This is my 4th full fat ‘s’ range V8 AMG. I also drive a 2017 R8 V10+, here are my thoughts on the E63
- I am very impressed with it. It does everything well. I daily this car and I use it for everything- kids stuff, gravel roads, winter driving, sales calls with clients, rush hour and full on highway blasts at 200kph+. The most impressive thing about the car is it’s performance envelope.
- my individual mode setting is basically S+ but comfort suspension and sport mode on.
- the car is at its best at high speed. No doubt this is designed to be an autobahn rocket. Anyone complaining about anything needs to do 600km in a day as fast as they can to truly appreciate this car’s design philosophy.
- I never use the auto park feature. Cameras are all I need.
- It’s a very good winter car. AWD system is much improved over the previous Gen E63. Get good tires and you can go anywhere.
- where I live and drive there are a lot of lifted trucks and the boys drive em fast and hard. They pick on me in the r8, but never the E63. The AMG gets mucho respecto. I don’t street race but the only guy who has ever dicked me around was in a highly modded M5 comp.
- you can fit so much in the car for trips. We also have a gle43. When we travel I ask my wife to put out all she wants to take me I routinely get it all in the 63 plus 2 kids and 2 dogs (dogs are yorkies so don’t really count). It’s such a great family sedan and I really try hard to take it over the SUV whenever possible.
- I never use race start or drift mode. I am just not really a drag racer. I do miss the TC off feel of the W212 E63, which had the 2/3 power to the rear. In the winter you could slide it around the neighbourhood. Can’t in the 213 with the new AWD system and drift mode is not available on the fly sadly.
- maintenance has been as scheduled, no issues. I am at 54k now on the odo.
- only thing I long for in this car is a louder exhaust
- last one - the R8 is faster but not by much. 623 lb/ft is the real deal.
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