FIRST DRIVE
Combative Mercedes AMG GLC63 is not out to make friends
AMG’s lion-hearted, SUV-sized pocket rocket threatens just about everybody
Of course, you could always just buy a C63 S and have similar straight-line performance and handling, instead of one or the other, but the GLC version has more luggage space and that currently coveted high-driving position at more or less the same money. It is much cheaper than the GLE63 too and smaller to park. Although the price tag has not been settled, some of the good stuff will be extra, including the Dynamic Select system that adds Race and Sport+ to the ride, powertrain and handling modes. There’s a standard version, too that’s missing a slice of horsepower so thin that it could be a rounding error, but the S is still 0.2sec faster to 100km/h and time is, after all, money. The optional Race mode winds up the nine-speed automatic transmission’s AMG-spec clutch pack to help it launch, but because it rained when we had the car it didn’t need Race mode to light up the rubber and the skid-control light. We just built up some revs, sidestepped the clutch and let it have its head. ...
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