So, if there's one thing we know about the relatively small community of automotive journalists, it's this: they adore high horsepower wagons. Full disclosure: I do too.
But for some reason they particularly hate high horsepower sport-utility vehicles, which tend to be more practical and have more room. Of course one could argue they have a higher center of gravity and are typically equipped with all-wheel drive, but that's the sacrifice you make when you pop a few kids out and need that reassurance and practicality, no?
I will say though that there **may** be a wagon that outdoes them all in stock form. That, my friends, would be the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG 507 Edition. We won't be getting it in the States as Mercedes probably couldn't make a business case for it — I probably couldn't either.
The reason why it's so good is simple and if you've driven a C63 AMG you already know. This vehicle makes no apologies whatsoever. It sounds like hell on wheels and is arguably the best AMG product the company makes.
Is it as precise as an M3, no. But it's not meant to be a track day star as much as it's more of a roadgoing, play thing. Sure it has all those track-specific gadgets but if you buy an AMG for the track you're probably a little goofy.
Though the reviewer in this instance is completely bias at the end he notes the choice is essentially between the C63 estate and the ML63.
WHICH would YOU rather have?
On this episode of Ignition, Jonny Lieberman travels to Germany to drive a car we don't get, the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Edition 507 Wagon. Through the winding roads of the Black Forest to the mean straights of Germany's notorious Autobahn, Lieberman puts the 507 horsepower, 450 pound-feet of torque super wagon through its paces. The question isn't whether or not a wagon fanatic like Lieberman likes the 507 wagon (he does), but if the new AMG grocery hauler can live up to the legend that came before it, the mighty Hammer Wagon.