Mercedes-AMG E63 S Review – Is this much power really necessary, or worth it?

Ciro De Siena

22 Oct 2021

With 460 kW courtesy of the wizards at AMG, this is the most powerful Mercedes-Benz E-Class ever. Watch Ciro De Siena get to grips with it.

In the latest development in what seems to be an ever-escalating German power war, Mercedes-AMG has released this, the most powerful E-Class ever.

With 460 kW on tap from a bi-turbo V8, this car absolutely rockets off the line, and when we put it head-to-head with the latest RS6, it came out tops – quite comfortably.

This is a brutally fast car and having driven it for a few days, our video journalist Ciro De Siena was left thinking, is all this power necessary, or even worth it?

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To really stretch the car’s legs without the risk of being handcuffed and spending the weekend in a holding cell, we took our test unit to the Saldanha airstrip outside Cape Town.

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Further Reading

Mercedes-Benz E-Class Specs and Pricing

Audi RS6 Avant vs Mercedes-AMG E63 S Drag and Rolling Race

Ciro De Siena

Ciro De Siena

Ciro built his first car website back in his university days and despite denting his first ever test car, it launched his career. He's still at this car journalism gig 16 years later and over the years has hosted live TV segments on national television and hosts a regular car segment on CapeTalk radio. He is most at his happiest however producing content for the Cars.co.za Youtube channel.

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