Firstly, there’s bodywork: only the roof panel, the door skins and bootlid are common with the regular, just launched C-Class Coupe range. AMG widened the front guards some 64mm, the rear-end hips across the axle line by 66mm. There’s a obligatory front fascia treatment â€" ‘twin-blade grille,’ enlarged air intakes, front lower-edge splitter element â€" but the side sill panels are more prominent and rear end, with its aggressive ‘diffuser’ and AMG signature quad exhaust outlets, gets a neat looking low-profile boot spoiler.
But the unique way in which the C63 S Coupe hunkers over the hotmix is down to other significant key changes. Its tyres, at 255mm front and 285mm rear, give it a fatter footprint than the sedan or wagon versions. The aggressive forward taper of the Coupe’s appearance, though, is exacerbated by adopting larger 20-inch rear wheels in rear while using 19s up front.
To suit, AMG extended the track width of C-Class’s newly adopted four-link suspension design, and the body structure has been reinforced. Further, the rear “12-link†suspension assembly â€" 25mm wider than C63 sedan â€" together with the axle carrier were developed “from the ground up,†says AMG, and is bespoke for C63 Coupe. Suspension highlights include standard-fitment three-mode adaptive dampers, unique front steering knuckles, specific front brake connectors, and new wheel carriers and uni-ball links in place of rubber joints in the rear, and increased negative camber all round.
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