What happens when you put a 2012 Mercedes-Benz CL63 AMG side by side with a built-from-the-ground-up 1971 280SE coupe by tuner Mechatronik? Car and Driver: Tested presents us with this clash of the pillar-less titans. All you need to do is watch the video, try to decide which one you'd rather have, and be left sitting in a puddle of your own drool.
Just look at the engines on those things, huh? Load the video and let Sam Smith take you through a bit of history and explore the ins and outs of these two wonders of automotive engineering and enjoy the ride (or, in this case, rides).
While the 2012 CL63 AMG is gorgeous on all accounts, it doesn't have the kind of elegance and retro swagger that the rebuilt 280SE coupe lives and breathes. All things considered equal, I'd pick the old-school design any day―and it helps that it's been retrofitted with revised specs, not the least of which is that AMG engine.
Of course, Sam Smith sums it up nicely near the end when he says, "underneath it all, it's still Mercedes-Benz."
What about you, which one would you pick?
Mercedes-Benz has just officially unveiled its highly touted CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake estate model, following a shrouded display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed to open up July.
The CLS 63 AMG’s previous incarnation in 2006 used a 6.3-Liter V8, but the engine in the 2013 model is a 5.5-Liter twin-turbo variant that AMG had been using since 2011. This engine gives the new model up to 525 horsepower with 700 Nm of torque. It makes use of a variety of technologies: spray-guided combustion for the direct injection, air and water intercooling, piezo injectors, generator management, and finally, the ECO start/stop function. Top speed is pegged at 155 mph and it takes 4.4 seconds for the car to go from 0-62 mph.
Of course, there’s the sleek, sporty look to complement all that performance. The car is also equipped with a sports exhaust system capped by a couple of chrome tailpipes to produce a fantastic sound that denotes the power of the vehicle. Mercedes-Benz also claims that the car possesses unparalleled agility throughout its different engine speed ranges, supported by the AMG Speedshift MCT 7-speed sport transmission.
If you’re not satisfied with the base CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake, there’s also the Edition 1 variant, which ups the horsepower to 557 and the torque to 800 Nm. There’s a specialized finish for the exterior and the interior, combined with AMG-branded trim elements, microfibre roof lining, and velour floor mats.
The CLS 63 AMG Shooting Brake and its Edition 1 special variant will have an October market launch, so watch out for that!
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