2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe

The C63 AMG Coupe is the cheapest and one of the best AMGs.This C63 AMG coupe seems like a total bargain compared with the CLS63 AMG four-door test car that we also recently drove here at Automobile Magazine. That car was larded up with $34K in options, making it sticker for a breathtaking $130K. This C63 is, arguably, a more entertaining proposition, even though it has 69 fewer hp and 147 fewer lb-ft of torque than the twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 CLS63 with the AMG performance package. That's because the C63 sticks with the normally aspirated 6.2-liter V-8, which is a grunty, characterful beast. In an age when more and more engines are getting turbocharged and supercharged, the 6.2-liter V-8 is all the more cool because it relies on old-fashioned displacement and relatively high revs, among other things, to deliver the goods. Go light on the options, and you could have a pretty well-equipped C63 for about $70K. Even if you pile on all the available equipment and end up with an $80K car like our tester, the C63 AMG coupe makes for an interesting alternative to a Porsche 911 Carrera or Carrera S.


Photo Gallery: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2012 Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe - Editors' Notebook - Automobile Magazine


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01-20-2012 12:01 PM

Have not driven this yet. Drove the C250 and C350 Coupes. They are the best C Class ever built. The 204 sedan it would not bother me if MB stopped producing them and just made the coupe.

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