For instance, the electromechanical steering setup now features speed-sensitive assistance. Owing to a number of updates to aspects of the suspension and steering setups, AMG’s halo sedan does a remarkable job of masking its mass when pressed into spirited driving on twisting roads. The E63 S isn’t just accomplished in a straight line. It’s towering feat of engineering but not all of us are sold on the softer styling. Under the same circumstances, even the neck-wrenchingly fast 911 Turbo S we sampled in the January 2021 issue would account for a mere 0,2-second advantage over the E63 S. In four of the in-gear acceleration run’s five increments, the 610 kg-lighter GT3 RS would be just five-hundredths of a second ahead of the comparatively mammoth AMG. If we lined the E63 S up alongside the 911 GT3 RS we tested back in October 2020 for a full-bore acceleration drag, there would be only paintwork separating them. To save you feverishly thumbing across issues of the magazine, we’ll put some of these figures into context. The figures garnered from our in-gear acceleration runs also made for some frankly eye-widening reading. While we were always going to take Mercedes-AMG’s 3,40 second 0-100 km/h claimed acceleration figure with a pinch of salt, the 3,69 seconds the E63 S posted during performance testing is still incredible for a four-door sedan weighing in excess of two tonnes. Then again, it may well be that 450 kW and 850 N.m is sufficient to endow the halo AMG sedan with a supercar-humbling turn of pace. This is partly because such a measure would see the E63 S potentially treading on the toes of the AMG GT63 S 4-door and its headlining 470 kW and 900 N.m outputs. Significantly, the firm hasn’t gone the usual route of using a mid-cycle facelift as an opportunity to wring some additional power from the engine. In stark contrast to the sweeping cosmetic changes to the E63 S, things remain largely unchanged beneath the sheet metal. Factor in notable NVH suppression and the E’s road manners may even be creeping into S-Class territory. The result is a superbly composed ride, even on this car’s 35-30 front-to-rear profile tyres.
Mercedes-AMG’s engineers have heeded criticism of the previous overly firm ride and dialled in a touch more give to the new model’s multi-chamber air suspension and adaptive damper setups. Nevertheless, the boot is deep – capable of accommodating 352 litres of luggage with the seatbacks in place and 968 litres with the rear pews folded – and the cabin feels spacious, although this model’s AMG sports seats do pare rear legroom to a respectable – not class-leading – 654 mm.ĭriven sedately, the new E63 S is palpably more relaxed and refined than its forebear. Perceived quality has been a mixed bag with Mercedes’ recently and while the E63 S’s fit and finish are generally impressive, such elements as a light-feeling boot lid that shuts with a decidedly un-Mercedes-like clank is a letdown. The most striking element inside is the updated MBUX system.
In addition to the usual telephony, infotainment and navigation functions, the E63 S’s system accommodates several AMG-specific modules that call up such features as a race timer, g-meter, engine data and other performance-related readouts. The most striking element has to be the updated MBUX infotainment/instrument panel combination, featuring a pair of 12,25-inch TFT screens. That mature air has carried over into a cabin whose facia now features a quartet of louvred air vents similar to those of the W222 S-Class, in place of the striking, turbine-inspired eyeball items in the pre-facelift car. It’s a head-turner, no doubt, yet we can’t help feel some of the pre-facelift car’s visual menace has been erased and replaced with something a bit more demure and grown-up.
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The new car feels more rounded and accomplished than before.Īlthough such AMG staples as those flared wheelarches deep, vent-studded front and rear aprons quad exhaust outlets and a brace of power domes pressing out of the bonnet’s skin are all present and correct, their application to a car that’s more rounded and possessed of a less squat, muscular rump is a juxtaposition of styles.
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