It is going to be four-wheel drive. Only. Even for the UK! These are the words of the big boss of Mercedes-AMG, Tobias Moers, as he gave us a peek at AMG’s future at the launch of the ballistic GT R. Specifically, the E63 AMG’s future.“But we are going to introduce a completely new four-wheel drive system, one which we’ve never had in the company. That’s going to be the biggest step we ever did with a generation. In Germany we had the choice of 4x4 and 4x2, and 90-plus per cent bought the 4x4. People in that segment are looking for four-wheel drive.”
Moers didn’t shed too much light on the system itself, but something that actively distributes torque around – a la Ford Focus RS – is likely. The RS, you’ll know, is quite drifty. The bonkers AMG dynamics shouldn’t be going anywhere, then.
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