The new 2023 MercedesAMG C63 has lost a large chunk of its character by switching from a V8 to a 4cyl turbocharged hybrid – but there's no arguing with 671bhp and 40mpg, our road test reports. Full review this way ⤵️ 🧐
► Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance reviewOn paper, the new Mercedes-AMG C63 is definitely progress. Who could fail to be wowed by an increase in peak power from 503 to 671bhp, and a torque peak that climbs from 516lb ft to 752? An improvement in the 0-62mph time from 3.9 to 3.4sec seems pretty convincing, too. And although we’ve all learnt to be sceptical about hybrid economy figures, there must be something in an improvement from 26.0 to 40.
When the extra punch fades away, the battery’s contribution drops to a steady 94bhp, which brings the permanently available combined output to 563bhp – still feisty enough, but not quite as daunting as the advertised 671bhp.On the circuit, the 2023 AMG model collects one brownie point after another.
But start pushing the C63 S hard, and there’s no escaping the weight – at the suddenly less fast exit of a slow bend, in the middle of an unintentionally interrupted uphill drift, when braking hard and late on the approach to a bend. Subjectively, the extra body fat is particularly obvious under kickdown in the 70-90mph bracket, when the transmission slackens for a tenth of a second before the e-motor shifts into the higher of its two gears.
Full marks also to the steering. The three calibrations – labelled Comfort, Sport and Sport+ – subtly adapt to the driving situation with the help of a miraculous algorithm in an unpatronising manner which puts you in charge without hidden haptic suggestions and autonomous corrections. Nice, that.
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