Ferraris and Lamborghinis are no match for the AMG C63 and E63.
Mercedes-Benz AMG models are engineered to be great all-around performance machines, but this video shows that these luxury sedans can get down the drag strip with the best of them. In the course of this video, a few C63 and E63 models take on a spread of supercars with impressive results.
A Very Short Drag Strip
This video showing a handful of different AMG models drag racing was originally shared to the forum in a thread by “PeterUbers”. We don’t have any details on this event, but a few things are clear. This track is extremely short, possibly spanning less than an eighth of a mile and leading us to believe that this probably a pop-up-type racing event. Also, this racing action is taking place somewhere outside of North America. It looks like the cars have German tags, but we don’t know for sure where this event took place.
The Racing Action
This video comes to us from the JvDSupercars YouTube channel and it showcases seven drag races, all of which feature at least one Mercedes-Benz AMG product.
The video begins with a W213 E63 beating a Range Rover, followed by a C63 knocking off a Ferrari 488 and a different E63 beating a Lamborghini Huracan. The Lamborghini was the closest race of those three, but the AMG still cruised to victory on the short track.
The fourth race features a pair of E63s going head-to-head, with the W213 making short work of the W212 and in the seventh race, another W213 E63 beats up on a Mercedes B-Class.
You might notice that we skipped over the fifth and sixth races in the video, as those two don’t go so well for the AMGs. After a Porsche 911 beats a C63, a Nissan GT-R blows away a W213 E63. However, even with those two losses, this video highlights AMG performance versus some of the world’s top supercars.
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