We haven't shown you many of these side-by-side acceleration videos recently because they can feel a little fake. You have one car filmed during the summer and another in February. Or, worst of all, you use the video footage from somebody else.
Obviously, this video has been spliced together from two clips shot by AutoTopNL in Germany. They have fantastic footage of the two inline-six flagship sedans in Germany right now. That's right, Mercedes has its ducks in a row now, just like BMW, and we can't stop talking about it.
The S63 and M760Li are probably going to get the lion's share of the attention. But let's be serious here: you don't need 600 horsepower in a car, even when it weighs over two tons. You're probably not even using 100 HP while cruising along.
So a 3-liter diesel... it's just about right for the job - not strained, not thirsty or overpriced. After the facelift, the S 350d offers 286 HP and 600 Nm of torque. 0 to 100 km/h is supposed to take 5.9 or 6.0 seconds, depending on if you ordered AWD or now.
Meanwhile, the 730d has been making 265 HP and 620 Nm from its 3-liter engine since 2015. It's about 0.2 seconds slower. Let's check and see if we can see that in the video. Yeah, we can... a little bit, as the Merc's fancy display is always a couple of kph ahead.
As with most German cars, these two are electronically limited to 250 km/h. The autobahn acceleration footage is joined by a little bit of POV action where we sample the excellent interior of both these cars. We don't know how much they cost, but similar spec flagship models usually go over €150,000. The BMW is a little bit more old-school, with a smaller display and a normal button layout, but we like that.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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