Yesterday I sat down for a long-delayed blogging session only to sadly see all of the unicorns saved to my profile were “Currently Unavailable”. Not a single interesting car to write about. This morning I woke up to this special coupe – a 2015 Mercedes C63 AMG “Edition 507”. What’s special about it? Well, 2015 was the last year for the naturally aspirated M156 V-8 motor, and this bad boy makes 507 hp (hence the Edition 507), more than the 451 hp of a “regular” C63. The specs listed by CarMax are incorrect. This was the era when “63” in the model meant 6.3 liters (okay, 6.2 here). Now the 63’s sport a 4.0 liter twin turbo.
How do you know this is an “Edition 507” C63? Two ways. The easy way was to ask blog reader Hans Mertens, who brought this car to my attention. He said the hood vents are the tell tale signs of a 507 – and told me the car makes 507 hp. The other way to know, if you’re not fortunate enough to know Hans, is to pull the data card from the internet. The code is P61 SPECIAL MODEL “GRAND EDITION”.
The M156 motor and seven-speed automatic transmission will take this sub-4,000 pound coupe to 60 mph in sub-4 seconds. The $9,750 upgrade also removes the top speed limiter and allows this speedster to hit 176 mph. Damned fast coupe. And I’m told it sounds bawdy getting there. Here’s the Car and Driver review of the 2014 model if you want a professional opinion.
This 2015 Mercedes C63 AMG also has the standard seat heaters, blind spot monitor, and rear view camera. It is a three-owner, one-accident car if that matters to you. CarMax will offer MaxCare for 60 months and up to 125,000 miles – another 90,000 miles of driving or 18,000 miles annually of high-speed driving. Buy the MaxCare. The car sold new for probably over $87,000 six years ago. Find it here in Phoenix for half that. May not be a bargain, but it is the last of its kind.
Sexy! And someone already grabbed it!