CAR magazine's Mercedes C63 S E Performance review: they've binned the V8 for a new 670bhp plug-in hybrid four-cylinder powertrain
. And now, in 2024, the Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder plug-in hybrid. Controversial? Yes, by the bucket load.
The C63 S is also now all-wheel drive , plus there’s rear-wheel steering to improve agility. Which is probably a good thing given how much the new C63 S weighs…The 2.0-litre petrol engine delivers 469bhp and 545Nm of torque left to its own devices. However, add this to the 20hp and 302Nm of max torque from the electric motor and you’re looking at combined outputs of 671bhp and 752lb ft of torque.
The same can’t be said for the drive modes, however. OK, that’s unfair, you can change a lot using the plasticky feeling toggles on the wheel and by delving into the central touchscreen but, crucially, there’s only one individual mode. Audi and BMW saw this coming years ago – added complexity means customers want more than one custom drive mode slot – but unfortunately the C63 only has one. Which is a shame.
Bootspace for the estate version, therefore, is 360 litres seats up and 1,375 litres seats folded. That’s significantly smaller than the old C63 estate and theLet’s start with the speed. When everything is up and running, the right mode is selected and the battery is juiced, it’s devastatingly fast. Really. The numbers on the speedo go up like the dot matrix display on a punching machine after Oleksandr Usyk has just had a swing. Thing is, it doesn’t always feel as quick as the numbers suggest.
Over on the handling side things, the C63 S is markedly better. For starters, it doesn’t feel anything like it’s near 2.2-tonne kerb weight. The quick, precise steering helps with that, but so does the body control and general attitude of the car on the road. What’s more, the ride comfort in the softest damper settings is perfectly agreeable and there’s solid feel from the brake pedal – often an issue with hybrid cars.
The petrol engine and the electric motor work together through an all-wheel-drive system to send that torque to where it’s most needed at any given moment, aided by a limited-slip differential.
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