Watch The Mercedes-AMG GLC63 Snatch Alfa Romeo's SUV 'Ring Record
It seems Mercedes has been keeping itself rather busy at the Nurburgring. On top of its usual industry pool testing for cars like the new AMG A45, Stuttgart has also found time to set a couple of records: a rather niche one with the AMG GT 4-Door, and now a more straightforward feat from the GLC 63 S.
The latter 4.0-litre V8-powered hulk was hustled around the Nordschleife by AMG development engineer Markus Hofbauer in 7min 49.369sec, making it the fastest SUV at the Green Hell. It comfortably beat the time laid down by the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio by well over two seconds.
Each develops 503bhp, albeit from different means. Both have a twin-turbo engine, but the GLC packs an extra couple of cylinders: it has a 4.0-litre V8, while the Alfa has a 2.9-litre V6. The GLC is torquier, but it also has another 150kg or so to cart around, making the lap time all the more impressive.
Be sure to watch the lap to the end: it’s a terrific display of commitment from Hofbauer. The only thing is, we’re now left wondering what sort of lap time the refreshed C63 could manage. Fancy it, Markus?
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V8>V6
Question: do I care?
Answer: no
Bonkers how SUVs have become this fast.
Society i tell you
Imagine how fast the project one will be? 🤔🤔
Italia: La GASP
Germany: YAAAAAAAAAS
Manufacturers forget that those lap times are most of all a testament to how well the driver can handle the car and not how well the car can handle the track
SUV: “we want to off-road!”
Nurburgring: k thx bai
As an Alfa Romeo boi i congratulate Mercedes just as i did to Lamborghini after they beat Porsche’s record
Wow, another Nur “record” lap, I give two schiets
Meh 2 seconds is nothing. And why does this record even exist? Make your car taller and slower so it gets to be in a different category? The Stelvio is so small it’s basically a hatchback.