We now have less than a year until the epic M156/M159 engine family from AMG will forever transform into a simple memory, as the legendary 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V8s will soon be replaced by a newly-developed four-liter, twin-turbocharged V8.
The M156 in the Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG was not only the most bountiful in terms of units sold, but also one of the greatest sounding V8 engines in recent times, making it to the absolute top of our “favorites list”.
Its low-to-mid rpm muscle car burble transformed in a straight-up lion's roar at higher rpm is something that remains entangled in your brain forever after hearing it once, and we're not the only ones who believe that.
In order to honor the car's existence as it enters its final months of existence, Chris Harris took a Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Estate for a spin – or should we say drift session – on a British track.
After what looks like an afternoon of proper sideways hooning of the 507 Edition car, Chris seems to have been so satisfied with it that all the words from the review were dubbed over the video instead of being spoken from behind the wheel during a dab of opposite lock, as usual.
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. Full profile
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