{"id":38573,"date":"2011-04-21T04:36:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T08:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=38573"},"modified":"2011-04-21T01:46:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T05:46:20","slug":"first-look-mercedes-benz-c63-amg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2011\/04\/first-look-mercedes-benz-c63-amg\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Think of the new C63 AMG as Mercedes' Beauty and the Beast, suggested product czar Joachim Schmidt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mercedes-Benz will roll out \u201cat least\u201d four new high-performance AMG models this coming year, the maker reported, giving the first of these a send-up at the 2011 New York Auto Show.<\/p>\n

The new C63 AMG becomes the most powerful version of Mercedes\u2019 \u201centry-level\u201d model ever offered in the U.S.\u00a0 With its naturally-aspirated 6.3 liter V8, the compact luxury model will make a full 451 horsepower, announced global product chief Joachim Schmidt, and 443 horsepower.<\/p>\n

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Your Inside Source!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The engine drives the rear wheels through a 7-speed Speedshift MCT transmission.<\/p>\n

During a presentation at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, Schmidt made reference to a long-running play staged a mile north, on Broadway, dubbing the C63 AMG, \u201cour own version of Beauty and the Beast.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The C63 AMG's 6.3-liter V8 makes 451 horsepower and 443 lb-ft of torque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the bump in power and performance, Schmidt said the new C63 will deliver improved mileage, so figures weren\u2019t immediately available.<\/p>\n

What else is in store from AMG, the high-performance brand-within-a-brand?\u00a0 Schmidt would only point to one other model under development, the next-generation E63 AMG.\u00a0 That badge is a bit misleading because the midsize muscle car will migrate to a 5.5-liter biturbo V8.<\/p>\n

The U.S. is by far the world\u2019s biggest market for AMG offerings, accounting for half of its sales \u2013 and half of those, in turn, are distributed in Southern California.<\/p>\n

(Mercedes will develop four different versions of the new A-Class minicar. <\/em>Click Here<\/span><\/a> for more.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think of the new 451-hp C63 AMG as Mercedes’ Beauty and the Beast, suggested product czar Joachim Schmidt. As TheDetroitBureau.com reports, the C63 will be the first of “at least” four new AMG offerings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[151],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38573"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=38573"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=38573"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=38573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}