Forget everything you know about the C63. Or at least try to...
From the moment it started beating the field by half a minute in the early days of the V6 turbo hybrid era, Mercedes has been dead keen to show that the tech it develops for Formula 1 has a direct impact on its road cars. This desire is ultimately best demonstrated by the AMG One, a 1,000hp hypercar powered by the same engine found in a 2015-spec F1 car.
This brings us to the first elephant in the room. No, not the weight. Not yet, anyway. I mean what exactly does this new C63 sound like? You needn't have driven the old car to know that AMG did an incredible job making the twin-turbo V8 sound almost as monstrous as its naturally aspirated predecessor, but, as you might expect, no amount of exhaust trickery can make up for the comparative lack of cylinders in the E Performance.
You’ll also notice that, with the driver mode clicked over to Race, there’s a distinct thump from the rear when the second ratio for the electric motor is activated. While I’m assured zero momentum is lost in the process, it does catch you off guard when the car changes gear even though you haven’t pulled on one of the paddles - almost as if you’ve hit the rev limiter. It’s followed by an extra shove of electric power, and thankfully you can dial down the jolt from the back end in the settings.
That’s not to say the cockpit isn’t a busy affair. With the Track Pace mode enabled, the virtual cockpit lights up with all sorts of alerts to make you feel like Lewis Hamilton/George Russell . With the Ascari circuit programmed in, the car provides a real-time readout of your lap time delta, goading you to get on the power a little earlier to see the timer switch from red to green. Track Pace also uses a trick algorithm to predict the best places around your chosen circuit to deploy boost mode.
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