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AMG’S NEW C63S—MORE TORQUE, LESS GUILT

MICHAEL FEBBO

I once wrote a blog about threatening AMG’s then president over lunch. Let me clarify; the blog was written about me threatening him while we were eating lunch. It was in 2011 and the C63 was slated for a refresh. I had just driven the new turbocharged V-8-powered CLS63 and it was rumored the C63 might head in the same direction. I told him how disappointed I would be. Because the C63 was special, unique in its raw appeal. I warned of hordes of polo-shirted, Grey Goose Molotov cocktail–chucking young executives rioting in strip malls if the naturally aspirated 6.2L V-8 was ever replaced with this smaller, forced-induction engine. Four years and an entirely new C-Class later, that day has finally come, and let’s hope I was wrong. The new…

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European Car (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2015

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