RE: Driven: Mercedes E63 AMG Estate

[wackojacko]

Going to miss the 6.2 soundtrack....

[And172940]

CraigVmax said:

love it by why still call it the "63"? It wasnt a 6.3 even when it was called that last time.

I've had an E280 and an E350, both were 3 litre engines...

[Whiters]

Incredibly desirable for everyday life.

[ecain63]

Yes please!! But, only if they ditch that dull looking exhaust and go back to the quads on the 6.2's.

And FYI, BMW WILL NOT be knocking out an F10 M5 Tourer. Thats straight from the peeps at //M a couple of weeks ago at the pre F10 Launch track test.

Eddie

[amg master]

ecain63 said:

Yes please!! But, only if they ditch that dull looking exhaust and go back to the quads on the 6.2's.

And FYI, BMW WILL NOT be knocking out an F10 M5 Tourer. Thats straight from the peeps at //M a couple of weeks ago at the pre F10 Launch track test.

Eddie

they are the same exhaust on the e63 that it replaces.
i think the new square looking exhaust looks better than the round ones.

[Garlick]

Hellbound said:

So are we calling estate vehicles 'wagons' now?

Although I'm a Jalop, this isn't Jalopnik.

Merc estates are always wagons. It's the law

[Stuart]

Had a massive lucky escape in this while it was here. Dan and I went to a meeting in Reading, and I brought this back to the office. On the M4 eastbound I was about to absolutely nail it as the road had cleared in front of me, foot was en route to accelerator and I was about to do a Millenium Falcon impression. As all of this was happening I glanced at the E60 touring to my left and realised, in a split second, that the driver was wearing an earpiece radio. Unmarked Old Bill. Bugger. Instantly made like I wasn't actually about to marvel at the E63s ability to accelerate from 80 to 120, indicated and slipped sedately into the middle lane. Phew...

[Vladimir]

Sounds impressive.

Was very tempted by the C63 wagon but the range is disastrously small - fast estates NEED big fuel tanks IMO!

[BigTom85]

Stuart said:

Had a massive lucky escape in this while it was here. Dan and I went to a meeting in Reading, and I brought this back to the office. On the M4 eastbound I was about to absolutely nail it as the road had cleared in front of me, foot was en route to accelerator and I was about to do a Millenium Falcon impression. As all of this was happening I glanced at the E60 touring to my left and realised, in a split second, that the driver was wearing an earpiece radio. Unmarked Old Bill. Bugger. Instantly made like I wasn't actually about to marvel at the E63s ability to accelerate from 80 to 120, indicated and slipped sedately into the middle lane. Phew...

Meh, he wouldn't have kept up!

[GroundEffect]

dapearson said:

"AMG's manages 525hp and 516lb ft"

??

What? It produces peak power at low revs, hence the huge torque value but relatively low HP output.

[Stuart]

BigTom85 said:

Meh, he wouldn't have kept up!

He might not have done, but his mate in the helicopter would've been very angry...

[ragezx14r]

Why is the power upgrade cheaper for the estate?

[nelly_h]

Even Merc knows estates are cooler...

[Chicane-UK]

M666 EVO said:

I find it amazing that 20 years ago the supercars were powered by the very engines that power our family estates now.

You say it like it's a mainstream sort of car that joe schmoe is able to afford to buy and run. Whilst these monstrous engines are available in estate cars, they still very much remain within the reaches of a very small percentile of the population so in some respects can still be compared to supercars!

I think it's more impressive that you can get, for example, 300BHP+ in a comparatively (!) cheap hot hatch.. that sort of power wouldn't have looked out place in an expensive car 20 years ago.

Still.. nice car.. I look forward to seeing something like that as SOTW in about 25 years

[dapearson]

GroundEffect said:

What? It produces peak power at low revs, hence the huge torque value but relatively low HP output.

I was pointing out the grammar.

Yes they are indeed lovely, lovely looking figures.

[DanDC5]

Is this the old 5.5 that was in the SLK, just now with 2 turbo's?

[SeroRose]

Edited by Matt172 on Wednesday 21st December 08:23

[Digger]

Woah! That's too deep for even me to understand ... hmmm