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Flying German

He, like a ghost, appears from the fog. First, bright headlights, then a powerful silhouette that leads, if not horror, then awe. Maxim Sachkov met face to face with the Mercedes C63 ANG Mercedes. Photo by the author and Mercedes-Benz.
 
Do you like legends? Those that pass from generation to generation. One, more precisely, I will tell about one now. It's about the new C-class model, which was modified by the court tuning company AMG A specialist in turning beautiful stories into legends.
Come!
It is difficult to confuse with the usual C-class sedan in a white veil characteristic features of the flying German woman even more distinctly. A horned hood, which allowed to accommodate in a living a 6.3-liter eight, swollen front wings, a radiator grille in the ARG style. It is not easy to maintain self-control in front of a grinning mouth of a bumper-spool, behind which rows of water and oil radiators were lined up, which are responsible for cooling the engine and boxes. A pair of doubles of chrome sopels behind, and diffusers blacken nearby, creating additional clamping power at high speeds. I guess I look miserable against his background. I’ll try to inspire the opposite to him with such ghosts not for the first time.
Tenacious seats, buzzing electric drives, are taken into an arms. It is difficult to break out of such a grip of side support securely fix the hips and back, but they do not squeeze so that it is impossible to breathe. Maybe the monster is not as formidable as it seems at first glance?
But there is one thought that you will have to keep a herd of 457 horses in the depth, forces you to carefully handle the gas pedal. Incidentally, the whole damn dozen forces separates the C63 AMG unit from the version for the DTM racing series. By the way, many technologies and materials of the eight -cylinder engine for a flying German came from motorsport. An ultra-profitable aluminum unit, on the walls of the cylinders of which is applied by an LDS cover, reducing friction and wear. In the heads (also cast from winged metal) with four valves on the cylinder and plate pushers of camshafts with phase change mechanisms. Thoroughly tuned channels and an intake manifold with a pair of throttle are responsible for the effective filling of the cylinders. A specially designed power supply system injects gasoline under a pressure of 3.8 to 5 bar, depending on the working regime.
Riding a star
The roar of the engine complements the whistle of the tires stagnant C63 breaks off. The tachometer arrow passes 7000 revolutions and, slightly retreating, rushes again to the red zone. The main thing is not to look at her for a long time, otherwise it becomes uneasy, barely the look will touch the neighboring device. The fact that the car exchanges a hundred faster than five seconds you feel with your whole body, but the feeling of speed fails on a speedometer under 200, and it seemed to me that it only slightly exceeded the first three -digit mark.
Behind the frantic dynamics, I completely forgot about the gearbox, probably, this is the best praise of the unit. Even in sports mode, the machine is not only fast, but also gently jumps on all seven steps, accurately adjusting to the situation. About overtaking you can not think the box instantly it will go down one or several programs, and the motor will support its choice. He moved the machine gun by the steering ears immediately responded to my actions. He stopped the unit again took the initiative into his own hands. Oh you! Why did not keep the program? And if you and I would be left in the bend without saving traction? But he immediately was forced to apologize: in manual mode, the engine, reaching the limiter, stopped spinning, and a hint appeared on the dashboard: it would be nice to switch to increased.
For a long time I spun along the mountain paths near Stuttgart so liked the chassis settings. Apparently, it was not for nothing that the designers completely faded the front suspension expanded by 35 mm track, installed a new, more rigid subframe and other reptile stabilizer, selected the characteristics of the shock absorbers and springs. They finished the rear track by 12 mm, strengthened the drives of wheels and levers, increasing the rigidity of the suspension.
Carried away! Mercedes wagged the stern. Immediately, the engine dropped the speed, the brake mechanisms struck the ESP brake mechanisms. By the way, a three -mode stabilization system was first installed on the new AMG. Now she works in the usual rhythm I will try sports. Now the ESP favorably allows you to go in a drift. And you can completely turn it off and do everything that will please with the car. The main thing is not to stop: you can hardly hit the brakes, the device will fasten on the watch again.
Calm, only calm
About a hundred kilometers remained to the place of farewell to the flying German, and the arrow of the fuel tank was already approaching the red zone will have to go as a calmer. A miracle of the formidable monster happened into a modest home animal. C63 obediently rode in the stream, meekly trample on trucks, never provoking a sharp maneuver. The engine quietly rumbled at low speeds, switching in the steel comfort mode and at all insensitive, and the dense suspension turned out to be quite affectionate: without a dental shaking, it swallowed small bumps and pleased with the energy intensity on the waves.
Just like in a fairy tale! It is a pity that it ends. However, I say goodbye to the new legend, and customers have to see the C63 AMG Mercedes-Benz at the beginning of next year. Prices for Russia have not yet been announced: in Europe, the model will cost about 70 thousand euros. Most are not affordable. But legends are not folded about everyone.
Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG is a very strong ghost that can be kind and pretty.
The final five
It was with the C36 model in 1993 that the Mercedes-Benz and AMG companies began closely cooperation. Equipped with a 3,6-liter 6-cylinder in-line engine with a capacity of 206 kW/280 hp, it conquered the first hundred for 6.7 s, and the maximum speed limited 250 km/h. Until 1997, when the C43 model came with a new 306-horsepower eight under the hood, more than 5,000 cars were sold. In 2001, I saw a new C-class (W203 body) with AMG C32 nameplate. One of the highlights of the car was the V6 motor with a compressor for almost fifty horses more powerful than that of the predecessor. He still owns a sales record among mesh models modified by AMG 8250 pcs. Three years later, AMG C55 appeared with a 5.5-liter V8 with a capacity of 367 hp. The Mercedes-Benz C63 became the fifth C-class model, modified by Affalterbach.
 
 
 

Source: The magazine "Driving"