AMG E63

AMG E63

If the Mercedes-Benz AMG E63 was a person it would be a lot like Nathan Buckley.  We're talking about a car AMG E63 that's good with a family, pretty mature, intelligent and still able to get up and run. Fast.The AMG E63 belter Benz is not the best looking car on the road, and notably more chunky than the E-Class it replaces with the AMG E63, but it's a great new hero.  It shows exactly what AMG E63 can to do make a mid-sized Benz into a thumping go-faster car, without losing the quality and comfort and refinement of the silver star.It's not perfect, but for family motoring with a kick it comes close.

The new AMG E63 is also a long way down the road from the compact C-Class AMG E63, which always feels as if it's going to twist your head around and then rip it off.


This car is just as fast when you ask, but much more restrained when you just need comfortable transport.The heart of the car is still the 6.2-litre AMG E63 V8 engine, with an extra eight kiloWatts of power and a new AMG E63 0-100km/h sprint time of just 4.5 seconds.   There is three-stage ESP for sporty driving and steering with a more-direct control.AMG E63 have  seven-speed 'speedshift' automatic gearbox, and the transmission controller is new, and identical to the look in the Gullwing, with a choice of four driving modes

AMG E63

Suspension is AMG E63 developed with electronically-controlled damping and a steel-sprung front end and — just like the C63 — the key to its success is unique AMG E63 design work and parts.  But the AMG E63 is still a Benz and that means it comes with full leather trim, automatic air-con, no fewer than 11 airbags — and both lane-keeping and blind-spot assistance. The AMG E63 is a belter. Such a fun car, but also refined and luxurious.  It is exactly the sort of car that every HSV and FPV buyer in Australia is dreaming about, apart from the price. They get a great deal on their Falcons and Commodores, but the AMG E63 Benz shows the way it can be done.
It helps to start with a car as good as the latest E-Class Mercedes, but AMG E63 makes a big difference with everything from the chassis engineering through to its 386kW engine. Each one is assembled by hand and the mechanic responsible gets to sign the motor.
I decided to take things easy at first in the new AMG E63, leaving all the settings in comfort positions to assess the car. It has more road noise with big Pirelli P-Zero rubber, and there is more thump over road joins, but it's not unpleasant.  The AMG E63 car also has a brilliant cabin, helped by terrific sports seats, and it's just as easy to park as a regular E with a huge boot and space for three adults in the back.
But when I decide to get going it . . . goes. The engine responds brilliantly from 2000rpm and full-power upshifts produce a wonderful 'whump' from the exhaust. It's telling you it's keen.

AMG E63

Driving the gearbox as a full manual, with the AMG E63 settings to maximum including the lowered sports suspension, it would take a Porsche to get away from a well-driven AMG E63. And even a poorly-driven one would be way too quick for Australian speed limits.  But it's the flick back to comfort that brings me the real surprise, as the car is still swift and nicely relaxing.
I eventually decide the Sport-plus setting is best on the seven-speed gearbox, neatly anticipating the places where I would make a manual shift, with the suspension at soft and the thumping sound system providing a soothing background soundtrack.  There is a lot to like about the AMG E63 and only one thing that really grates — the price.
It lifts the bar again on luxury sports sedans and also shows why AMG E63 cars are so good, and so downright popular with muscle car buyers in Australia.

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AMG was founded as a racing engine forge in 1967 under the name AMG Motorenbau und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (AMG Engine Production and Development, Ltd.), by former Mercedes engineers Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher in Burgstall an der Murr, near Stuttgart. The letters "AMG" stand for Aufrecht, Melcher and Großaspach, Aufrecht's birthplace .

In 1976 most of Mercedes moved to Affalterbach, with the racing engine development remaining at the old location in Burgstall. At this time Erhard Melcher ceased to be a partner, but continued to be an employee at the Burgstall location.
In 1990, with Mercedes having become a high-profile purveyor of modified Mercedes cars, Daimler-Benz AG and AMG signed a contract of cooperation, allowing Mercedes to leverage Daimler-Benz's extensive dealer network and leading to commonly developed vehicles. On 1 January 1999 DaimlerChrysler, as it was called between 1998 and 2007, acquired 51 percent of AMG shares, and Mercedes was renamed to Mercedes-AMG GmbH.^[2] Racing engine development was divested and continues to exist in Burgstall under the name HWA (Aufrecht's initials). On 1 January 2005 Aufrecht sold his remaining shares to DaimlerChrysler, and since then it has been a wholly owned subsidiary.

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Five Spoke Road Wheel 8JX16 Version 1 AMG started off by designing and testing racing engines. It expanded its business into building custom road cars based upon standard Mercedes cars.

Mercedes initially produced a range of unofficial upgrade and accessories packages mainly for the Mercedes-Benz R/C107,^[3] Mercedes-Benz W116, Mercedes-Benz W123, Mercedes-Benz W124, Mercedes-Benz W126 Mercedes-Benz R129 and Mercedes-Benz W201 models.
During the early 80's and up until 1985,Mercedes offered a variety of engine performance packages, alloy wheels and styling products.
Typical AMG performance enhancements, which could all be custom ordered by the buyer, included increased engine displacements (5.2 liter, 5.4 liter), performance top ends which included port and polished heads/intake, lightened valvetrain and more aggressive cams. The DOHC 32V engine had also just been developed and was the pinnacle of Mercedes performance. Even a very rare Getrag 5-speed manual transmission could be ordered from AMG which Mercedes had not offered a manual transmission V8 since the early 70's.

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The performance wheels offered during the same period were 15" or 16" ATS Mercedes Five Spoke Road Wheels, commonly referred to as Pentas. Penta was actually a UK based company that supplemented the high demand for this wheel at the time with only a very slight styling difference. The AMG wheels were often coupled with an AMG performance suspension package which included uprated/lowered springs and revalved shock absorbers.
Another popular cosmetic upgrade was the Mercedes body kits. These ranged from subtle front spoilers, to an aggressive Wide Body kits for the W126 coupes. Other options included Recaro seats, smaller diameter steering wheels, instrument clusters, chrome delete option (all brightworks color coded or painted satin black), refrigerators, shift knobs, hi-fi stereo systems, custom upholstery and enhanced interior wood packages