2007 Mercedes-Benz R63 AMG 4Matic Road Test by Inide Line

We've said it in print. We've said it to Mercedes-Benz. We've told our friends. We've even admitted it to our therapist: The Mercedes-Benz R-Class has a weight problem. Tipping the scales (tipping them over, actually) at around two and a half tons, the R has no natural enemies in the automotive arena — it looks like a Sumo station wagon, but any BMW or Audi luxury wagon you'd try to put it up against would get lost in its massive shadow. And while the all-wheel-drive R-Class is built alongside the M-Class and G-Class SUVs in Alabama, nothing about it makes you want to even consider putting dirt under its wheels (a fantasy you might entertain with a Porsche Cayenne).

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[baltaretz]

This car is seen more rarely in the streets than a Veyron...

[bndtube]

This would be one of the first car I would buy if I won the lottery...

[OSkarSS20]

Did I listen well??? it is 4MATIC??? Thas tha THING MUST HAVE!!!! Shame I am poor... LOL....

I've driven W124 2.6L with 4Matic... even on pure ice it is pleasure to drive... while most has went off the road i make that car go sideways still keeping me on the road....

[vili567]

@rurmundo YOUR MUM IS SHIT, YOU FAG

[MercedesBenzR63AMG]

ITS A AWESOME VAN BUDDY YOU KNOW THAT?!!!!

[pattrick2101]

@baltaretz I already saw one :D In a hotel in Austria :)

[hampus117]

same horse power as an e60 m5. almost the same 0-60 time and this is a BIG people carrier that's not bad at all :P

[fourthemasses]

@rurmundo I got an R Class 4 matic, I've driven a co-workers R500 AMG pkg. I own an S500. I can only imagine what a ride this would be, Go back to the x-box in moms basement and let the grownup's talk.

[fourthemasses]

@rurmundo Dick coment



[mitchellongwei]

Now the kids would never be late for school :D

[iamidiotic]

@kixnet I'd actually think the opposite, having a relatively low ride height, low roofline, and long wheelbase, I'd figure this thing might actually be as stable at speed as a S-Class AMG.

I wouldn't be surprised if these things turned into classics with appreciating values in the future considering how unique and the small build numbers.

[Thtblkbrit]

I was waiting on the bus in one of the most likely places, saw it coming down the road in pearl white, thought saw the 6.3 badge, and my friggen mouth dropped.