Major Options / Build: Performance Package, Leather Seats, Sunroof/Moonroof, Alloy Wheels, Adaptive Suspension, Heated Seats

Additional Description: Arthur St. Antoine of MOTORTREND wrote In comparison, a hammer is simply a blunt tool. Back in the late 1980s, before performance tuner AMG became an official branch of Mercedes-Benz, the Affalterbach-based personal trainer of three-pointed stars took an off-the-showroom 300E sedan, stuffed it full of massaged V-8 -first a 5.6 liter, later a 6.0- and a catalogs worth of track-tuned chassis bits, and dubbed the hugely fast and expensive result The Hammer. So if that was The Hammer, what do we call AMGs latest, far more powerful and formidable tool? Maybe The Cannon? Hustling through the German countryside, the E63 felt far smaller and nimbler than it should have for a sedan weighing 4000-plus pounds. Front-end bite is terrific, with steering feel so good it blows all memories of previous numb E-Classes right out of your brain. The beefy 19-inch Pirelli PZeroes stick hard, and even when pushed never once let out a yowl. Better still, the rear end is equally well behaved, following the nose like a good soldier shadowing a general. Such balance makes the E63 as fun to spur as it is confidence-inspiring. Never does the E63 dart off line or make giggly missteps. It is simply locked down. Always. A few blasts along the Autobahn saw an indicated 150 mph, at which pace the E63 felt as secure as a mag-lev train on the boogie. Top speed is electronically limited to 155 mph, but opt for the Performance setup and revised engine-management software raises the limit to 186 mph. This is a fantastic automobile, as adept at eating miles like a ground-bound business jet as it is at leaving smoldering apexes across the curviest of mountain passes. Perhaps no sports sedan yet has done so many things so well. Of course, based on our limited first impressions we cant say for sure yet. But you know whats coming. Oh, yes a comparison test. Meantime, this much is certain The new E63 AMG nails the Hammer to the wall.14 Speakers,AM/FM radio: SIRIUS,Audio memory,CD player,DVD-Audio,harman/kardon? Logic 7? Surround w/SIRIUS,harman/kardon? Speakers,Radio data system,Radio: COMAND? AM/FM/WB InDash 6Disc CD/DVD Changer,SIRIUS Satellite Radio,Weather band radio,Air Conditioning,Automatic temperature control,Front dual zone A/C,HVAC memory,Rear air conditioning,Rear window defroster,Head restraints memory,iPod/MP3 Media Interface (In Glovebox),Memory seat,Power driver seat,Power steering,Power windows,Remote keyless entry,Steering wheel memory,Steering wheel mounted audio controls,Entertainment system,Adaptive suspension,Auto-leveling suspension,Four wheel independent suspension,Speed-sensing steering,Traction control,4-Wheel Disc Brakes,ABS brakes,Anti-whiplash front head restraints,Dual front impact airbags,Dual front side impact airbags,Emergency communication system: mbrace,Front anti-roll bar,Knee airbag,Low tire pressure warning,Occupant sensing airbag,Overhead airbag,Power adjustable front head restraints,Power adjustable rear head restraints,Rear anti-roll bar,Power moonroof,Brake assist,Electronic Stability Control,Delay-off headlights,Front fog lights,Rear fog lights,Panic alarm,Security system,Speed control,Auto-dimming door mirrors,Bodyside moldings,Bumpers: body-color,Heated door mirrors,Power door mirrors,Spoiler,Turn signal indicator mirrors,14-Way Power Heated Front Sport Seats,Auto tilt-away steering wheel,Auto-dimming Rear-View mirror,Driver door bin,Driver vanity mirror,Front reading lights,Garage door transmitter,Genuine wood console insert,Genuine wood dashboard insert,Genuine wood door panel insert,Illuminated entry,Leather Shift Knob,Leather steering wheel,Outside temperature display,Overhead console,Passenger vanity mirror,Rear reading lights,Rear seat center armrest,Sport steering wheel,Tachometer,Telescoping steering wheel,Tilt steering wheel,Trip computer,Front Bucket Seats,Front Center Armrest,Heated front seats,Leather Upholstery,Power passenger seat,Split folding rear seat,Passenger door bin,18" AMG? 5-Spoke Light Alloy Wheels,Rear Window Blind,Rain sensing wipers,Variably intermittent wipers