The AMG E63 S and the Audi RS 4 are are rabid luxury, but sometimes performance can ‘out-equal’ performance.
This quarter-mile drag race between a 2014 Mercedes-AMG E63 S and an Audi RS 4 was originally shared to the forum in a post by “vtknight“. He is the owner of the AMG, and he has posted quite a few videos to the forum, but this one is particularly interesting, as it shows a couple of Germany’s finest sport-luxury sedans going head to head.
The Competitors
The video above features a 2014 Mercedes-AMG E63 S taking on a B7 (2006-2008) Audi RS 4. In stock form, the E63 S twin-turbo engine delivers 577 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque via an advanced all-wheel-drive system.
The B7 Audi RS 4 is powered by a 4.2L V8 that sends 420 horsepower and 317 lb-ft of torque to all four wheels with its own advanced all-wheel-drive system.
In stock form, the Benz should make short work of the RS 4, but the Audi isn’t stock. It has a full high-flow exhaust system and according to the owner of the AMG, the RS 4 is tuned as well. In the video description that comes to us from the YouTube channel of the Audi owner, he claims that it is on the stock tune.
Based on the results of the race, it seems likely that the RS 4 is making a little more than stock power — so it might be tuned.
The Race
The race is filmed from the rear quarter panel of the Audi, giving us a quick glimpse of the AMG sedan as the two cars roll to the starting line. When the green lights drop, the Mercedes disappears as the RS 4 jumps out to an early lead.
As the Audi passes the 330-foot mark and the eighth-mile, the E63 S is nowhere in sight, but just past the halfway point, the AMG sedan blows by the RS 4. From there, the Benz rolls to victory, running an 11.80 at 121 mph while the Audi turns in a 12.52 at 110 miles per hour.
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"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
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"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
