With out a doubt, the latest C63—rechristened Mercedes-AMG C63 rather than Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG—is a superb beast. We haven’t driven the hottest C-class Benz yet, but with the base model placing down 469 horsepower and the extra-zooty C63 S throwing down a 503-hp gauntlet, there’s no way it is not going to be fantastic, huge gobs of fun, right? In our mind, there’s just one way to make it better, and that is to give it a bigger ass. Meet the C63 Estate. We want.
On these shores, the only Mercedes-AMG C63 variant we’ll see initially is the 4-door sedan. A C-primarily based Mercedes-AMG coupe will be headed our way, but because your parents and neighbors only get stupid crossovers instead of station wagons, we’ll by no means, ever see the awesomely utilitarian C63 Estate. (It is, as you would possibly guess, primarily based on the normal, also-Europe-only C-class Estate.
Permit us to turn the screws just a bit more with much more particulars on the most capacious of C63s. Like the C63 sedan, the 5-door will be obtainable in normal and S spec, each of which are identical to their 4-door counterparts save for their cargo-hauling derrières. The entry-level C63 Estate gets a 469-hp twin-turbocharged 4.-liter V-8 (torque stands at a burly 479 lb-ft), whilst the S uses the very same engine tuned for 503 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque. The engine is code-named M177 and is extremely closely connected to the M178 V-8 that powers the new Mercedes-AMG GT and GT S sports cars. (Study all about the engine right here.)
The V-8 is hitched exclusively to an AMG Speedshift 6-speed automatic transmission that routes output to the rear wheels. The standard exhaust system boasts a single electronically actuated flap that, when the spicier drive modes are activated, lets rip an assuredly sturdy soundtrack. Each C63 and C63 S purchasers can spec their vehicles with an optional sports exhaust system with 2 added flaps and assuredly larger-volume tailpipe belches.
Visually, the C63 wagon is a thing to behold—and not just because of its drool-inducing body style. Mercedes-AMG might very well have borrowed Hans and Franz from State Farm for its styling group. As with the sedan, the wagon’s front end has been pumped up relative to the pedestrian C-class. The aluminum front fenders are half an inch wider and the energy-domed hood announces the M177′s thunder effectively prior to the engine lights and things get real.
As is becoming common with Mercedes-AMG creations, the C63 Estate’s front fascia functions 2 huge, squared-off air intakes connected by a complete-width opening and a single-bar grille with the 3-pointed star smack-dab in the middle. Similarly, 4 AMG-typical square exhaust outlets jut out from either side of the bumper’s reduce diffuser element a roof spoiler aids hold the wagon’s tail planted at speed. The interior, once more, mirrors that of the sedan’s, albeit from the rear seats forward.
With performance claimed to be just a hair shy of the C63 sedan’s, the forbidden-fruit wagon gives up nearly nothing to its significantly less-helpful sibling. It can hit 155 mph, and the trip to 60 mph is said to consume just one additional tenth versus the 4-door, which is stated to do the deed as rapidly as 3.9 ticks.
But cheer up (particularly if you have a fat bank account)! AMG nonetheless sends the transcendent E63 AMG wagon our way! Maybe—please?—Mercedes-Benz USA could feel about executing a VIN swap on a C63 Estate and letting us have a go for a long-term test. A buncha mooks like us can dream, anyway.
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