Mercedes-AMG C63S Coupe: driving test and video
Posted on 16-11-2015 to 16:00 by CasperH – 65 Comments”
Mercedes has her competitor for the BMW M4 ready, and outclassed him on paper on all surfaces. But is it the better car?
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You only have one chance to make a first impression. In the area of the appearance, only the sheet metal of the roof, the doors and the boot lid remained unchanged. Further, the C63 AMG Coupé especially wider, especially to accommodate the massive pieces of rubber: 255 wide front and 285 rear. And, once again, a wider track width. At the front grew, the AMG Coupé 6,4, and behind even it’s 6.6 inches in width. It gives the AMG a nice aggressive stance. Yes, with the look about what in my opinion is good.
But there is also something good to make: the Mercedes C63S Coupe has its recipe to be substantially adjusted. This is one of our favorite engines ever lost: bye bye, of course, including 6.2 litre überblaffer. The substitute is a double-blown achtcilinder “hot inside V” turbo, the block that we now know from the AMG GTS. The turbos are in the V of the V8 for a more compact package and better use of the heat for the turbos. More than two milk cartons less volume, but the turbo’s compensate for that and allow for 510 hp and 700 Nm of torque. You go for a non-”S”, then you have to make do with a meager 476 hp and 650 Nm. Scant, really, very skimpy, very slow, really very slow, I would not do that! Just for the thickest to go. The dynamic engine mounts provide optimum comfort if quiet is being driven, while in sports boenderen the quantity stiffer to ensure a smoother ride.
But the sound is a little less. The 6.2 was perhaps my favorite V8 on the market with its including, coughing, roaring V8. Much better is simply not, never more. And the 4.0 V8 biturbo sounds just braver. Admittedly, if you want a sportier drive mode select it all slightly more enjoyable, but then you also know that it is very engineered and so it actually is fake. A pity, because it was a piece of the charm of the previous Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé.
The theory: our “S” pops in at 3.9 to one hundred fold according to German tradition in the limiter at 250, unless you go for the AMG Drivers package, then it will be tuned to 280 kilometers per hour. Thanks to a dual clutch box with shorter ratios, as well as wider rear tires under the sexy ass, you are a tenth faster than the Sedan and Estate at the hundred. By default, the C63 AMG Coupé, a differential lock, the AMG’S electronically controlled.
The chassis is also redesigned. As mentioned earlier, with wider wheels (18-inch on the AMG, 19-inch on the AMG S) and more track width, but with specific suspension and king pins for the AMG, so a larger lateral acceleration is possible. By default, the C-Class Coupé AMG equipped with AMG Ride Control what is in the modes Comfort, Sport, Sport+ and Race. Also important: ESP may be, in the liberal Sport mode or completely off.
But first, back to that manual transmission, the seven-speed AMG Speedshift MCT. Faster, more precise, and moreover, you can get better downshifts and the engine braking, because the fry until four oppose revert back to 1000 rpm under the redline, if desired. Well, yes, if you a sporty driving mode, because only in comfort, he does quietly. The back is sometimes really to be excited, for example, if you raft on the waves of the couple are driving and quiet aanremt for a turn, flip the bucket, just two or three, resist back. Apparently there are going to your throttle driftend the bend by will. Sometimes, it is better to bake to Manual and switch with the flippers.
The interior is a fine location to stay. To begin with, there is a compact, nice and fat sports steering wheel that is comfortable in the hand. The top of the wheel is carried out in carbon while the rest in alcantara is lined. The sportkuipen keep you well on the spot. In addition, the interior is largely consistent with the ordinary C-Class coupe, but there is nothing wrong with that.
Also, this C63S Coupe really is a piece of candy. The car feels less clumsy, although the V8 sometimes still a bit abruptly in his ability to dispense. But it is especially the undercarriage and the control that excel. Much more precise and purer than I have the previous generation C63 AMG, remember. And so kudos for the engineers of AMG, because there is really win. Submit is delicious exactly, and if you have the ESP in the mode “sport” switch, you can even have a little tail wagging on the gas in a turn without you for a moment the idea that you are within a tel very, very dead. Great stuff, what is something better comes up on wider roads than the overall seen some narrow roads around Malaga where we rondboenderen.
Fortunately, we were allowed to play a few rounds on the circuit of Ascari, where we are, unfortunately, no opportunity for extensive filming. Ascari is a difficult, technical track that every car know to days. Fast doordraaiers go confidently in the AMG’S and the brakes are also really fantastic, to name a few. Short, sharp turns are like the most: fast submit it with the gas pedal, the ass in there turning and the quantity in the correct direction to launch towards the next corner. An addictive game, that I best vol had been able to keep until the tank was empty. That could, incidentally, with the stumperhulpjes in a standby mode until you really verkloot. The “Race” mode allows a lot, but engages in if you are overconfident. Please keep this mode away on the public road, that makes the chassis really hard. Do you want other elements of the Race-profile to use on the public road, then you can always opt for the Individual mode, where all parameters are free.
All in all, the Mercedes C63S AMG Coupé is a fantastic device. Yes, we have a lost a little in regards to the sound and the gearbox would be a bit more subtle, are terugschakelwerk may do occasionally. But the compensation is composed of a sharper, more sophisticated chassis and a very pleasant behavior at the limit. I would be very easy to get used to this executioner, and against my expectations beforehand, I think that, despite its small imperfections even better than a M4 would prefer.
Do you want to now about AMG under your ass? The Mercedes C63 Coupe is from €106.657, the C63S must be in standaardtrim €115.157 costs. Movie!
Gallery: Mercedes C63S AMG Coupé
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