rhukster

Just caught this on YouTube. It's the 3rd year of Motor Trends's the "World's Greatest Drag Race" feature and this year it features 12 cars including the 2014 E63S wagon! Even with a pretty crappy start it holds it's own!


Impressive stuff, can't wait to get my E63S sedan... the wait is killing me!

vdubpower

the M crew on M5 forum are throwing hissy fits cuz we whooped their ***

pretty disappointed with the aston, v12, **** load of power, cf body, what gives

tooFATtoDRIVE

That 2014 E63S Wagon is mind-blowingly fast - I am well impressed.
Now, let's see what AMS, Weistec and others can do to make this AWD wagon even faster

nstanford99

yes i too was disappointed with the aston's performance. they need some help from AMG

jayb289

AMG was represented nicely in this video! even though the aton is carbon fibre is still very heavy and it`s transimission is archaic compared to alot of the competition. Plus it wasn`t made for this kinda thing haha

RobbieRob

Was that a chick driving the wagon? Nice job to her.

otakki

Wow, what a video!!! And the E63 Wagon also seats five with more utilities than all other cars there. Gosh, it must have felt like @#$% to get butchered by a station wagon... The SLS BS is impressive: the fastest N/A powered and the fastest non-AWD car.

The help will be underway with the Aston and AMG signing something a month or so ago.

nstanford99

yes i saw that, ive always loved the lines and styling of the aston's, all they lack is a monster engine under the hood. Hopefully AMG will make that happen

BenzoBoi

One hell of a job for a wagon

In all seriousness...we have ourselves one HELL of a car ladies and gents. Can't wait to see what monsters arise after some mods!

Zod

that thing modded will be scary

Thanks for the link

but also...the GTR is still king of the 1/4

rhukster

After having just sold my 2009 Aston Martin DBS, and moving to the 2014 E63S, I have to say that the appeal of the Aston is in the 'event' much more than the raw speed. There is just an amazing feeling that comes with driving an Aston that i've yet to find in any other car. I would find myself smiling ear-to-ear for the entire time I was behind the wheel. Unfortunately this is not a very practical car with only 2 seats and a tiny trunk, so it was just not driven as much as it deserved.

I am anxiously looking forward to my E63S however as it's clearly a monster even in stock form, as well as being very comfortable and completely practical. It may not be quite the emotional experience of the DBS but i'm hoping I enjoy it just as much

Now if they will just clear up this delay on engines and build the damn thing! The wait is killing me.

otakki

Also, when you're in a DBS, you also get that feeling that you can answer "Bond, James Bond" when asked for your name. By the way, was your DBS black?

rhukster

No it was Casino Royale Grey.

2012 merc amg

With just a good tune and nothing more the Amg Wagon would have been over the line in first place.

viren.89

One word to describe the AMG's prowess here which is "AMG" itself.

NickE63

Very impressed! **** I might pick up another GTR

VaclavSV

Was the wagon 4matic or no?

mainly

yes

richardaz

It looked like the E63 bogged off the line. Has anyone who owns a 2014 done a hard launch? Did you experience any bogging?

PGT

Yes, I paused it and got a good look (at her six, mind you). It's Jessi Lang.

JJCTHE1

I watched this vid a few weeks ago, awesome! This car is so amazing. As time goes on I love it more and more, tomorrow will be 5 weeks of ownership. I cant believe how "lucky" I am to have mine, sounds like most people are talking about waiting for theirs to be BUILT and mine is sitting in the garage. I was lucky to get one of the first I suppose.

As for bogging, none a long as you are in S or S+. In C, its a little pecky and delayed, but then again its supposed to be like that in C...

2012 merc amg

Ya, that Jessie Lang is a real hottie, I wonder if she had the car in C mode though off the line rather than sport or sport plus?

Patric

If she was in (C) I wonder how much closer she might have been to the Viper with a better launch? It was only 2/10ths ahead at the finish.

2012 merc amg

I know, that's what I was thinking, I'll betya anything she did not get a good launch and woulda beat that Viper if she did get off the line better, it sure looked like a really bad launch in the video. Then on the other hand Jessie ran a 11.7 with the car and that's exactly what it's rated for in the quarter. I just wonder if with a really good driver if you could squeeze a 11.5 or so outta the car?

richardaz

If you look at the video of the E63S wagon compared with the modified (old) Dodge wagon, you will note that the driver got a clean launch and did the quarter in 11.7 seconds at 120.1 mph. This is virtually identical to the 11.7 and 120.4 with the apparent "bog-launch". It appears that this is what those of us who have ordered a wagon can expect (if they ever get here!)