25 June 2009 - 14:00
S-Class AMGs break free
Mercedes has shown us a bunch of pictures of its new S63 and S65 super-limos. OK, so they're not madly different to before, but we figured you can't really go wrong with a pair of shiny luxo-supercars with well over 1,000bhp between them.
1,137bhp, to be precise. The S63 is powered by a 6.2-litre V8 putting out 525bhp and 465lb ft of torque, good for a 0-60mph time of around four-and-a-half seconds and a top speed limited to 155mph.
If that's still a bit tardy for you, the S65 - armed with its 6.0-litre V12 - manages 612bhp and 738lb ft of torque, and will nail the 0-60mph sprint in nigh-on four seconds dead. Yowch.
Fuel consumption on both cars has been fractionally improved thanks to slippier aerodynamics, though you'll struggle to top 20mpg in either.
Exciting new tech includes something called Torque Vectoring Brake, where the inside rear wheel can be slowed independently of the outside rear wheel to prevent understeer, and a crosswind stabilisation function that keeps the S-Class tracking straight ahead when buffetted from the side.
There's also a new night vision infrared camera which can spot pedestrians in the road ahead before you do.
Visually, the most striking changes are a spangly new set of rear LED lights and a pointier grille, but the AMG S still does the understated, devastatingly quick thing better than just about anything else out there.
No word on UK pricing yet, but expect them to remain similar to the outgoing models: around £100,000 for the S63 and £150,000 for the S65. Yowch.
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why in alls cars have nowadays LEDs in lights is so anoying :(
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why in alls cars have nowadays LEDs in lights is so anoying :(
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why in alls cars have nowadays LEDs in lights is so anoying
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I like the LEDs, although it seems to be that everyone's jumping on the LED-bandwagon, similar to what happened with the old Lexus IS200 clear rear light cluster. Chavs will have LEDs all over their corsas before long.
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Crazier than yodeling and lederhosen (or is that the Austrians?). Love it.
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[kirbdawg, I'm afraid they already do.] I'd love an S65 AMG, although I'd have it delimited - no, it's unlikely that I'd ever V-Max it more than once, but I don't like the idea of having a £160,000 car with a BiTurbo V12 that's been limited. You wouldn't limit a Gallardo LP560-4 to 155mph, would you?
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This would then be the idea car to beat that new BMW M7 with. Oh wait, hang on a minute...
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Well I could have one though I don´t like da styling so much, but if I could choose between the coming M7 and this I would choose da Bm. B.t.w. -Finn-, r u from Finland? Youre not tha only one.
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Not fast enough. If I could afford a £150,000 super-saloon I'd send it of to Brabus for another 200bhp of added lunacy. Wouldn't a Mercedes Mclaren S class be awesome. Don't care what they did to it but it would be cool.
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@Mikeado You're exactly right!!! An XFR would do about 200 without a limiter. The problem would be rich idiots who can't handle a car as well as they think they can and try to max it on the A1 or summin and cause a crash. Although in all fairness if you buy an RS6 or a TTRS Audi will raise the limiter to about 175MPH (if you pay them).
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It looks like you can do the ironing with it. It definitely looks like an iron
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Nice, I like the evolution design over the previous one. It helps that it goes like stink too!
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Nice, I like the evolution design over the previous one. It helps that it goes like stink too!
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idont think the night vision pedestrian thing is really necessary. i mean come on unless ur def ur gonna hear the roaring v12 from 300 metres away. lol
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I dont see the point in all the luxury four door cars wich have as much power as lambos or Astons. If I wanted a fast car I would get an Aston. However, if I wanted a luxury car, the S class is definately the way to go, probably not one wiht as much power though. As for the turret to shoot chavs, that is one of the best ideas I have heard in ages!
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its better than a lexus the end
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Kirbdawg commented on this article
26 June 2009
Nice to see the S-class leading advances in tech again. Do you reckon the pedestrian-spotter has a filter to ignore chavs? Or maybe a turret that shoots them out of your way? Yowch indeed - what a price tag. Instead of the S65, I'd prefer a 2nd hand Gallardo, a new GTR, and a family wagon for being serious.
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