGs and Ms are now so ludicrously powerful that I find the next step down more appealing, regardless of money. Subtlety and comfort are under rated.
bigalbi
TStag wrote:
If you are a drug dealer or 12 years old..
Overdrive
bigalbi wrote:
This.
I'll take BMW's less flashy and more understated interior - especially the dash - over the touchscreen fest, arcade look alike controls of the Merc. BMW is likely to be far better built as well.
JackPatel
Google pay 85$ per hour my
Peter Cavellini
The times.
Time to move on a bit here, we all have our favourite times, unfortunately there way back in our early days of driving when we drooled over a Daytona or an E-type, today's Cars are for the current generation, they want there cars stuffed with what is really everyday tech, so this happens to be in an Antique dealers express and it's a six figure price, well, when it comes to cars, why shouldn't you have the car the way you want it?, a fast estate, a sports car, a five door Saloon?, one mans meat, another mans poison, what you like they might not, that's life.
artill
Peter Cavellini wrote:
What do you mean, current generation? Do you mean people who can afford £100K for an estate car. Thats far more likely to be people in their 50s and 60s like me than someone in their 20s or 30s.
And forget the AMG versions, look at people who drive ordinary E Class Mercs, they are pretty much always older than you (No matter how old you are!)
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