MORE. LOTS MORE. OF EVERYTHING. Power, torque, gearboxes, driving modes. This is the Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance 4-Door Coupé. More badges, too. It’s at once a technological marvel, a thumping supersaloon, a mind-bendingly fast rocketship and a wildly expensive extravagance. It is – and I think we can say this officially – too big, too heavy, too fast, too expensive and too complex. The headlines are 831bhp, 1084lb ft, 2305kg and £178,704. Aside from the AMG One – remember that? – it’s the most powerful AMG product ever made. Do we care? Well, why not? We are well beyond the realms of sanity with these sorts of cars, so why not embrace the madness and submit to the ridiculousness of it all?
Besides, it’s hard not to marvel at the sheer force of will AMG has employed to create this monstrous saloon car. (They call it a coupe buttwo-speed gearbox and e-differential. This layout allows a 50:50 weight distribution, which is better than the slightly front-heavy pure-ICE GT63 S.
