The next-generation Mercedes-AMG C63 – which will make the landmark switch from V8 to four-cylinder hybrid power – will be officially unwrapped on Wednesday afternoon.
Following a reveal in concept form at Goodwood's Festival of Speed in June, the upcoming BMW M3 rival is emphatically marked out from the standard Mercedes C-Class by way of an aggressive body kit, chunky AMG sports alloy wheels (covering the requisite drilled and ventilated brake discs) and a beefy quad-exit exhaust.
The C63 will be the first AMG model to feature an advanced four-cylinder hybrid drivetrain instead of its long-standing V8 powerplant when it goes on sale later this year. The car will be one in a line of future new AMG models earmarked to receive an electrified version of Mercedes’ new turbocharged 2.0-litre M139 engine.
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