Parting ways with its rear-wheel drive configuration in favour of a new 4Matic all-wheel system, it looks like the Mercedes-AMG division is set to give customers another way of getting their AMG E 63s sideways.
According to a report by Drive, the next-gen E 63 will feature a new “drift mode.” Yes, you’ve heard that right. “It’s a newer all-wheel drive system with a drift mode. It will have a nine-speed automatic and driving dynamics on a not-expected level from us,” said Tobias Moers, chairman of Mercedes-AMG.
The AMG division boss also confirmed that the E 63 would have the highest output from the 4.0 litre biturbo V8, surpassing the 510 hp and 700 Nm of torque the mill produces in the AMG C 63 S. The next-gen E 63 has been rumoured to offer up to 600 hp in its higher-tune “S” guise, while the regular version will deliver close to 550 hp.
“The E 63 is going to be the biggest step we’ve ever made from generation to generation E-Class – we’ve never made a bigger step before,” he exclaimed. Spied on several occasions before, the new E 63 is rumoured to make its world debut later this year, possibly at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Takumi delivering tofu in an E-class? What heresy is this?
Lucky Proton got no drift mode, otherwise, all those rempits, most who have no jobs, lazy and want tongkat all the time, will be drifting in KL.
Sorry for asking. This Merc is under which category? E-class? Cause i can’t seem to find any E class AMG in carbase.my
It doesn’t exist yet in the market. This is a camouflaged E63 (perhaps S) AMG prototype undergoing testing at the Nurburgring track.