2015 Mercedes-AMG S 63 Coupe Review: Monstrous Power, Monstrous Performance… Monstrous Price
What’s Hot: Utterly seamless performance, stunningly handsome good looks, superb interior presentation.
What’s Not: Interior doesn't feel all that spacious.
X-FACTOR: Oh yes, you pay for it, but Mercedes-Benz's two-door flagship has everything you'd ever want or need in a coupe - and then some.
Vehicle Style: Large luxury performance coupe
Price: $409,000 (plus on-roads)
Engine/trans: 430kW/900Nm 5.5 turbo petrol 8cyl | 7sp automatic
Fuel Economy claimed: 10.2 l/100km | tested: 16.4 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Cars like the AMG S 63 are terribly hard to assess.
Here at TMR we like to test cars in an objective manner that's sympathetic to the target buyer. In other words, we try as hard as possible to put ourselves in a potential owner's shoes and see the car from their perspective.
But cars like the thunderous, immensely capable and equally immensely expensive S 63 are bought by rich people. Very, very rich people.
This writer rarely looks at his bank account (the disappointment is crippling), but the typical S 63 buyer likely has no such fiscal challenges.
So, lacking real cash, I did my best Rich Uncle Pennybags imersonation instead (Monopoly’s mascot, in case you didn’t know) and tried to think like the one-percenters who could actually buy one of these hugely expensive monsters.
THE INTERIOR | RATING: 4/5
- Nappa leather upholstery, heated sports seats with power adjustment and bolster adjustment, electric steering column adjustment, head-up display, panoramic glass roof, dual-zone climate control, soft-close doors, power bootlid.
- Infotainment: 31.2cm LCD display, incorporating sat-nav, digital TV tuner, AM/FM/DAB+ tuner, USB audio inputs and Bluetooth phone and audio streaming.
- Boot capacity: 400 litres minimum.
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