The Mercedes ML63 AMG will cost £82,995 when it goes on sale later this year.
The hot Mercedes ML will be offered with the AMG Performance Pack for the first time as a £6165 option. It increases power to 549bhp and 560lb ft by increasing boost pressure and adding a free-flowing air manifold. The electronic speed limiter can be raised from 155mph to 174mph as part of the £2820 Driver’s Package, which also includes admission to a Mercedes driving event
In standard trim the ML63 will accelerate from 0-62mph in 4.8sec. The optional-extra power reduces that by 0.1 seconds. Performance Pack-equipped cars also include an upgraded steering wheel (a £420 option otherwise), carbonfibre engine cover and red-painted brake calipers.
Mercedes claim the new car is 40 per cent more economical and emits almost 30 per cent less CO2 than its precursor. Engine downsizing and two economic gearbox modes; one featuring a stop/start function help the ML63 return 23.9mpg and emit 276g/km CO2.
The ML63 is differentiated from lesser models by aggressive exterior styling, a quartet of trapezoidal exhaust pipes and 20-inch AMG wheels.
The ML63 AMG is cheaper than its main rivals: the £83,260 BMW X5M, £86,896 Porsche Cayenne Turbo and £86,895 Range Rover Supercharged.
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Re: Mercedes ML63 AMG to cost £83k
The question is, why not? The point Matsoc and Liquidgold have made clearly is that buyers of these vehicles aren't necessarily sacrificing something more sporting in order to buy them. It's just that they have a 4x4 for family use/load-lugging duty. The thing is, all too often on these forums, people apply their own preferences and financial situation and describe a car they are unlikely to buy as pointless. It would be like me harking on about how pointless a Gulfstream is when BA First is so good, or for that matter, how pointless BA First is, when Club World is in fact perfectly OK. This all comes down to the preference of the individual, and usually most people would describe the preferences of the priviledged few as pointless, ridiculous, greedy [insert other derogatory term here] when in fact, many times someone walked into a shop wanting a 4x4, and said, "ah screw it, I'll take the fast one, should be fun". The first time I put the hammer down in a Cayenne Turbo, I "got the point", it really does make you laugh. And it doesn't have a "I'm a cheapo" diseasel clatter either.
Re: Mercedes ML63 AMG to cost £83k
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Re: Mercedes ML63 AMG to cost £83k
Does anyone else see the similarity between the rear end styling of the ML and the old Fiat Stilo Estate, or is it just my imagination?