As some of you know, the Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG sports one of our favorite engines out there, and the M156/M159 family of powerplants will be dearly missed by our blog after the last one gets built in 2014.
The least powerful version of the 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated V8 develops a not-too-shabby 457 hp and 600 Nm (443 lb ft) of torque, but there are some people out there who crave for a bit more than that in their rear-wheel drive muscle sedan.
The French tuning specialists from BR-Performance are here to help them, and their Stage 2 package for the C 63 AMG brings in 497 hp and 611 Nm (451 lb ft) of torque from an ECU reflash.
Considering this is a non-turbocharged engine, we find the new numbers to be quite impressive, but the standard model wasn't exactly lacking in this department anyway.
Now, if only the new twin-turbocharged M177/M178 eight-cylinder would sound like this...
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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