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Powered by a particularly insane V8 engine, this high-revving bahn-buster has a lot to prove and hopes to challenge the might of Jaguar’s radical XFR, Audi’s S6 and BMW’s M5. Recently unleashed at Kyalami, I got an opportunity to thrash it around the track and – after cooking some rubber – left suitably impressed.
Devil in the details
Being a luxury sedan targeted at well-moneyed business tycoons, the Mercedes E63 AMG is consequently most subtle about showing off its impressive performance credentials. However, based on the current four-door E-Class launched just a few months ago, this latest AMG product is still immediately identifiable from its gaping new front apron with exaggerated cooling ducts, single strip LED daytime running lights and tinted headlamps. The front wings, already 17-millimetres wider than those on the garden variety E-Class, also sport chrome “6.3 AMG” badges that alert potential traffic-light challengers to the powerful engine lurking beneath the bonnet. Move rumpwards and you’ll notice that the rear bumper has been fitted with a special black air diffuser that, besides improving aerodynamics, heightens the impact of those four chrome AMG tailpipes responsible for blasting out that awesome V8 soundtrack. Riding atop standard 18-inch light alloy wheels, the E63 AMG can be pimped up with a larger set of 19-inchers that help make the whole car look considerably meaner and more purposeful – definitely worth the extra financial outlay. On the whole then, this daddy of the E-Class range does a great job at translating its sporty nature through the crimps and creases of its sheet metal. It might be understated, a bit of a Q-car, but that, in my opinion, is the only way to go. After all, let’s leave all the brash go-faster bits to the likes of Subaru.
cooling system bmw 3 series?
only drained the cooling system in a BMW 318 reg ik, filled, only a portion of hot water to get through. What have I done wrong?
Do not leave the lid and let it run until the fan comes on, I did in my hot BMW and seized the motor before the fan came on.
The reason, if the water temperature sensor has no water...
Z4 Cooling System - BMW Forum - BimmerWerkz.com
I've read a number of articles regarding the cooling system on BMWs and there is this thread of thought that the system should be "replaced" somewhere around the 75,000 mile mark. Meaning new pump, new hoses, thermostat, radiator, etc., etc. Anybody else have some thoughts on this? My 2003 Z4 is coming up on 75,000 as we speak. Some last some dont my Radiator has done 155,000 miles, my stat did 135K my waterpump did 147,000, my rear hose 95K, front hoses 115K so they go at different times, but if you havent had the car long or repaired it yourself you havent got a clue whats been changed when and you dont really want to be driving down a highway and the radiator goes or anything else, so if you change them and document at what mileage, then you have a fairly good idea when they will approx go again....
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Although, priced at R1 150 000, the E63 AMG is more expensive than both the BMW M5 (R1 036 00) and the Jaguar XFR (R955 000). However, benefiting from one and more »
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