Mercedes E63 AMG (2009) CAR review

Oh, yes please.

The forth coming M5 no doubt will be a more foused car but with this Merc there no assoication with over popular 3 series. I can see a lot of current M5 owners buying this. And it's £11k chea[per than the RR V8 petrol.

Mercedes-Benz has achieved success over the decades with offering a range of cars that don't do anything badly, generally being well above average in most areas.  AMG extended those strengths starting as far back as the W124 Hammer which i fondly remember as a genuine wolf in sheep's clothing.

However, the styling language of this new E-Class (even in AMG form) is quite enough to make me want to vomit especially since the latest C-Class looks so good.  Next to this new E-Class, the ageing M5 looks beautiful and lined up against the Jaguar XF (if rear cabin space is not your priority) the new E can only be seen as carrezorie banal!  Even the cabin design seems to have gone in the wrong direction.

Just on looks alone, I would take the M5, XFR and RS6 any day of the week over an E63.  The board at Daimler-Benz should summarily execute the team that produced this abomination called the new E.  And while at it, they should also impale the imbecile who is moving Mercedes gearshifters (7G Tronic models) to the steering column!

AdrianFleming -  "too much is made of the agility of these super saloons"? Are you being serious? Agility, feel etc are what M cars are supposed to be about first and foremost.  If I had a toy or two in the garage for the proper drives, I'd not run an M5, AMG etc as my everyday car, but a 550i or E500.  In my book there can never be too much made of this type of cars' sporting ability, otherwise, they would be no more than slightly quicker versions of already quick cars.

For me, the fact that the report says this AMG is "not quite as exciting as BMW’s aging M5" relegates it to at least second place, for surely, this genre of car should be all about excitement, to the detrement of pampering, which is why BMW/Mercedes provide the 550i/E500.

I'd have to question the reasoning behind your RS purchase over, say, an S6?