![]() ![]() Perceived quality has been a mixed bag with Mercedes’ recently and while the E63 S’s fit and finish are generally impressive, such elements as a light-feeling boot lid that shuts with a decidedly un-Mercedes-like clank is a letdown. ![]() The most striking element inside is the updated MBUX system. In addition to the usual telephony, infotainment and navigation functions, the E63 S’s system accommodates several AMG-specific modules that call up such features as a race timer, g-meter, engine data and other performance-related readouts. The most striking element has to be the updated MBUX infotainment/instrument panel combination, featuring a pair of 12,25-inch TFT screens. That mature air has carried over into a cabin whose facia now features a quartet of louvred air vents similar to those of the W222 S-Class, in place of the striking, turbine-inspired eyeball items in the pre-facelift car. It’s a head-turner, no doubt, yet we can’t help feel some of the pre-facelift car’s visual menace has been erased and replaced with something a bit more demure and grown-up. The new car feels more rounded and accomplished than before.Īlthough such AMG staples as those flared wheelarches deep, vent-studded front and rear aprons quad exhaust outlets and a brace of power domes pressing out of the bonnet’s skin are all present and correct, their application to a car that’s more rounded and possessed of a less squat, muscular rump is a juxtaposition of styles. ![]()
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