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Until 2013, the performance arm of Mercedes-Benz was known around the automotive world encompassing the "brawler in a suit" idea on four wheels.
Ever since the early 1970s, AMG used to take a comfortable and elegant-looking Mercedes-Benz, shoehorn a hand-built monster in place of the original, beef up the suspension and the brakes and poof! There appeared a German muscle car.
One of the AMG notorious trademarks was also their models' tail-happiness, which appeared naturally in almost every rear-wheel driven V8 sedan coming out of their Affalterbach Frankenstein laboratories.
This year, something happened to them, because an unprecedented 4Matic all-wheel drive offensive has started, especially on the US shores.
To put it into context, starting with 2013, every E 63 AMG, CLS 63 AMG and S 63 AMG sold in America is delivered in standard with all-wheel drive.
That goes for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG S-Model Wagon as well, which has now become a true competitor (some would say even slayer) for the Audi RS6 Avant.
With 585 hp (577 bhp) and 800 Nm (590 lb ft) of torque on tap from a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter engine that sounds almost as good as the naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V8, it's no wonder that the peeps from Auto Blog were so ecstatic about driving it on the Willow Springs circuit.
One of the AMG notorious trademarks was also their models' tail-happiness, which appeared naturally in almost every rear-wheel driven V8 sedan coming out of their Affalterbach Frankenstein laboratories.
This year, something happened to them, because an unprecedented 4Matic all-wheel drive offensive has started, especially on the US shores.
To put it into context, starting with 2013, every E 63 AMG, CLS 63 AMG and S 63 AMG sold in America is delivered in standard with all-wheel drive.
That goes for the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG S-Model Wagon as well, which has now become a true competitor (some would say even slayer) for the Audi RS6 Avant.
With 585 hp (577 bhp) and 800 Nm (590 lb ft) of torque on tap from a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter engine that sounds almost as good as the naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V8, it's no wonder that the peeps from Auto Blog were so ecstatic about driving it on the Willow Springs circuit.
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