Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S Coupe Sets Sachsenring SUV Record, Nurburgring Record Next?

The Affalterbach toy has managed to become the quickest SUV on the Sachsenring, with the feat taking place in a recent test held by Auto Bild.

The German magazine pushed the SUV-Coupe to its limit on the technical German track, with the V8 wielder delivering a lap time of 1:37.89. Interestingly, this allows the SUV to be quicker round the said circuit than the (non-S) Mercedes-AMG C63 Coupe. These are interesting times we live in...

You can check out the feat in the piece of footage below, even though we have reasons to believe the footage comes from a tire-warming lap rather than from the hot lap - check out the frantic steering wheel action, which brings plenty of understeer/oversteer and you might get the same feeling.

Of course, the question that sits on everbody's lips involves a not so small German track called Nurburgring.

And yes, we do expect to see the GLC63 S grabbing the Green Hell's SUV record. For one thing, we spotted the non-Coupe incarnation of the Mercedes-AMG, which packs the same 510 hp twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8, delivering hot laps on the Ring earlier this week. Heck, judging by the insane pace of the test car, the record target seemed obvious.

We'll remind you that the current Nordschleife SUV record sits with the 510 hp Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio.

Then again, there are other machines that might prove even quicker than the Affalterbach brute. And the list is extremely rich, involving high-riding beasts like the 650 hp Lamborghini Urus and the 590 hp Maserati Levante Trofeo.