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Written by Stephen Dobie
This is the brand new Mercedes-AMG GLC 63. You might be hard-pushed to spot anything"s changed, such is the subtlety of its update, but that"s fine by us; an impromptu straw-poll at TG Towers suggests this is the most likeable performance SUV on sale. You might cynically suggest that"s faint praise, but in a world of Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglios and Porsche Macans, it"s a genuine honour. And largely thanks to the one thing Mercedes has wisely left alone: it"s stonking 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, which comes with the choice of 469bhp and 503bhp tunes, the latter allowing 0-62mph in a joyously irrelevant 3.8secs. Both operate through all four wheels, and while there"s no drift mode fitted here (a la Mercedes-AMG E63) it"s a pretty rear-biased 4WD system if you"re really hoofing it. Especially now the GLC 63 comes with the same AMG Dynamics" system as the C63, which essentially works like computer game difficulty levels, tweaking the electronic safety systems and rear differential and the way they talk to each other depending on how hardcore you like your driving.
Date written: 16 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15436
This is the brand new Mercedes-AMG GLC 63. You might be hard-pushed to spot anything"s changed, such is the subtlety of its update, but that"s fine by us; an impromptu straw-poll at TG Towers suggests this is the most likeable performance SUV on sale. You might cynically suggest that"s faint praise, but in a world of Alfa Stelvio Quadrifoglios and Porsche Macans, it"s a genuine honour. And largely thanks to the one thing Mercedes has wisely left alone: it"s stonking 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, which comes with the choice of 469bhp and 503bhp tunes, the latter allowing 0-62mph in a joyously irrelevant 3.8secs. Both operate through all four wheels, and while there"s no drift mode fitted here (a la Mercedes-AMG E63) it"s a pretty rear-biased 4WD system if you"re really hoofing it. Especially now the GLC 63 comes with the same AMG Dynamics" system as the C63, which essentially works like computer game difficulty levels, tweaking the electronic safety systems and rear differential and the way they talk to each other depending on how hardcore you like your driving.
Date written: 16 Apr 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15436