PRE FLIGHT BRIEFING AMG GT 63S 4 DOOR

Why is it here?

The new car in this test, and the most confusing in terms of positioning. Part muscle car, part luxury saloon, part sleek GT, it’s certainly charismatic – even if its mission statement isn’t all that clear.

Any clever stu ?

Plenty: all-wheel steering, continuously adaptive air suspension, ninespeed multi-clutch transmission, and all-wheel drive with a purely rear-driven Drift mode (only on the S version, which also gets dynamic engine mounts, reducing vibrations from the V8 and transmission, and an electronic locking rear di ).

Which version is this?

This is the full-house GT 63S with 630bhp from its ‘hot-vee’ 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 (left). Non-S GT 63 makes do with only 577bhp. Elsewhere in Europe there are 43 and 53 entry-level versions of the GT 4 Door available with mild-hybrid straightsixes; the UK just gets the V8-powered 63 models.