Friday 6th November 2015

Mercedes-AMG C63: Pic Of The Week

Moody marina shot of the AMG C63 Coupe ahead of next week's first drive

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Yes, we're nearly there now! Excitement has been running pretty high for the AMG C63 Coupe round these parts, ostensibly the most sporting of the new turbocharged C63 range. With the saloon having narrowly lost to the M4 in our recent comparison, there's clearly a score to settle now with the two-door. Moreover, the previous coupe proved a very popular and accomplished car so there's a fair bit riding on its replacement.

You can swot up on the C63's vitals, plus those of of its rivals, here. Come back soon for the full story!

Traditional (4:3)
Computer widescreen (16:10)
TV widescreen (16:9)
Portrait (smartphone etc)

[sealtt]

Well it certainly looks the part, very nice.

[HannsG]

Never been a fan of the styling at all .

Looks far too busy for a start. The 4 door version is moderately better looking.

The engine is heaven though. Pity the car looks terrible externally

[sealtt]

WOAH, terrible seems quite strong.

[torchy6]

Great picture, shame about the car

[Bright Halo]

Love the irony of the sign next to the car saying max speed 3 knots!

[Wills2]

That looks lovely and I don't like blue cars or painted wheels with a silver edge normally, very nice indeed.

[ellipsis]

Have to agree. I like this a lot.

[Deerfoot]

Looks very nice in that shot, would have one over an M4 every day.

[Pesty]

Deerfoot said:

Looks very nice in that shot, would have one over an M4 every day.

That

[Allyc85]

So much classier than a current M car

[Wills2]

That's an S model and with those wheels is 69k, 12k more than the base M4, so it should look better!

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 7th November 21:39

[r129sl]

Educate me. This is not a facetious question. What is it with blacked out rear windows? I mean, they look daft (especially when the front windows are clear) and they prevent other drivers and road users from seeing through the car (you know, so a following driver can spot brake lights or a cyclist or a road sign or anything else through car in front).

This also is not a facetious question. What is it with all those enormous exhaust pipes? They're obviously fake (I think there have been some threads on here about how astonishingly bad the fakery) but even if they were real, why would they be a good thing?

I know the answer is "marketing". But why does the market like—demand, even—these things?

[sidesauce]

r129sl said:

Educate me. This is not a facetious question. What is it with blacked out rear windows? I mean, they look daft (especially when the front windows are clear) and they prevent other drivers and road users from seeing through the car (you know, so a following driver can spot brake lights or a cyclist or a road sign or anything else through car in front).

This also is not a facetious question. What is it with all those enormous exhaust pipes? They're obviously fake (I think there have been some threads on here about how astonishingly bad the fakery) but even if they were real, why would they be a good thing?

I know the answer is "marketing". But why does the market like—demand, even—these things?

Personally, I think the privacy glass looks great and if I had kids I'd not want people knowing if they were in the back so that's simply a matter of opinion - would you complain that a commercial minivan should have glass panels behind the b-pillars instead of metal?

Regarding the the market demand on exhaust pipes, studies have shown that cars that have more aggressively styled faces are considered more attractive although presumably it could also include visual cues that express power, watch this clip from about 1:11 in (the preceding part isn't relevant to my point) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtNXlqUnrL8 - the subjects included groups from two different continents.

Edited by sidesauce on Sunday 8th November 09:25