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The 63 AMG version of what is arguably “the best car in the world” has hit every market in which Mercedes-Benz is present, but it's only the US where it comes exclusively in its long-wheelbase and 4Matic version in standard.
In other words, the best standard S 63 AMG you can currently buy is only available in the land of the free, as you need to pay extra for the all-wheel drive and long wheelbase in Europe, with right hand drive countries not getting the 4Matic at all.
We recently had a spin in a US-spec version of the only V8 AMG model in the current S-Class range, and boy are our arms tired.
We kid, they're not that tired, even though the sportier settings of the electromechanical steering make it a bit of a handful, especially keeping in mind that this is supposed to be just a sportier S-Class and not a full-blown sportscar.
It would be wrong to call it just a sportier S-Class though, as the 63 AMG 4Matic version can easily make your neck hurt while pushing the go-fast pedal from a stop light.
You see, apart from transforming high-speed cornering into a breeze, the all-wheel drive 4Matic system also gives the S 63 AMG a cheetah-like acceleration, with only four seconds flat required to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a stand still.
There are plenty more goodies to be talked about here, but we should leave you with the full review of the car to better understand what we mean.
We recently had a spin in a US-spec version of the only V8 AMG model in the current S-Class range, and boy are our arms tired.
We kid, they're not that tired, even though the sportier settings of the electromechanical steering make it a bit of a handful, especially keeping in mind that this is supposed to be just a sportier S-Class and not a full-blown sportscar.
It would be wrong to call it just a sportier S-Class though, as the 63 AMG 4Matic version can easily make your neck hurt while pushing the go-fast pedal from a stop light.
You see, apart from transforming high-speed cornering into a breeze, the all-wheel drive 4Matic system also gives the S 63 AMG a cheetah-like acceleration, with only four seconds flat required to reach 100 km/h (62 mph) from a stand still.
There are plenty more goodies to be talked about here, but we should leave you with the full review of the car to better understand what we mean.
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