Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S flexing its muscle at Nürburgring
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Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S flexing its muscle at Nürburgring
https://www.motor1.com/news/273299/m...claims-record/
compared that to W213 E63S wagon . 7:45.19 min.
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And the E63S sedan was what, in the 7:45ish territory given what the estate version turned.
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
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And the E63S sedan was what, in the 7:45ish territory given what the estate version turned.
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
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And the E63S sedan was what, in the 7:45ish territory given what the estate version turned.
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
That the E63S and the GT-63 are fairly close in power output and not that far off in weight, the handling of the GT-63 must be really impressive to shave off 20 seconds. Can't imagine that the 4-wheel steering alone accounts for the lions share of that. Wonder what other things they're doing to improve the handling?
I never saw the E63S sedan time... only the wagon. Maybe someone here can locate it; if it exits.
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German journalist Christian Gebhardt conducted the drive on the wagon. The wagons time could be better if amgs own test driver was behind the wheel.
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One (me for example) might think that the sedan ought to be able to shave a little off of the 7:45.19 s time the wagon posted, however I've had others posit that the wagon may have better balance and is actually slightly faster than than the sedan.
Let's say for discussion's sake the sedan is within +/- 1% of the wagon's time. That's 7:45.19 s +/- 4.65 s.
The GT-63 is then 24.43 s faster or or 15.13 s faster. Still a big chunk either way.
Or possibly the sedan's a fair bit faster, but not quite matching the Giulia, so Mercedes didn't want to publish the number.
Yeah, that's it, the E63S sedan is 0.1 s behind the Giulia and in reality only about 7 seconds behind the GT-63
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I don't think that 7:25 is the fastest time set by a production sedan.
The record was broken last year by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 which set 7:21
https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/28/...-sedan-record/
That Jag is a production sedan and it is also now available as a Ring taxi.
The record was broken last year by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 which set 7:21
https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/28/...-sedan-record/
That Jag is a production sedan and it is also now available as a Ring taxi.
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I don't think that 7:25 is the fastest time set by a production sedan.
The record was broken last year by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 which set 7:21
https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/28/...-sedan-record/
That Jag is a production sedan and it is also now available as a Ring taxi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=iePeZxpvpTI
The record was broken last year by the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 which set 7:21
https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/28/...-sedan-record/
That Jag is a production sedan and it is also now available as a Ring taxi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=iePeZxpvpTI
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Considering some of the people coming out of the GT’s press event were saying the GT is 200kg heavier than the e63 and that some instrument testing has shown it’s slower as a result in acceleration, there is probably some tire shenanigans going on. The E63’s 7:45 was on Superspsorts. I wouldn’t be surprised if the GT was on Sport Cups or some other track focused tire.
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Considering some of the people coming out of the GTs press event were saying the GT is 200kg heavier than the e63 and that some instrument testing has shown its slower as a result in acceleration, there is probably some tire shenanigans going on. The E63s 7:45 was on Superspsorts. I wouldnt be surprised if the GT was on Sport Cups or some other track focused tire.
gt63 2045kg
obviously depending on specs.
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I read the GT63S was running on sport cup 2 tires
https://www.leftlanenews.com/mercede...p-record-video
https://www.leftlanenews.com/mercede...p-record-video
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amg gt63 used factory tires Cup2. If you read articl in previous post above, you can notice keyword optional. For 700 you can get cup2 tires from factory. That means gt63 was really on stock parts.
