‘S63 Cabrio is the latest Mercedes-AMG 5.5-litre V8’

Posted on 19-01-2015 at 8:55 pm by sir_smokalot – 25 Comments”

So you are already mentally prepared to say goodbye to this M157-bazenblok…After the introduction of the S63 Cabrio in 2016, and get Mercedes-AMG over completely to the new 4.0 V8 in its top models.

The introduction of the AMG GT and the new C63 marked the arrival of Mercedes’ all-new 4-litre V8 (codenamed M177/178), as well as the current 5.5 litre two turbo’s used to the performance boost. Now, it is obvious that the downsizemotor eventually everywhere inlaid is, because AMG has him, of course, not only the 2 mentioned models are developed.

2016

The question was only ‘when?’. Now, recently got the GLE63 Coupé is still the M157, and also what is later this year, even if AMG comes out will get the 5.5 under the hood. We expect to be any ‘ordinary’ GLE and the GLS this year. Then, in 2016, the S-Class cabrio, and then the fun is over, and gets the whole achtcilindergamma the new 4.0 in the cabin, according to the officials from Affalterbach, that in the British media, the beans morsten.

With the spout of the existing models will still take a while before you are really only at the occassionboer can you hunger for capacity. After all, only next month to walk the last copies of the ‘old’ C63 Coupe in Germany of the band, for those who still have a 6.2 V8 will. The M157 made his debut in the W221 S63 AMG (2011).

A little (very) too bad it is. The new engine runs undoubtedly delicious but the heavy roar of American proportions, was always a little bit of the USP of AMG. The efficiency improvements must, however, also made in Germany, and so has Porsche soon to be turbo’s on almost all of his 911’s and runs Mercedes soon obediently in step with the competitors, which is around the same engine capacity sit.

Photo: Mercedes-Benz Ocean Drive Concept from 2007 again.