Mr. CVE

Love my E55, but it is starting to get a little old.

Looking to plan my next car. will be the 2012 ( or so ) E63 , 5.5 TT model.
this is the E63 or the higher power E63 S with over 400 kw.

What is the difference in these models ? is it just a tune ? or other things ?

Either model I will be doing a tune and dump pipes and whatever else it needs.

basically trying to work out if it is worth saving some $$ and get the base E63, and use the money for the hot up bits, or is the S model a better base to do the mods, and will nett a better result.

I drove a friends CLS 63S and even if I got the S i will have to hot it up. Can't have it slower than my current E55

Any suggestions will be most appreciated.

MTV10

E63s hands down. Refreshed look.

TMC M5

I assume you will be buying the car down in Australia where all RHD E63's are RWD and AWD is not available. So if you are looking for best bang for the buck and you are going to modify the car with tune and exhaust, you are better off with the '12. I think the only real performance change (aside from software) is going to be the cooling system (which might be the same '13 and on). Otherwise, you might want to also find a performance package/LSD (not sure how the Aussie cars were optioned) equipped '12.

Mr. CVE

Thanks, yes will be rwd only.
and will be 2011-2012-2013 or so, depends what is around at the time.

cstanley92

11's and 12+ are very different. The 11 is still the N/A motor and definitely will not net you the best results for performance. It's still a great car, but besides an exhaust and tune, you're fairly limited on bolt on parts. If I didn't get such a great deal on mine, I would have gone with a 12+ 5.5L biturbo. But nothing beats the bark of the N/A exhaust note..

TMC M5

I think the model years might be different for Australia and other parts of the world. I believe the 5.5L Biturbo was rolled out first in the 2011 model year in Australia.

Georgee6086

2012 shares cooling with radiator, 2013 has split cooling, 2014 e63s has split cooling with an auxiliary heat exchanger I believe.

Mr. CVE

yes that is correct the 2011 over here gets the turbo model.
I am not interested in the N/A 6.3... unless it has been boosted !!

the later models with the better cooling sounds good, but may be something I will do anyway, ie may not be worth paying many thousands $$ more for the later model if I can do those mods for a few hundred.
I do agree the later models do look better, but also cost much more.

Vpatriota

I'd go for the 2011-2012 E63 5.5 TT aswell. This thing is a beast. Tune + downpipe and BAM you're done.