2018 Mercedes-AMG E63 S | Cars.com photo by Evan Sears
CARS.COM — Do you want to drive a car that can carry four passengers in addition to the driver, has the ability to absolutely terrify those four people (and probably you as well) and find the Dodge ChargerHellcat just a bit too … gauche? Mercedes-AMG has you covered with the new 2018 E63 S, on display at the 2016 Los Angeles Auto Show.
The plan is simple: Take an E-Class sedan. Put some bigger, more aggressive tires on special wheels, add some aerodynamic bits front and rear, give it a unique interior with sport seats up front and, oh yeah, power it with a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 engine making 603 horsepower. And, just for fun, let’s give it a Drift mode as well, adjusting the all-wheel-drive system to deliver all the torque to the rear wheels to make it easier to get sideways.
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Road Test Editor Brian Normile joined the automotive industry and Cars.com in 2013, and he became part of the Editorial staff in 2014. Brian spent his childhood devouring every car magazine he got his hands on — not literally, eventually — and now reviews and tests vehicles to help consumers make informed choices. Someday, Brian hopes to learn what to do with his hands when he’s reviewing a car on camera. He would daily-drive an Alfa Romeo 4C if he could.