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Watch an E63 S-AMG Wagon Get Tossed Around Laguna Seca Raceway

MotorTrend just started its newest edition of Best Driver's Car Week and a brand new 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 S-AMG Wagon somehow found itself among the contenders. The video of its rather composed (for an AMG) hot lap on the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca was recently posted on YouTube.
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Driven by professional racing driver Randy Pabst, the white station wagon on steroids managed a lap time of 1:42.39 minutes, making it about four seconds slower than the far more powerful and also much lighter 2013 SRT Viper, which was tested in the same day.

Not too shabby for a wagon that can haul five people, their luggage and pretty much all their carry-able belongings in full comfort.

The 2014 E63 S-AMG has the same twin-turbocharged V8 from the regular E63, only its tuned to offer 585 hp (577 hp in American speak) and 800 Nm (590 lb ft). Along with a performance 4Matic all-wheel drive system distributing torque in a 33/67 bias between the front and the rear wheels, the understated station wagon on crack can reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a dead stop in just 3.7 seconds.

Apart from a bit of unexpected understeer, easily correctable from the weight of the right foot, the car's handling provided to be surprisingly good for such a big and heavy car. Check out the somewhat oddly-edited video of the feat for yourself below.

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About the author: Alex Oagana
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Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project.
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