Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG: AMG delivers its sledgehammer take on Mercedes long-wheelbase luxury saloon

摘要

BEFORE WE GET to the nitty gritty of what realistically cannot fail to be a decent motor, let's consider the obstacles that lie between you and S63 AMG ownership. Firstly, and quite obviously, you must have ￡120k. Minimum. Then, crucially, you must overlook all the other obvious big-fish opposition. Because the Audi S8, BMW 760Li M Sport and Jaguar XJ Supersport LWB are all to the same scale and in the same performance ballpark, and each would leave you with five figures' worth in change from your small fortune. Finally, you need to ignore the rest of the extraordinarily good S-class range beneath AMG's effort, including the oil-burning S350 Bluetec, which will manage 50mpg, and the V8-powered S500, which is just 0.4sec slower to 62mph than the S63 AMG.