AMG E63S w213 estate pre vs post 2020
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Hello. I am looking at a 2019 E63S estate vs a 2020 equivalent. Please can anyone who has experience of both of these cars share their opinion as to how much of a difference the upgrades from 2020 onwards make? among other things I understand that the ride quality was slightly improved and there was a significant upgrade to the infotainment system, drive controls on the steering wheel etc. Many thanks
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I have more experience with the pre 2020 63s but do know the post 2020 facelift with the other engine variants.
You have pretty much summed up the changes in your post. I wouldent be put off by the earlier car though, it wasn't a heavy facelift, more like an end of run spruce up.
Even the infotainment system is very similar, just slightly revised to keep things fresh. It wasnt the lastest MBUX that was released in the 2018/19 A class, it was the same system put into the "new" 2018/19 G class, AMG GT etc.
There was about 3 steering wheels doing the rounds around that time. The early cars had plastic thumb inserts, the middle cars had metal inserts and the very late cars had haptic buttons. IMO, the best is the middle one, the latest is rubbish. I seem to remember seeing a few metal insert wheels on prefacelift cars though so I dont think the wheel changed at the exact same time as the other updates. Again, I wouldent be put off by the early one though, the quality and reliability was very good.
I do remember the exhaust sound of facelift E53 was shockingly poor. It actually sounded worse than the E400d. Just make sure the 63 wasn't impacted by the same regulations, the older ones sound amazing!!
Any other questions let me know! I worked at Merc for 7 years so hopefully something went in...
I have more experience with the pre 2020 63s but do know the post 2020 facelift with the other engine variants.
You have pretty much summed up the changes in your post. I wouldent be put off by the earlier car though, it wasn't a heavy facelift, more like an end of run spruce up.
Even the infotainment system is very similar, just slightly revised to keep things fresh. It wasnt the lastest MBUX that was released in the 2018/19 A class, it was the same system put into the "new" 2018/19 G class, AMG GT etc.
There was about 3 steering wheels doing the rounds around that time. The early cars had plastic thumb inserts, the middle cars had metal inserts and the very late cars had haptic buttons. IMO, the best is the middle one, the latest is rubbish. I seem to remember seeing a few metal insert wheels on prefacelift cars though so I dont think the wheel changed at the exact same time as the other updates. Again, I wouldent be put off by the early one though, the quality and reliability was very good.
I do remember the exhaust sound of facelift E53 was shockingly poor. It actually sounded worse than the E400d. Just make sure the 63 wasn't impacted by the same regulations, the older ones sound amazing!!
Any other questions let me know! I worked at Merc for 7 years so hopefully something went in...
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