Security Deposit:           3500€
Transmission:                Automatic
Seats:                              4
Engine:                            6.3-liter, petrol
0-60mph in:                    3.8 sec
MSRP:                             106k
Horse Power:                 630

Some people, for whom only the performance model will do, won’t care about spending an extra £25,000 for the S63 AMG Coupe. Because of the car’s relaxed nature though it doesn’t benefit as much from the AMG treatment as Mercedes’ lesser cars do. Still, it does handle extremely well, better than the saloon, but don’t go thinking it’s an SLS, it’s too heavy for that, so more of a cruiser than a sports car.
There is always something a bit special about a Mercedes with an AMG badge. And with the normal S-Class Coupe being such an impressive starting point, the Mercedes S63 AMG Coupe promises even greater things.

It features a range of chassis upgrades, styling tweaks and, most important of all, a hand-built 5.5-litre bi-turbo V8 which produces 576bhp and is (supposedly) good for 0-62mph in just 4.3 seconds. Good luck getting anywhere near this time in reality though – the tyre shredding 900Nm of torque available from 2,250rpm means the traction control usually intervenes whenever you try to make a launch. This is less of a problem with the all-wheel-drive version of the car our European cousins get, which can do the sprint to 62mph in just 3.9 seconds. Sadly Mercedes won’t make the 4MATIC version in right-hand drive for ‘engineering reasons’! This rather ironic coming from a firm has managed to engineer the S-Class Coupe to lean into a corner like a motorcycle – something no other production car can do…