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Mercedes has never knowingly left a niche unplugged, which is why it"s given us this, the GLC 63 AMG. In both SUV and Coupe versionsLooks like a serious piece of kit, no? More so than the GLC 43, certainly. In principle it"s a scaled-up version of the C63 on which it"s based. It uses the same 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 with 469bhp and 479lb ft, or 503bhp and 516lb ft in the GLC 63 AMG S, but adds rear-biased all-wheel drive (though Merc says the torque distribution is "fully variable") and the nine-speed wet-clutch automatic gearbox from the E63.The top speed is limited to 155mph, but the 0-62mph time hasn"t been released. Special three-chamber air suspension promises to "combine exemplary driving dynamics with excellent road-roar and tyre vibration characteristics". Opt for the more powerful S and you also get five drive modes (over the standard car"s four), namely Comfort, Sport, Sport+, Individual and Race. These govern the throttle response, steering, gearbox and so on. The damping is continuously variable and has three settings, Comfort, Sport and Sport+. These you can switch between regardless of the drive mode you"re in, so in theory you can have, say, the sharper throttle response of Sport+ but the softer, more UK-friendly damping of Comfort. Good.
Date written: 4 Apr 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7317
Mercedes has never knowingly left a niche unplugged, which is why it"s given us this, the GLC 63 AMG. In both SUV and Coupe versionsLooks like a serious piece of kit, no? More so than the GLC 43, certainly. In principle it"s a scaled-up version of the C63 on which it"s based. It uses the same 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 with 469bhp and 479lb ft, or 503bhp and 516lb ft in the GLC 63 AMG S, but adds rear-biased all-wheel drive (though Merc says the torque distribution is "fully variable") and the nine-speed wet-clutch automatic gearbox from the E63.The top speed is limited to 155mph, but the 0-62mph time hasn"t been released. Special three-chamber air suspension promises to "combine exemplary driving dynamics with excellent road-roar and tyre vibration characteristics". Opt for the more powerful S and you also get five drive modes (over the standard car"s four), namely Comfort, Sport, Sport+, Individual and Race. These govern the throttle response, steering, gearbox and so on. The damping is continuously variable and has three settings, Comfort, Sport and Sport+. These you can switch between regardless of the drive mode you"re in, so in theory you can have, say, the sharper throttle response of Sport+ but the softer, more UK-friendly damping of Comfort. Good.
Date written: 4 Apr 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7317
