Fans of station wagons and high-performance cars, meet your new king, the Mercedes-AMG E63 S. Mercedes claims that the station wagon set a new standard for wagons at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It managed to hustle around the famed track in 7:45.19.
That time is about a whopping 13 seconds faster than the
former record holder, the Seat Leon ST Cupra. Then again, maybe that isn’t hugely surprising, since
the E63 S has a twin-turbocharged V8 under the hood making 603 horsepower. The smaller
Seat had to make do with just about 276 horsepower.
As quick as the Mercedes-AMG E63 S might be, it’s still topped by a number of other practical performance machines. Both the Porsche Panamera, the fastest sedan at the ‘Ring, and the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio managed to turn
laps under 7:40. Even the 306-horsepower
Honda Civic Type R bests the big Benz with a 7:43.8. But on the plus side, the E63 S is faster than
the fastest SUV at the track, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. The Alfa’s best was a 7:51, so chalk up another point in favor of wagons over crossovers and SUVs.
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