Hotsoss

Any chance for a quick sound clip of the exhaust?

TheOtherEric

Welcome to the party! If Mark gives up on the RS7, we'll have to try luring him to an E63.

BTW, we switched dealers and our E63 is now due to arrive here the last week of September.

drrodge

Does anyone know what exactly the "S" adds over the standard E63 in addition to the extra power?

335X-ray

Check out the order guide in THIS thread. Shows all differences.

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ManhattanSpin

Basically for $7k you get: limited slip, more HP (boost), cool deviated stitching, illuminated door sills, painted calipers, trunk lid spoiler, some glossy black insets/shadow chrome front/back/side, "S" badge, sport steering wheel, silver seat belts, AMG crests in the seats....

If you think about it, if you paid for these things as options it would probably be more than $7k.

benyl

You also get another intercooler.

Chocofishez

Get the S. it's what all the cool kids are doing.

If AMG made a 4 door black series I'd buy it. Maybe the crazy sales of this car will spurn them on

OWLY

Really? Where did you read that?

JJCTHE1

The S is the way to go, its funny its so much less than the 030 Performance Pack in previous years yet its much more car. You also get the additional trim on the front and rear bumpers.

benyl

In the dealer order guide.

"Additional water cooler in driver’s side wheel arch"

I'm on my iPad, so I can't attach it.

TheOtherEric

?? My dealer order guide doesn't say that.

OWLY

I'm not convinced...maybe I'm not a "cool kid".

benyl

Here is the page I am talking about.

OWLY

Good find!

nstanford99

yeah this is not in my dealer order guide. might be only for canada for some reason?

OWLY

It's in the Mercedes Canada What’s New for MY2014 E-Class Sedan & Wagon (W/S212) Product Management Guide.

benyl

Meredes Germany:

Radlauf-Wasserkühler

http://www.mercedes-benz.de/content/...ls/smodel.html

Google translate: Wheel arch water cooler

TheOtherEric

So presumably this is an additional radiator, not an intercooler, unless something is getting lost in translation.

ERC4

That's my take on it. An intercooler cools the air for the turbos. This is a radiator.

benyl

The M157 uses a air/water intercooler setup.

I can't see them adding another radiator for cooling the block. They could just make the existing one bigger.

Putting another in the wheel arch is to get cooler air.

TheOtherEric

Yeah, that could be. We seem to lack a simple term for the intercooler-liquid-radiator thingy, so perhaps it really doesn't lend itself to a bullet point list!

Sort of like when ze Germans tell us the S-Model has a "locking rear differential." Heck, I'm still trying to figure that one out.

JHW24

My wagons about to start switching colors...and I'm still waffling btw a palladium silver/black 10 spoke or magno alanite grey/5 spoke titanium ext/wheel setup...may need to Ditch the distronic plus with matte and it'll take two extra weeks...but pics of the matte and 5 spoke look amazing and I'm not totally convinced yet on the black wheels.....any thoughts?

ManhattanSpin

I was really considering the matte alanite paint, but I've read a lot about matte paint recently and it seems like it's a total annoyance to keep up. And any scratches/dents would be very hard to repair like a typical clear coat. I decided to pass on it for those reasons and for the fact that I think it's getting sort of played out...I mean Hyundai is offering it as an option now!

I am doing polar white with the black wheels and night styling pack...I think it will look awesome.

JJCTHE1

I was considering the matte metallic designo white, but agree w the upkeep and its getting played out. I think it looks unfinished at times too. Nice choice on the combo, I was on the fence about night styling, I dont care for the black mirrors, but I may black out some of the silver trim at some point. Dont forget the pano roof!!!

ManhattanSpin

I was conflicted between night and carbon fiber, but at the end of the day..it's just not worth the $5k difference for essentially the same look. Def getting pano roof!

Was also contemplating blacking out the chrome around the windows as that doesn't go black with the night package. I think blacking out trunk spoiler and that strip of chrome below it though would look weird, so maybe i just leave them...unclear until I get it.