TWELVE MONTHS AGO WE DROVE AMG’S new C63, the one without a snarly V8 but a beefed-up variant of the A45 S’s 2-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine. Which means it is also 12 months since we came away underwhelmed and rather disappointed with Affalterbach’s answer to BMW’s M3.
A couple of days spent with the new Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S E Performance, a crossover/junior SUV that shares much with the C63, and it’s hard to determine where the recipe has been improved. Powerful? Good grief, yes. There’s a combined 671bhp from the hybrid powertrain2235kg machine will reach 62mph in a claimed 3.5sec, which feels as absurd as it sounds.
