Tag: c63 AMG

The W205 C63 AMG is set to use the brand-new 4.0L twin-turbo V8 that the AMG GT uses. It’s supposed to be more powerful, more efficient, and overall, just a better car … but there is just something missing: noise.

You’ve got to do something when you’re stuck in traffic. You can’t just stare at the ass end of a Lamborghini Gallardo the whole time — or can you? But really, why not make the waiting a little more entertaining by revving your engine?

Like lingerie falling to the floor of a cheap motel room in Atlanta on a humid evening, the W205 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG wagon continues to strip for us with heightened motivation.

As of late our Photos of the Week have been things of beauty, awe, and wonder — so it’s about time we changed that up and added some more shock value.

Mercedes has found a gap to fill between the 333-horsepower C400 and the 450+/- horsepower C63. The undisguised C450 Sport AMG we spotted, and its 367-horsepower twin-turbo 3.0L V6 should fit within the wheel wells nicely.

Autocar Magazine determined the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG and Audi R8 were the best cars for a drifting battle. After they picked their favorite driver’s/drifter’s cars, the drivers themselves began to compete for the title of “best driver/drifter”. It would be nice to see this turned into a yearly competition done comprehensively in the vein of Motor Trend’s Best Driver’s Car battle. If there is another drift challenge like this, I nominate the Stig.

Going out on a low note isn’t such a bad thing. Especially when that note is as low and sonorous as that played by the hand-built V8 of the Mercedes-Benz AMG 6.3 vehicles. Yes, 2014 is the end of an era. The 6.2-liter M156 and M159 units will soon go the way of the dodo, but don’t worry; twin-turbo 5.5L engines have started taking their spots, and the similarly blown 4.0L mill for the next-generation C63 should prove to be a worthy successor. Perhaps in the future those eight-bangers will make a list as revered as the one after the jump.