Mercedes-AMG bids farewell to its V8-powered flagship. Please join us for a minute's silence.
We knew the end was near, of course. When the V8 is being ousted from supercars, you know its future in saloons must be tapering. Obviously this is unfortunate in a broader sense, but it seems particularly significant for Mercedes-AMG, which has been in the business of fusing improbably large engines with family-friendly cars since its inception.
Deep down, Mercedes-AMG knows this - and because it also knows how to turn a buck, it has endowed the last-of-the-line flagship models of its W213 production run with special edition status. The 999 examples of the Final Edition get no more power from the 4.0-litre V8 biturbo - but they hardly need any; long experience has taught us that.
Added to which there’s the familiar advantages of the AMG Night Package alongside trapezoidal, black chrome twin tailpipe trims, and every buyer gets a customised AMG Indoor Car Cover with"AMG E 63 S FINAL EDITION" lettering in matching colour.
Granted, it’s not the silly-power, flame-out special that would might have appropriately brought the curtain down on a model that includes the legendary Hammer as part of its lineage - but Mercedes-AMG is retiring the V8, not the E63. We’ll learn more about the badge’s new wearer next year, and it is virtually a given that its maker will have ensured that its performance eclipses the outgoing model. Nevertheless, it won’t sound the same or where the time-honoured V8 badge on its wings.
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