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This is the top 'banana' – the Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG with 507bhp and 465lb ft of torque. Mildly revised along with the rest of the CLS range, the CLS63 gets a new set of so-called silencers, and the same downshift-blipping auto-box as the AMG C-class. Is this enough to take the four-door uber-coupe from good to truly great?

There’s only one way to find out about this Merc CLS63 AMG: thrash it

You just don’t turn down the key to an AMG Mercedes. I barely bothered to take in the new twin-louvre front grille, LED indicators and taillights, and inch-bigger titanium-finish 19s (actually, to be honest, I did notice those), before ripping the door open and bolting from the car park into the Austrian countryside.

And thank goodness we did. Very quickly we found ourselves heading up a steep, switchbacked hillside, all hairpin bends and loose, greasy surfaces, still damp at midday due to the overhanging trees. Narrow but completely lacking in any obstructive traffic. It was one of those moments when you just put your right foot all the way to the floor.


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M

Is there a reason why CLS63 dont use the new MCT gearbox?

Other than it just having come out I don't think so. The CLS may have to wait until the next generation before it gets MCT.

M

They Should of

They were saving it for the FL Sl debut

I agree 100%!

Hahaha can't believe they wrote that. Does the banana come in yellow??

For a price I'm sure AMG will gladly do it...lol

M

Requested! a rotten banana for you

Looks like it say CLS 35 in the back...