Review Automotive 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet Lets You Do 186 MPH with the Top Down



Review automotive There's simply something extraordinary about top-down motoring, particularly when you have an elite V-8 to rouse your convertible. At the New York automobile fair, Mercedes-AMG is raising the stakes on its C-Class Cabriolet with another C63 rendition that guarantees as much as 186 mph of hair-stirring fun.




The 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet takes after the same essential technique as the car and roadster variants. There's a 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 motor in advance, a seven-speed programmed in the center, and a restricted slip differential putting energy to the back tires. In the standard C63, the motor makes 469 hp and 479 lb-ft of torque, sending the droptop to 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and on to an electronically restricted top rate of 155 mph. Move up to the C63 S and those figures get to be 503 hp, 516 lb-ft, 4.0 seconds, and 186 mph.

Other than the motor, the 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet likewise scores an updated body, with more extensive front and back tracks underneath flared bumpers, interesting suspension segments, three-mode versatile dampers, and 18-or 19-inch wheels, contingent upon model. The C63 accompanies a mechanical restricted slip diff while the S gets an electronically controlled unit that is said to give "considerably more delicate and quicker control." The S likewise gets dynamic motor mounts that can relax amid cruising to enhance comfort, or solidify amid forceful driving for more exactness.




With all that power on tap, genuine brakes are expected to pull the C63 Cabriolet withdraw to a stop. C63 models get 14.2-inch front plates and the S models get 15.4-inch front circles; a discretionary carbon-fired setup has 15.8-inch front plugs, which likewise have a large portion of the unsprung weight of the standard brakes. Choices incorporate an AMG Performance two-mode debilitate, carbon-fiber outside trim pieces, a head-up presentation, and a wellbeing bundle that incorporates highlights like pre-crash braking and path keep help.

To dispatch the 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 Cabriolet, there will likewise be an Edition 1 variant painted in Cashmere White Magno, with the back lip spoiler and fumes tips complete in sparkle dark. Inside, the Edition 1 treatment involves Nappa calfskin seats with cocoa/dark outline and dim sewing, and also a level base guiding wheel wrapped in dark Nappa cowhide.

Inside of the C Cabrio lineup, the C63 fits over the base 241-hp C300 and the 362-hp AMG C43. In light of the amount you'll pay for different adaptations of the C63, the Cabriolet won't come shoddy. Expect a sticker some place near $70,000 when the auto hits U.S. merchants this fall.