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      10-26-2016, 09:27 AM   #1
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2017 Mercedes-AMG E63 officially revealed

Mercedes pre-emptive strike against the new M5...

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/ne...ially-revealed

http://www.evo.co.uk/mercedes/e63-am...ehammer-saloon

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-g...nnounced/35179


I really hope this is the path BMW are taking with the new M5...

"Both models will be available only with AMG's Performance 4Matic+ four-wheel drive system, which offers fully variable distribution of drive between the front and rear wheels for the first time…..
…..Despite the use of four-wheel drive, AMG says it has ensured the car retains its reputation for promoting oversteer when the conditions allow through the inclusion of a what it calls Drift mode. Activated by the shift paddles, it prompts the four-wheel drive system to deliver drive exclusively to the rear wheels, remaining engaged until the driver deactivates it."
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There are some things I like about the E63, but many things I cannot get over like those ugly HVAC vents. I would stick with the F90.
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Those lines and odd proportions are too ugly for me...
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      11-15-2016, 03:49 PM   #4
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There are some things I like about the E63, but many things I cannot get over like those ugly HVAC vents. I would stick with the F90.
I was driving one this weekend. All the things that I like about Mercedes, especially in an, AMG were there, but the same things that irritate me to no end are not improved from the C and S. Visually it also looks like a very big car to my eyes which doesn't help the minimal visual changes to the exterior to differentiate between the three.

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      11-22-2016, 07:18 PM   #5
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Those lines and odd proportions are too ugly for me...
I just saw the E63 AMG at the LA Auto Show and the car is stunning looking in person. Unless the next M5 hits it out of the park I will be purchasing the Benz.
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I just saw the E63 AMG at the LA Auto Show and the car is stunning looking in person. Unless the next M5 hits it out of the park I will be purchasing the Benz.
I like the exterior, but not a fan of the interior. To each their own.
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