2016 Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe REVIEW | Brawling Power, But With Surgical Poise
FEW CARS LIFT WITH SUCH ELECTRIC EFFORTLESS EASE AS THE MERCEDES-AMG C 63. Instant, weightless, and with such spearing urgency, it just paws at the ground a moment and disappears.
If that were all there was to it, you’d be satisfied. But it’s not; because there is also the sound it makes, a deep rumble that transforms to a thunderclap bellow in an instant.
Then, if that were all, you’d be doubly satisfied. But, again, it’s not. Because the Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe steers to perfection; the snorting power of a raging bull but one with a surgical front-end.
Impressive everywhere, the AMG C 63 Coupe is, to its wheelnuts, one of the great driver’s cars of the moment.
Vehicle style: Premium sports coupe
Price: $162,400 (plus on road costs)
Engine/transmission: 375kW/700Nm 4.0 turbo petrol 8cyl | 7sp automatic
Fuel Consumption Claimed: 8.7 l/100km | Tested: 13.1 l/100km
OVERVIEW
Mercedes’ C-Class Coupe range stretches from the $65,900 C200 Coupe to this brawler, the AMG C 63 Coupe at nearly $100k more.
That ‘one hundred big ones’ buys one of the best high-performance engine and drivetrains that money can buy – AMG’s monstrous twin-turbo 4.0 litre V8. It also buys an interior trimmed to perfection and a car that can nail V8 Supercar track times straight out of the box.