Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe prices announced

C63 now available to order from £61K with the C63 S at £66K and Edition 1 at £77,000!

Up there with 0-60, top speed and horsepower, list price is one of those car numbers we can't help but discuss. See how excited the sub-£30K Focus RS made people, or how outrageous the £120K M4 GTS appears. Forget the 500hp and the 7:28 'ring lap, think how much Corvette and V10 M5 you could get for that!

Edition 1 is ... distinctive

Therefore the news that Mercedes has confirmed prices of the AMG-C63 Coupe should prompt a fair bit of discussion. After all, the old car proved hugely popular for Mercedes while the new saloon and estate have already begun the turbo C63 era very well. A two-door version of that car is very eagerly anticipated.

The big news? A C63 is more than an M4, as the saloon is more expensive than the M3. The Mercedes coupe is £61,160, compared to £57,055 for the BMW. The AMG of course counters M with more power and a standard automatic 'box; the vast majority of M3s and M4s are specced with the £2,645 M DCT dual-clutch gearbox.

As with the saloon and estate, a 510hp C63 S will be available in coupe guise too. It will cost £66,910. And for even more AMG than that, there's an AMG-C63 S Edition 1. Like the A45 Ed 1 and similar, it features a great many trinkets on top of the base package to make it more, well, overt. So there's 'diamond-stitched nappa leather upholstery with contrast yellow stitching', many AMG decals, much carbon fibre and new wheels. And if that's simply not enough, try the Edition 1 'motorsport package', adding yellow AMG decals (!), 'designo selenite grey magno paint', AMG ceramic composite brakes and another new design of wheels for £3,000. That's an £80,000 C63 then...

For some reference, the Lexus RC F is from £60,000 and an Audi RS5 is, er, £60,000. For a slightly different approach to a coupe at this price point, an F-Type V6 S manual is, well, guess. Yep, £60,260. First drive and verdict to follow soon. Oh, and the C200 starts at £30K.