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Mercedes E63 — embracing the true power of the executive
They have always been fast cars, but now the Mercedes E63 has finally uncovered its fun side, says Michael Taylor
For the longest time, just three things have really defined the E63: interior craftsmanship, straight-line speed and then the noise. This is no longer true. It has all three still, of course, and in greater quantities than ever before. Now it adds a lightness of spirit and the ability to tap dance. And it’s glorious. With the Mercedes-AMG E63 S you will have fun. You will be absorbed by it, teased by it, drawn in by it, hurled forwards by it like a proton in the Large Hadron Collider and flung around the hillsides by it. But you won’t forget it. The E63 has long been a dead-ahead sled, wickedly fast and loud in a straight line but little more than competent in the bends. This is Tobias Moers’ first full E63 generation at AMG’s helm and he was determined to fix that. And, just like that, the E63 S now comes in more than two dimensions. When it arrives in 2017, it will do what it’s always done in past iterations, and it’s actually better at that stuff. It’s the first all-wheel drive E...
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