Say Goodbye To The RWD Mercedes-AMG E63: The Next One Will Be AWD Only
When leaked stats for the next Mercedes-AMG E63 landed a few months ago, the unholy 603bhp and 627lb ft of torque put out by the S model immediately had us thinking about the potential for masses of tyre smoke. However, it turns out there won’t actually be a rear-wheel drive version.
Speaking to Topgear.com, AMG boss Tobias Moers mentioned that in Germany - where there was the option of rear or all-wheel drive for the outgoing E63 - 90 per cent of buyers opted for all-wheel drive, signalling that: “People in that segment are looking for four-wheel drive.”
Given just how high the power figures are getting in these kind of cars, it’s not surprising to see a greater demand for all-wheel drive. Indeed, it’s long been rumoured that the next BMW M5 may go for the all-wheel drive only route, or at least have the option of having all wheels driven for the first time.
The all-wheel drive system in the E63 will be all-new, and while no details have been given thus far, expect it to favour the rear-most tyres. So in other words, it should still be up for tyre-smoking tomfoolery. Good.
It’ll also be very, very fast - according to those leaked figures we mentioned earlier, the top S model will do 0-62mph in just 3.5 seconds. This is all thanks to a worked-over version of the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 found in the AMG GT and C63, and even the ‘standard’ version will be good for 563bhp.
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Chris Harris is unhappy !
Noooooooo Mercedes Y u do dis
Aww,no moar skids!AWDammit!
good one laughs till death
top kek
top meme; 11/10
Like I could afford one
It better have enough power to spin all 4 wheels.
The moment you go over 300hp, which is 75hp per wheel, you can bet it’s enough to spin all 4 wheels
Meanwhile at BMW…
Then the BMW accountants walk in saying, ‘Audi and Mercedes are stealing the market share because of their AWD systems, we must do the same or we will have to cancel the M program.’
Just. Disappointed. Are they trying to make an Audi?
Yeah it is disappointing but in the end of the day Mercedes and BMW definitely are losing market share to Audi as they nailed the current RS6 generation. I think they also know buyers just want the safety of AWD traction as well as the ability of it in the rain and all out acceleration from 0. It’s all demand and supply.
WHY MERCEDES WHYYYYYYYYY
I thought the old one was AWD only. The more you know