Mercedes-AMG G63 difference in car models explained by CarWow Mercedes has been hard at work developing new ways to bring performance and speed to their iconic G63 SUV series, and YouTube gearhead Mat \u2018CarWow\u2019 Watson revealed just how much the upgrades have helped the model in a high-speed drag race between the 2013 and 2018 cars. The luxury G63 SUV has a long lineage, with Mercedes taking key elements from their 1979 design all the way to today. Now, for the first time in nearly four decades, the SUV formerly known as the G-Wagen has a new lease on life. The high-end London car hasn\u2019t actually had too many upgrades in regards to its exterior, with most tweaks under the hood. So, of course, Watson just had to pit the \u201cold school\u201d version against the 2018 G63 in a high-speed drag race. Watson faced off against his bright red G63 behind the wheel of the \u201carchaic\u201d 2013 update, and the differences between the \u201cmore powerful\u201d new model revealed themselves as soon as they put the pedal down in the race. Out on a landing strip, the 2018 release clocked up a pacey 12.4 seconds, smoking Watson and his seven-year-old car by 1.1 seconds. While the newer vehicle winning was no surprise, the YouTuber was left stunned by the difference. \u201cBlooming heck!\u201d he said, as the red G63 zoomed off in front of him. \u201cThat one has just lifted its nose and buggered the f**k off! That\u2019s interesting, I\u2019ve done quite a lot of drag races in my MG63\u2026 this was a bit sketchy, bouncing over the tarmac.\u201d \u201cThey\u2019re quite similar off the line, but that one [the new model] just smashed this one off the line. That is progress for you,\u201d he added, and admitted he was impressed with how well the newer model\u2019s smaller engine\u20144L vs 5.5L\u2014held up in the race. That wasn\u2019t the only thing Watson tested during the matchup either, and while the 2018 release did shine in most speed and starting categories, the legacy 2013 series did closely matchup in a few of the tests, including breaking. Both cars skidded to a halt in the test, and while the 2018 series did come to a full stop moments before the black older model, it was close. Carwow\u2019s host admitted he was impressed, especially considering the year difference. \u201cThat was the most surprising result yet\u2026 I didn\u2019t win, but I wasn\u2019t hammered,\u201d he said after slamming on the breaks. \u201cThis old girl actually breaks really well. I thought it would be way worse, though that new car does break really well too.\u201d For mobile readers, the related segment begins at 3:01 in the video below. In all other head-to-head features, except the sound of the 2013 version, the newer model did win out. Steering controls, comfort inside the car, and suspension all shone in the 2018 G63, and Watson declared he was \u201camazed by the overall difference\u201d Mercedes had managed in the five-year gap. While Carwow\u2019s host may not have been entirely sold by how the older model has held up, there\u2019s no reason 2013\u2019s release shouldn\u2019t go well for city-dwellers either \u2014 the newer model may have beaten the old, but both are still great cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mercedes-AMG G63 difference in car models explained by CarWow Mercedes has been hard at work developing new ways to bring performance and speed to their iconic G63 SUV series, and YouTube gearhead Mat \u2018CarWow\u2019 Watson revealed just how much the upgrades have helped the model in a high-speed drag race between the 2013 and 2018 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}