- Doors and Seats
4 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
6.3i, 8 cyl.
- Engine Power
373kW, 610Nm
- Fuel
Petrol (98) 12L/100KM
- Manufacturer
RWD
- Transmission
Auto
- Warranty
3 Yr, Unltd KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
2014 Mercedes Benz C63 AMG Edition 507 Sedan Review
MERCEDES-BENZ C63 AMG REVIEW
Vehicle style: Premium performance large sedan
Price: $169,407 (plus on-road costs and charges)
Engine/trans: 6.2 litre V8 | 7spd AMG ‘Speedshift’ MCT auto
Power/torque: 373kW/610Nm
Fuel consumption listed: 12.1 l/100km | on test: 13.7 l/100km
OVERVIEW
This car, the new Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Edition 507 is a bone crusher. It’s mercilessly quick.
Stamp on the gas and it doesn’t so much accelerate as ‘launch’. How is it possible, you are forced to wonder, that such a large capacity V8 can spin so readily?
The C 63’s throttle response is blinding, instant, as though waiting cocked ready to fire.
And ‘507’? That’s the horsepower-rating for the re-jiggerised 6.2 litre V8 under the bonnet. It sports modified internal workings lifted from the SLS AMG - lightweight crankshaft, new conrods and forged pistons.
The result is an extra 37kW over the ‘garden’ C 63 and something to keep you awake at night.
Really, the only question with this car is whether you’re prepared to pay the price for membership. Buckets of shekels are required friends, buckets; at $170k+ it’s one for the seriously well-heeled.