Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe | Chris Harris Drives | Top Gear

now everyone knows what an s63 is, it's a big four door

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sedan that goes millions of miles per hour, but very few people know about this car, it's the s63

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and it's somewhat forgotten among the hordes of porsches, lamborghinis and bentleys than operate in that price range but i tell you this could be one of the best cars on sale now of course it's not cheap it costs over a hundred thousand pounds and with options i won't admit how much this one costs, but it is the most beautiful product, everything here is of the highest quality, it is on a shortened S-Class chassis with air suspension and its familiar five and a half liter twin-turbo V8 which has now been replaced by the four-litre twin-turbo V8. liters of the e63.

Confusing, I know, but I tell you, I don't know a car that combines speed and comfort better and I've driven every car that's supposed to, so how come Mercedes made such a brilliant car and didn't tell everyone? about Now, this is a pretty old car, in fact, it feels like a used car overhaul now, but the engine is the old school twin-turbo V8, 5.5 liters, 585 horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque. It's a torque monster. The

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box is a little slower than it is now but I tell you this is the powertrain of choice for this type of car and with the shorter wheelbase on an S class it is a much more agile machine.

I can't tell you how well balanced it is between comfort and speed on UK roads. This is the most impressive GT car I have ever driven. I'll tell you what makes it so good. It's just the level of comfort, quietness and the general feeling of not being in a car, but that shows a pretty big problem. when you're making car videos because there's no way for me to say listen how quiet it is, well I'll do it now, that's my face isn't it? Now I'll make my ride comfort face, I mean the ride comfort is monstrous I've never driven a car like that you see things your eyes say oh that's a pothole and when you go over it nothing happens you hear a little noise like that and nothing happens, the cumulative effect of that silence and that driving comfort is that you normally leave after a three-hour trip cooler than when you started that doesn't happen in an audi a8 that doesn't happen in a bmw 7 series it only happens in this one car and when you think about it when you are stressed and have a lot to do, it is an incredible trick, but in addition to the strange levels of comfort and lack of fatigue, this car is littered with toys;

In fact, it's so fun to poke around in the details of this car that I'm going to have to stop and show you that the S63

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is all about the details, it's often accused of looking like a slightly larger C-class or E-class coupe, but don't look at these lights here, they are individual LEDs and on top of them. They're swarovski crystals this thing reads the road ahead that's why it says smart LED light system don't get that in a c class no don't come around here next time you see one of these on the road if you do because they're pretty rare look that line on the side, this kind of suede line that starts in front of the front wheel and goes all the way back, an unbroken line all the way to behind the rear wheel and gives this beautiful tension on the side of the car, I think it's fantastic, no.

It has no spoiler or arches, but it still looks very wide and forceful, the trunk lid has this duct tail here that is integrated into the metal work and acts as a spoiler. and it produces well, reduces lift, okay, what I love is this extra crease here, so the line follows the trunk lid and the rear panel here, this rear quarter panel just has this little hint of a crease here just to narrow that line to that level of "Detail that I find fascinating about this car because people think it's just a big Mercedes coupe, but it's not, it's totally separate from the rest of the range, that's why the little elements in the heated rear window are so small that they are invisible.

We are not in a normal Mercedes. This is a reminder of the fact that Mercedes-Benz has always been a manufacturer of the best cars in the world and they can be quite expensive now. The cabin of any luxury car should be filled with toys and things to play with. I think this is one of the best features I've enjoyed over 17,000 miles of life with this car. This is my favorite. The driver can control the passenger seat effectively. It's like being in a DB5 and pretending you're James Bond. so you press left and you can move your passenger back, forward, up, down, look, I'll just say the roof now, if you have little kids, there's nothing better than winding them up by just sending them up and down and around you .

You can also control his heated seat and you control his air scarf. This thing has a fan heater that reaches up to your neck like it does in an SL so effectively that you can warm up and cool down the other person in the car in front of you as much as you can. You like it, I love it, it's totally unnecessary, but it's great, great theater, the seats themselves, but they couldn't be better. Let's get them out of the way for the camera. Sorry, Chris, let's move them for you. Wait, let's do a demonstration again. the brilliance of the s class coupon the seat itself is so adjustable I'll let Neil show you what's happening on the screen but you can have everything from active bolsters, passive bolsters, moving everything in and out, up , down, around.

Really remarkable, if you can't feel comfortable in this car you can't feel comfortable in any car, the only problem is that if you're an idiot like me, when you find the right driving position some of the dials go dark. In fact, they're practically cut through the top of the steering wheel, but that doesn't matter because there's a head-up display that I can read on the screen, so it's okay, I just use the HUD. There are two main screens here as there is in an s class, I can't really fault the level of information, it's clear, precise, not too sophisticated, but enough theater to make me feel, I mean something very expensive, the look of the leather, the leather, this baseball glove, thick design, brown leather. it's fantastic other details i love swarovski crystals i almost said swarovski right i'm not going to try it again there's one here ok there's a crystal that sits in your cubicle when you open it which i find um oh it's a bit unpleasant i really do en It's not that I don't like the glass so much uh, uh, the center armrest here is shiny, this is a classic Mercedes-Benz, shiny because it opens both sides, but it does it the same way.

How is that possible when there is no visible hinge? I mean, what snake oil, right? Is incredible. These open up here to give you a cup holder. The other thing I love is that you fold it down and that's where you get your CD out, but that means you can't. he has a drink and takes out a CD at the same time, which is a huge failure for Mercedes-Benz and I hope they look at it for a facelift. What else do we have down here for the chassis controls for the

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box? whether it's sporty manual or comfort, but most important of all is a little sign here on the tweeter.

All speaker covers are metal. There's one upstairs for surround sound. There are some around here. The most important thing I find is that this thing is the best hi-fi. I have ever heard in the car that there are subs in the footwells and then the top end comes out smoothly over the wicket. It sounds amazing, it's such a committed environment and I know there are companies like that name that I love. home hi-fi equipment that produces loud sounds for other car manufacturers and makes a lot of noise about it. Mercedes doesn't make any noise, any noise related to the hi-fi in this car, but it's certainly the best I've ever heard in my life. a car, so the combination of quiet ride comfort and sitting like you're in an auditorium with live music makes it the most attractive long-distance vehicle I've ever been in.

There's enough room for two little people in the back, I wouldn't say. It's a true four-seater, which is notable given that it casts a bit more of a Series Five's shadow, but if you have the seats a little further forward, you can have two adults in the back, but not the longest ones. I don't do long trips with them, the boots are a decent size and the rear seats are heated, plus the butt heaters are essential, I think as you can see I'm kind of excited, I love it, I've lived with this for a while time. a long time and i think it's amazing anyway, enough static review, let's get back on the road, the next trick of the s63 coupe is to downsize, this thing is a big, big, heavy, old ship, but once you start to move down a road, you wouldn't do it.

Believe how small it can fill, it never feels as small as a 3 Series, but you can really punch it on the road and of course that air suspension, its compliance helps you when the surface gets choppy. Mid-corner bumps aren't a problem at all, you just keep pushing. It keeps gaining speed and you can really enjoy driving it fast. I mean, you really can. In fact, it's so good to drive fast that you can even do this with it. There's something so naughty about big, fast cars being driven in a silly way, so let me. Stay silent for a minute and watch a two-tonne-plus Mercedes-Benz slide around a wet circuit somewhere in Wales, but to me it looks magnificent, it's simply the best car no one has ever heard of.

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