RIOT MACHINE

Celebrating the lifting of the lockdown with the hooligan that is the C 63 AMG Coupe

- SIRISH CHANDRAN

EIGHT WEEKS! IT’S EIGHT WEEKS SINCE I tested a new car. Drove a fast car. Drove… not to the shops or the office… but drove to put a smile on my face. It’s eight weeks since the lockdown kicked in and we’ve been forced to live like social media influencers, abusing the #stayhome #staysafe hashtags, as this dastardly virus turns our lives upside down. It’s eight weeks since I experienced The Thrill of Driving. And what better car to get back to work with than an AMG, this particular example being one of my absolute favourites.

Which begs the question, if it’s so familiar why is it on the cover of this magazine?

The C 63 isn’t new to India. Neither is the AMG Coupe new to India. But this particular car, the C 63 AMG Coupe is new. Up until now we had the C 63 in its very practical four-door guise. And early last year we got the AMG Coupe in the C 43 spec with all-wheel drive to save you from your lack of talent and a V6 motor to not probe the outer limits of your talent. Obviously there was demand for something less practical and more demanding to play the hooligan with and that’s what we have here, the C 63 AMG Coupe.

Which prompts the second important question. Will we miss the S on the boot lid? We need empty roads, plenty of corners and my bottle of brave pills to find out.