Smashing, yes, but the new Mercedes-AMG G 63 has already been outdone by its electric cousin

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The G 63 has long been a favourite SUV of rich and famous extroverts, but its position has finally been usurped

Mercedes-AMG has built a pig that can fly with the new G 63 SUV, which would be deeply impressive were it not for the fact it already seems outmoded.

Nevertheless, I did as instructed. Accelerating up to around 80 kilometres an hour toward a blind crest, the truck lifts off and sails through the air for a brief and surreal moment before coming back to Earth. It touches down on a muddy slope with an anticlimactic muffled thud. Nothing is broken. Nothing falls off. The landing is surprisingly gentle for a 2,640-kilogram truck that’s about as aerodynamic as a Rubik’s Cube.

The problem, however, is that impressive as it is, such technological prowess pales in comparison to what’s on offer in the G 63′s new all-electric cousin, the Mercedes-Benz G 580.can pirouette and do perfect computer-controlled drifts, thanks to its electric powertrain, the gas-burning AMG cannot. The G 580 has four motors paired with four gearboxes, while the AMG only has two: a twin-turbo V8 paired with an electric starter-generator motor. And, of course, then there are the carbon emissions.

Both the G 63 and electric G 580 will hit Canadian showrooms this winter in limited numbers, according to a company spokesperson.

 

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