YouTuber Extols the 2020 AMG G63 its Brawny Luxury
G63 is an expensive and thirsty box on wheels. Despite its flaws, the owner of the one in this video wouldn’t dream of parting with it.
When you spend more than $156,000 on a vehicle, such as the Mercedes-AMG G63, you buy certain rights. You can do whatever you want to do in it, whether that means eating or taking your dogs with you on long trips. You’re free to customize it however you like. You can also say whatever you want to about it, good or bad. It’s yours. Who are you going to offend? Yourself?
This video from the YouTube channel Track Day shines the spotlight on a man named Sean Patel and his G-Wagen. Clearly, he liked the 2020 G63 enough to pay big money for it. There’s so much to love about it. It’s got the same basic brutal and distinctive lines as its predecessor. Patel is particularly enamored with his rig’s Cardinal Red Metallic paint. According to him, in that color the G63 is “classy and menacing, all at the same time. Kind of like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wearing a red suit at your retirement party.”
Then there’s the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 under the chiseled hood. Its 577 horsepower and 627 lb-ft of torque and permanent all-wheel drive propel the 5,845-pound G63 to 60 mph in only 4.5 seconds and through a quarter mile in only 12.5. Too bad Patel hasn’t reached the 1,000-mile break-in point on his G-Wagen because that keeps him from unloading all of the hand-built engine’s firepower.
A significant amount of the G63’s appeal comes from the updates to its driving dynamics and interior tech. Patel says, “Everything is way more direct. Now, when you take a corner, there’s a lot less body roll and you don’t go flying out of your seat” because the active multi-contour seats do such a good job of holding you in place…and keeping you warm…and cooling you off…and massaging you.
One of the most attention-getting interior features is the pair of 12-inch widescreens in the dashboard. Not only do they look cool, but they’re no longer optional equipment as they were in 2019; they come standard in 2020 G 63s.
Although Patel’s G-Wagen was pricey, it’s already shown its value. According to Patel, the waiting list for a G63 is nearly two years long. “If you want to get one lightly used, you’ll be paying almost 20 racks [$20,000] over sticker, which means this is the first car that I’ve ever purchased that actually appreciated in value the second I drove it off the lot.”
The G 63 is far from perfect, though. No one is more aware of that than Patel. He freely acknowledges that it gets 10 mpg on a good day and uses words such as “obnoxious” and “unnecessary” to describe it. However, its pros more than outweigh its cons. Patel’s going to hold on to his G63 – no matter how much of a profit he can make selling it.
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