7 Cars The Mercedes-AMG E63 S Estate Can Beat To 62mph

To put the bonkers acceleration figure of the new E63 S estate in context, here are some rather more exotic performance cars it can beat in the benchmark 0-62mph sprint

Matt Robinson

02 Feb 2017

7 Cars The Mercedes-AMG E63 S Estate Can Beat To 62mph

It’s easy to get blasé about acceleration figures these days. So many cars hit 62mph from rest in three-point-something seconds now, that one can forget just how fast that really is.

That’s why from time-to-time, when a car with a particularly impressive figure comes along, we feel the need to put things in context with a a good ol’ list. And the latest car we want to do that with is the Mercedes-AMG E63 S estate.

Yes, it may have 603bhp to play with, but the fact the E63’s all-wheel drive system is able to shoot two tonnes of estate from 0-62mph in just 3.5sec (a tenth slower than the saloon) is nothing short of mind-blowing.

A wagon with up to 1800 litres of bootspace, that’s faster than all these exotics? Sign us up…

Mercedes CLK GTR - 3.8sec

Porsche 911 R - 3.8sec

Mercedes-AMG GT S - 3.8sec

Ferrari Enzo - 3.6sec

Audi R8 GT - 3.6sec

Ferrari 430 Scuderia - 3.6sec

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 - 3.6sec

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

the last person to launch it turned out like this

All this in an estate? Poor dogs…

But who would actually have the e63 over any of these…

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Nobody

Me, with a maybe on the first 3

With the exception of the CLK GTR, me.

i would, i mean you have everything you need in this beast, you have the looks, performance, space, comfort, power plus you’re driving a Mercedes what more do you want ? lol

At this pace,in thirty years time the Hyundai Accent will be capable of a sub 2 seconds 0-60 time and 400mph for around £10000

If that’s the future, bring it on

But remember that although it can accelerate faster than all these cars, it doesn’t necessarily mean that a 2 tonne estate can corner as well too…

Exactly, the 911 R will be so much better in the corners. I like this E63, but I would have nearly all these other cars first.

Keep in mind the AMG is heavily modified compared to the standard Merc in the picture (assuming it is standard, I may be wrong). But of course it doesn’t handle as good as the others, it is made to eat highway miles day after day, not keep up with a 911 R around Spa.

But how often will you even get near to its cornering limitations in day to day driving. However, you can enjoy its mind blowing acceleration in nearly every traffic light.