2008 Mercedes-Benz E-Class

Wagon Wagon

Hand Built AMG 6.3L V8

Automatic

WDBUH77X28B271033

Clear

Gasoline

This rare, top of the line 2008 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Wagon has a lot to offer: great looks, amazing power, lots of interior space, comfortable seats and safety features.This Mercedes Benz E 63 AMG Wagon is not your regular station wagon. Its hand built AMG 6.2 V8 engine delivers over 500hp and monstrous acceleration! This hotrod drives like a sports car and yet, offers great cargo room. It has a seven-speed automatic with steering-wheel-mounted shift paddles, massive 18-inch tires and wheels, performance brakes, a lowered chassis and an aggressively tuned air suspension. It is distinguished by unique body touches and interior trim, deeply sculpted sports seats and AMG markings.Safety is world class: dual front airbags, side-impact bags both for front and rear. The airbag management system employs multiple impact sensors designed to more precisely control the timing and rate of deployment. The system accounts for the weight of a front-seat passenger and controls seatbelt pretensioners according to the force of impact.Mercedes-AMG is the tuning arm of the Mercedes-Benz car company and all AMG engines are hand built using a "one man, one engine" philosophy at the current AMG plant in Affalterbach, Germany. They are considered among the best performance engines in the world. 2 Owner Car, Clean Carfax, always in California. The ultimate sleeper wagon with performance, comfort, luxury and exclusive style. Hand built 6.3L V8 engine, 7 speed automatic paddle shifter. Flint Grey Metallic on Cashmere(Tan) Leather with Alcantera trim. Non-smoker. Equipment Premium package including GPS, heated and ventilated seats, sunshades, burl walnut interior trim. Third row seats. Power windows, locks. AM/FM/CD/Sirius/Iphone sound. ABS (4-Wheel)Air ConditioningAMG Performance Steering WheelAMG SpeedShift 7-Speed Automatic TransmissionCD Changer 6 DiscsCOMAND with NavigationCruise ControlDual Front Air BagsDual Power Seats with Memory and Lumbar SupportElectromechanical SteeringElectronic Drive Position SelectionElectronic Trunk CloserFront Air BagsFront and Rear Sides Air BagsiPod/MP3 Media InterfaceLeatherPower Door LocksPower Front Seats w/Memory & Lumbar SupportPower SteeringPower WindowsSatellite RadioSplit Folding Rear SeatsSport BodystylingSport SuspensionStability ControlSunroofTelescoping WheelTire-Pressure Monitoring SystemTraction Control Car and Driver Test:Let us suggest a solution: pick up the kids in an E63 wagon. Pull up to the curb, brake-torque the Benz, start the rear hides a-boilin', and invite the laughing bullies to climb in. Lift the brake, mash the gas, and lay a two hundred foot patch out of the school parking lot. Let the rears gather traction and you'll rocket to 60 mph in four seconds flat on your way to one very-difficult-to-clean back seat and a 12.5-second quarter-mile at 115 mph. In the time it takes the young ones to sing the ABCs, the E63 will be whipping along at the 155-mph governor. No way the parents in the pristine SUV are cooler...when was the last time the carpool included mud bogging or rock crawling?The E63 is a mild evolution of the E55 gonzo-wagon. The supercharged-and-intercooled 5.4-liter V-8 from the Mercedes mothership is gone, replaced by AMG's own 6.2-liter naturally-aspirated mill. In the grand AMG tradition of model names that may or may not actually relate to engine displacement, these two are close enough. Although the new engine gives up 62 lb-ft of torque to the old, supercharged V-8, there's an extra 38-hp on tap and 800 additional rpm before redline, tallying a screaming 7200. The 6.2 negligibly outperforms the old car in every acceleration test, reaching 100 mph in 9.5 and 150 in 23.5 seconds; 0.2, and 0.5 seconds quicker. The 12.5-second quarter-mile time is identical between the two cars, but the 63 carries one extra mph through the lights.The monster-in-the-closet motor is harnessed to the smooth seven-speed automatic transmission, with real paddles for manual shifting replacing the old buttons on the back of the steering wheel. However, the manual shifting function is still clearly no priority at Mercedes, as tugs on the paddle for upshifts are treated as suggestions and there is not even a hint of a manual-wannabe rev matching on downshifts, as there is with some other luxury- and sports-car transmissions. It's nothing special as a manumatic, but as a regular automatic it's smooth, responsive, and happy to drop a couple gears, making passing on a two-lane so fun you'll want to pull over and let everyone by, just to do it again.Externally, cues that the wagon that just dusted your 911 is the newer model are few. The 2007 model gets different wheels and a revised front fascia, although it takes a close look to notice. And the fibber tags on the fenders now read "6.3 AMG" instead of the old "Kompressor" badges. Of course, none of this will be visible from 300 feet back at 115 mph.Likewise, interior touches are few, limited to a new steering wheel and shifter, and a couple of climate control buttons that have migrated. Underneath, the E63 gets the same suspension as its predecessor, but replaces the E55's touchy, incommunitative electro-hydraulic brakes with conventional hydraulic brakes that offer feel light-years beyond the old system. A two-ton wagon is never going to carve corners like a Lotus, but good luck fitting seven complete people into an Elise. The E63's 0.84 g is good enough to suck barf out of baby's mouth and directly onto the outside window, thus protecting the leather. VEHICLE TYPE: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 7-passenger, 5-door wagonPRICE AS TESTED: $92,675 (base price: $88,775)ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port fuel injectionDisplacement: 379 cu in, 6208cPower (SAE net): 507 bhp @ 6800 rpmTorque (SAE net): 465 lb-ft @ 5200 rpmTRANSMISSION: 7-speed automatic with manumatic shiftingDIMENSIONS:Wheelbase: 112.4 in Length: 192.3 in Width: 71.7 in Height: 59.3 inCurb weight: 4499 lbC/D TEST RESULTS:Zero to 60 mph: 4.0 secZero to 100 mph: 9.5 secZero to 150 mph: 23.5 secStreet start, 5-60 mph: 4.3 secStanding ¼-mile: 12.5 sec @ 115 mphTop speed (governor limited): 155 mphBraking, 70-0 mph: 165 ftRoadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.84 g