EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS: Spies catch the first Mercedes E63 on the road

Awesome car, though I doubt that's the first on the road. They've been at dealers for at least a month now.

This car looks like an old CLK class with a door added to it. It doesn't look modern enough.

Why are there such huge gaps between the body panels ??

What are you the body gap police?

Sometimes body gaps are deliberately engineered in to accentuate the cars lines and/or shape, or to break up the monotony of an extended flat surface.

I think E 63 AMG has lost it's ELEGENCE.It looks more like some tuned version now.Something like the E class LORINSER.
And yes agree with the panel gaps issue.Looks odd for a class of car which is built mainly for Executive people and families.

JUGNU

I agree, it looks dated. Who would pick that over an M5?

Matthew
Large gaps are never deliberate. If you know anything about aerodynamics you'd know that the gaps add to reduce the Drag Coeficient or CD and car builders are always wind tunnell testing, trying to reduce the test cars CD, so why do all those tests and then deliberately make the car less Aerodynamics,

Reduction in Performance ( Slight but every bit counts )
Reduction in Efficiency ( Same as Above )
More noise Intrusion into cabin from large Gaps

Error Correction!!!
large Gaps increase the Drag Coeficient CD
The larger the CD the more Drag.

Who cares about body gaps? That means nothing. It might even be a way to allow air to enter and cool certain aspects of the car. The 14" Mercedes steel alloys from the 1970s were designed with little vents in them to allow air to cool the brakes for example. Panel gaps are no big deal.

I think the E63 got even classier than the E55 AMG. The E55 AMG was aggressive looking, the E63 AMG is a little toned down IMO. Still looks sweet though.

I believe the body panel gaps are the same for the c class and both cars have a superb Drag Coefficiency of 0.26.

I am not sure which HUGE GAPs ur refering to, but the close up of the 6.3 AMG emblem is a close up (thus everything looks bigger). and the side panel/front door gap is 5mm or less.

btw the refresh looks quite nice with edgier lines and accents.

I have a question about the Concours D'Elegance. (001 maybe you could answer...)

Well so I was at a European Auto Museum in Tennessee yesterday (look at the website.. http://www.lanemotormuseum.org/) And so I came apon a car that had a plate that said" 2006 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. 1967 Caldwell D-7."
Was this at the show you were at? Sorry, I don't really follow these events.

efox, do you just visit delaerships to see what takes your fancy?

i really need to win something, hopefully the lottery.