Photo: S.Baldauf/SB-Medien
The mid-cycle facelift for the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe looks like it will arrive a bit sooner than the customary “four years after model introduction,” especially since our spies have already caught a Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe that is all taped up to conceal its new design features.
Fret not, though, because the look of the model will be changed in a pretty modest manner, to say the least, with most of the nips and tucks taking place on the front and rear bumpers.
The front bumper will probably suffer the most under the knife, with the AMG-specific A-shaped front apron to be slightly restyled. Strangely enough, it seems that the engine grille could also be slightly restyled since engineers apparently went through all the trouble of camouflaging it.
Since this pre-production prototype is an AMG model, the biggest news is expected to be found under the hood, where the twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V8 (M157) has had its days numbered for a couple of years now.
Instead of that dusty old mill, Mercedes-AMG will gift the facelifted S63 (sedan and coupe) with a more powerful version of the new “hot-vee,” a twin-turbocharged, 4.0-liter V8 that's already under the hood of the GT, GT S, GT R and the C63.
If we were to guess, when powering the AMG S-Class the new M177/M178 will probably deliver 612 hp and 900 Nm (627 lb-ft), or just as much torque as the current 5.5-liter and a bit more horsepower.
Transmission-wise, it is expected that the multi-clutch version of the old 7G-Tronic will be replaced by a similar variant of the 9G-Tronic, which will also be modified to accept an all-wheel-drive system on all left-hand drive markets.
Speaking of which, only countries like the UK, Australia, and Japan will get the rear-wheel-drive version of the S63, while all LHD markets will be blessed with AWD as standard. As a side note, Mercedes-AMG is expected to lose the 4Matic moniker on its all-wheel-drive models and replace it with one of five names that are currently being discussed.
Thanks to a slightly lower weight, more efficient transmission and more power, the model should be 0.1 seconds faster from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph), while the top speed will still be electronically limited to 250 km/h (155 mph).
Expect the facelifted Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe to be released sometime at the end of 2017, as a model year 2018. Pricing should remain relatively unchanged.
The front bumper will probably suffer the most under the knife, with the AMG-specific A-shaped front apron to be slightly restyled. Strangely enough, it seems that the engine grille could also be slightly restyled since engineers apparently went through all the trouble of camouflaging it.
Since this pre-production prototype is an AMG model, the biggest news is expected to be found under the hood, where the twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V8 (M157) has had its days numbered for a couple of years now.
Instead of that dusty old mill, Mercedes-AMG will gift the facelifted S63 (sedan and coupe) with a more powerful version of the new “hot-vee,” a twin-turbocharged, 4.0-liter V8 that's already under the hood of the GT, GT S, GT R and the C63.
If we were to guess, when powering the AMG S-Class the new M177/M178 will probably deliver 612 hp and 900 Nm (627 lb-ft), or just as much torque as the current 5.5-liter and a bit more horsepower.
Transmission-wise, it is expected that the multi-clutch version of the old 7G-Tronic will be replaced by a similar variant of the 9G-Tronic, which will also be modified to accept an all-wheel-drive system on all left-hand drive markets.
Speaking of which, only countries like the UK, Australia, and Japan will get the rear-wheel-drive version of the S63, while all LHD markets will be blessed with AWD as standard. As a side note, Mercedes-AMG is expected to lose the 4Matic moniker on its all-wheel-drive models and replace it with one of five names that are currently being discussed.
Thanks to a slightly lower weight, more efficient transmission and more power, the model should be 0.1 seconds faster from 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph), while the top speed will still be electronically limited to 250 km/h (155 mph).
Expect the facelifted Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe to be released sometime at the end of 2017, as a model year 2018. Pricing should remain relatively unchanged.
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