Among plenty of popular German car magazines we can single out one which conducts the most detailed tests. We are talking about Sport Auto magazine which performs not only acceleration and braking tests, but also measures Nordschleife lap time and provides us with the data from an independent dynamometer. That was also the story with Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S 4Matic which had already caused quite a stir in spite of its recent appearance on the market. Let us remind that it is fitted with a 5.5-litre V8 twin-turbocharged engine claiming to produce 585 hp and 800 Nm. 0 to 100 km/h takes less than 4 seconds which is possible due to 4Matic — all-wheel drive system. The final score given to it by Sport Auto journalists consisted of 70 points which is more than BMW M5 or Jaguar XKR-S could get but less than received by Porsche Panamera Turbo S.
- Power, torque: 604 hp, 848 Nm (Dyno measured)
- Weight: 1985 kg
- 0–100 km/h: 3.7 sec
- 0–200 km/h: 11.9 sec
- Top speed: 290 km/h
- Braking (100–0 km/h) with warm brakes: 35.6 m
- Braking (200–0 km/h) with warm brakes: 142.4 m
- Hockenheim lap: 1:13:5 min
- Nürburgring lap: 7:55 min
Source: http://www.sportauto.de/
