Photo: Carlsson
No motor show would be complete without its share of ridiculously tuned cars. Here is Carlsson doing its bit to help with this modified Mercedes-AMG C63 S.
On the outside, it looks like the Fashion Police car with its shiny metallic blue strip resembling a layer of nail polish. The same color found its way onto the brake calipers that can easily be seen through either of the two set of wheels available for the car: 19-inch Carlsson 1/5 EVO II Diamond Edition alloys, or 20-inch Carlsson 1/10 Graphite Edition, with the latter designed for maximum speeds in excess of 300 km/h (186mph).
Because for all its unnecessary exterior flashyness, the CC63S Rivage will go seriously fast thanks to some technical modifications to its powertrain. Those brought extra 100 for both horsepower and torque (measured in newton meters, that's 74 foot pounds) for the 4.0-liter twin-turbo engine, pushing the output to 610 PS (610 hp) and 820 Nm (604 lb-ft).
If you manage to get over the in-your-face reflecting blue strip, there are some aerodynamic modifications to be found on the car as well. All of them use carbon fiber as base material for lightness and durability and serve aesthetic purposes as well as technical ones.
They are mostly notable up front where the contrasting white paint applied on the air intake splitting piece makes it stand out like an orange dressed man in North Korea. Not the most discreet front end, but then again nobody buys a tuner's package because he wants to travel incognito.
At the rear, there's a new air diffuser is flanked by a pair of twin exhaust pipes finished in black-chrome, while a spoiler sits on the boot lid lip.
The inside of the CC63S Rivage with its tartan theme is a tribute to classic motorsport legends from Mercedes-Benz like the Gullwing and the Uhlenhaut Coupé, but it will make the younger ones think of the more contemporary Golf GTI (GTE, to be more precise, which is also blue).
I do like the inside, but that could be because I'm wearing a blue tartan shirt as I'm writing this (not a joke), so you could say I'm biased. What I don't like is the carbon fiber laquered insert which would have looked a lot better with a more matte finish. Still, the important thing is there's Alcantara where it matters and the overall quality of the execution seems to be top-notch.
Which brings me back to where we started, and that's the exterior. Reading through Carlsson's presentation of the CC63S Rivage, we find out that blue strip isn't nail polish - it isn't paint at all, but automotive foil. Right, so all you have to do after buying the car is google "remove automotive foil" and you've got yourself a very nice looking and fast going Mercedes-AMG C63 S from Carlsson.
Because for all its unnecessary exterior flashyness, the CC63S Rivage will go seriously fast thanks to some technical modifications to its powertrain. Those brought extra 100 for both horsepower and torque (measured in newton meters, that's 74 foot pounds) for the 4.0-liter twin-turbo engine, pushing the output to 610 PS (610 hp) and 820 Nm (604 lb-ft).
If you manage to get over the in-your-face reflecting blue strip, there are some aerodynamic modifications to be found on the car as well. All of them use carbon fiber as base material for lightness and durability and serve aesthetic purposes as well as technical ones.
They are mostly notable up front where the contrasting white paint applied on the air intake splitting piece makes it stand out like an orange dressed man in North Korea. Not the most discreet front end, but then again nobody buys a tuner's package because he wants to travel incognito.
At the rear, there's a new air diffuser is flanked by a pair of twin exhaust pipes finished in black-chrome, while a spoiler sits on the boot lid lip.
The inside of the CC63S Rivage with its tartan theme is a tribute to classic motorsport legends from Mercedes-Benz like the Gullwing and the Uhlenhaut Coupé, but it will make the younger ones think of the more contemporary Golf GTI (GTE, to be more precise, which is also blue).
I do like the inside, but that could be because I'm wearing a blue tartan shirt as I'm writing this (not a joke), so you could say I'm biased. What I don't like is the carbon fiber laquered insert which would have looked a lot better with a more matte finish. Still, the important thing is there's Alcantara where it matters and the overall quality of the execution seems to be top-notch.
Which brings me back to where we started, and that's the exterior. Reading through Carlsson's presentation of the CC63S Rivage, we find out that blue strip isn't nail polish - it isn't paint at all, but automotive foil. Right, so all you have to do after buying the car is google "remove automotive foil" and you've got yourself a very nice looking and fast going Mercedes-AMG C63 S from Carlsson.
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