This car was in display in KLCC at 11th April 2009..The car is so nice..Beauty I tell ya, One of my dream car too..Tuned by AMG, What you aspect..
Its sleek. In Piano Black with chrome accents, the C63 looks like a Teutonic businessman ready for a day on the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange..... With discreet flash, the C63 is one sedan that holds back on braggadocio, instead letting its performance do the talking. That’s not to say it’s boring..lol... It’s just more like the elder, more mature statesman of the group.
We are fans of this latest generation of C-Class body, with its new, crisp design. When equipped to wear the badge of the AMG division, you know that you are not just getting a standard, off-the-shelf sedan. Expect the usual roundup of front and rear custom fascia, the under-rear-bumper diffuser, and the top-of-the-decklid spoiler. Don’t forget the dual pair of chrome twin exhaust tips and the trick AMG 18-inch alloy five-spoke wheels.
The C63’s 6.3-liter V8 is a work of art. And it is also the work of one pair of hands. Hand-built in the AMG works in Affalterbach, it prominently displays a build plate with the engine builder’s signature in the area over the intake manifold. The rest of the engine room is sublime, as is its performance.
About performance: Of the cars in the competitive set, the C63 AMG, with 451 horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque, is the class of the field, and trumps its closest competitor, the Audi RS4 by 31 horses. Torque-wise, the C63 surpasses the Lexus IS-F, which is whipped handily by a 72 lb-ft advantage over its 371 lb-ft. The Cadillac CTS-V did offer a 400 hp / 395 lb-ft engine choice, but it is currently out of production. Check back in a few weeks for Leftlane’s review of the all-new 2009 Cadillac CTS-V.
Throttle up, and the power from the V8 pushes you back in the seat like a 757 at takeoff. The sound from under the power-bulged hood is throaty and deep. It’s power you can hear and feel. Speed is artificially limited to 155 mph.
The drivetrain throws down with the AMG Speedshift Plus 7G-Tronic with blipping function for immediate response. The side-to-side manual function of the shift lever is one we have never warmed to, and much rather prefer the aluminum paddle shift levers mounted on the steering wheel. Below the gear indicator is a preference selector, which allows choices in the C-comfort, S-sport, or M-manual modes to determine engine mapping for fast or comfortable gear changes. A distinctly faster shift occurs when the sport mode is selected over the comfort mode. The throttle blipping is basically rev matching—which we found to settle the car while downshifting before executing a challenging turn. It provides both an audible, and as Mercedes claims, emotionally satisfying experience at the wheel, especially while dicing through flat-graded turns, which are abundant in our South Florida test loop.
The C63’s wide track, coupled with the AMG speed-sensitive sports steering and multi-link front and rear suspension helped us to basically “will” the car wherever we wanted it to go. I guess this must be the emotional part that Mercedes speaks of, where the good stuff on board instills confidence so that the car and driver become one. Poetically hokey stuff for sure, but it really does feel as though the car becomes a part of you. After all the fun has been had, reality can be grasped at again by way of the cross-drilled and ventilated braking system which performed flawlessly once we had to apply the binders. And oh, how we hated to do that.
As we stated when starting this joint, it is a politically incorrect consumer of fossil fuels. The 17.4-gallon tank will hold enough go-juice to get 12-mpg city/19-mpg hwy. That, of course, is if your right foot behaves.
The amazing thing about the C63 AMG is that before we pulled out the Monroney window sticker to check on pricing, we were anticipating an as-tested price north of $72,000. We were too high. All this could be had for $66,160, transportation included.
If you like your speed un-tethered, order the AMG performance package. For an additional $3990 simoleans, your C63 will be outfitted with a stiffer suspension, limited-slip differential, compound brake rotors, Alcantara trim inside and a 6.3-liter V8 without the speed limiter. In the words of Spinal Tap’s Nigel Tufnell, this one goes to 11. Well, actually, 186 mph.
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