hawk20
MB Enthusiast
I found this review in Car Magazine by Ben Whitworth. What a good read: -
“The CL63 AMG is the thirteenth model in the AMG line-up (the S63, is the fourteenth) and frankly, it's bloody marvellous.
Muscular yet agile, sophisticated and powered by a magnificent engine, it makes the Bentley GT look frumpy and cumbersome. If you have a loose £105,000 knocking about, there’s nothing that comes close to matching the CL63 AMG.
This engine sounds gorgeous. We'll never know how it passed European noise regulations, but every penny was money well spent.
At idle its low-rev wobwobwob soundtrack sounds bruising and menacing. In the mid-range those four exhaust pipes pump out a crisp and clean howl. But it’s nudging its 7200rpm redline that the engine sounds its satanic best – a serrated banshee wail that can be heard for miles before the car rockets into view.
And it burbles and crackles on the overrun. When was the last time you could say that about a micro-processed catalytic-converted de-smogged car?
This is such a wonderfully complete car. Yes, you could argue the point that its over-powered, over-priced and simply over the top. But spend a day in it and you’ll find yourself thinking that it has just the right amount of power and that it’s actually pretty good value. Promise. But most importantly it possesses an increasingly rare asset – character. If you have the money, you shouldn’t even think twice.”
Here’s the link: -
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_drive.php?sid=211&page=1
“The CL63 AMG is the thirteenth model in the AMG line-up (the S63, is the fourteenth) and frankly, it's bloody marvellous.
Muscular yet agile, sophisticated and powered by a magnificent engine, it makes the Bentley GT look frumpy and cumbersome. If you have a loose £105,000 knocking about, there’s nothing that comes close to matching the CL63 AMG.
This engine sounds gorgeous. We'll never know how it passed European noise regulations, but every penny was money well spent.
At idle its low-rev wobwobwob soundtrack sounds bruising and menacing. In the mid-range those four exhaust pipes pump out a crisp and clean howl. But it’s nudging its 7200rpm redline that the engine sounds its satanic best – a serrated banshee wail that can be heard for miles before the car rockets into view.
And it burbles and crackles on the overrun. When was the last time you could say that about a micro-processed catalytic-converted de-smogged car?
This is such a wonderfully complete car. Yes, you could argue the point that its over-powered, over-priced and simply over the top. But spend a day in it and you’ll find yourself thinking that it has just the right amount of power and that it’s actually pretty good value. Promise. But most importantly it possesses an increasingly rare asset – character. If you have the money, you shouldn’t even think twice.”
Here’s the link: -
http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_drive.php?sid=211&page=1
