I want to see Mercedes G63 AMG

Mercedes released a new footage and photos also for G65 AMG!

New photos: Cars & Life Facebook Page

Mercedes G63 AMG photos are finally available or in other term, it is leaked to internet. G63 AMG version is relatively slower than the G65 AMG! G63 AMG will be revealed at Beijing Motor Show and will be available on June with price tag of around €140,000!

G63 AMG is powered by a 5.5-lt Twin turbo V8 petrol engine, 544 PS of power and 760 nm of torque. And creates 322g/km of CO2, and drinks around 13.8 lt/km (20.5 MPG).

	G 63 AMG
Displacement	5461 cc
Bore x stroke	98.0 x 90.5 mm
Compression ratio	10.0 : 1
Output	400 kW (544 hp) at 5500 rpm
Max. torque	760 Nm at 2000–5000 rpm*
Fuel consumption, NEDC combined	13.8 l/100 km
CO2 emissions	322 g/km
Efficiency class	G
Acceleration 0–100 km/h	5.4
Top speed	210 km/h*

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New Mercedes G-Class

The most lunatic Mercedes G-Class has arrived, G65 AMG! This new model features a V12 petrol engine with 612 PS of power and 1000 nm of torque. And this makes it, the most powerful SUV on market. Some people may not like the G-Class, but for me it is one of the best-looking SUVs on market. With this new engine, the experience would much better.

In addition, G65 AMG provides the opportunity to experience the potential of this engine. Prior to G-Class, this engine was available only with rear-wheel drive cars and it was not quite easy to control the car and see what this engine can do.

Anyway, today Mercedes announced the face-lift the G-Class and G65 AMG is a part of it. As you would imagine this car has similar exterior design but, the interior is totally changed. It is totally a new car! The previous models always suffered from outdated interior, even though the material quality was really high, however it was not matching with other Mercedes vehicles’ interior. Finally Mercedes resolved this problem and designed the interior totally from scratch. And it looks really amazing!

This car also features, Distronic Plus, radar guided cruise control with full stop and go function, ECO start/stop function, which I found a bit senseless. This car has an aerodynamic co-efficiency of a wall, so start/stop function may not help that much. Also Parktronic for easy parking, again you don’t need worry about this! Just park to anywhere you want. A revised trail stability programme, new Hold function for steep hills, Blind Spot Assist. Gearbox is now 7G-Tronic Plus in all models. Also, it features three differential locks, low range gearbox and really tough chassis for superior off-road.

But they say anything about electrically folded exterior mirror. In previous models, this function was not available at all. And they need to offer door closing aid, as the doors are very heavy and sometimes really hard to close.

In addition, G63 AMG is also available. But I don’t see a point to buy it when you have the lunatic V12 G65 AMG :)

Overall, I would definitely buy one!

Model	Engine	Displacement cc	kW/hp at rpm	Nm at rpm	l/100 km	CO2 g/km
G 350 BlueTEC	V6 diesel	2987	155/211 at 3400	540 at 1600-2400	11.2	295
G 500	V8	5461	285/388 at 6000	530 at 2800-4800	14.9	348
G 500 Cabriolet	V8	5461	285/388 at 6000	530 at 2800-4800	14.9	348
G 63 AMG	V8 biturbo	5461	400/544 at 5500	760 at 2000-5000	13.8	322
G 65 AMG	V12 biturbo	5980	450/612 at 4300-5600	1000 at 2300-4300	17.0	397

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Interview with Roger Crathorne (Mr. Land Rover)

Yesterday I attended to Jaguar Land Rover’s PR Event. I had the opportunity to experience with various Jaguar and Land Rover models. However, and the most important moment was meeting up with Technical PR Manager of Land Rover, Roger Crathorne (as known as Mr. Land Rover). Roger has been working in Land Rover for 49 years; he started from the junior level and worked in different positions in Land Rover during the years. His nearly half a century of experiences made him the most experienced off-road specialist and engineer in the business. All those years, he worked as engineer for the first generation Range Rover, and developed the four-wheel drive system, transmission and drive train. Later on he was involved with the Discovery project and also took important roles during the development.

He has a well-respected experience and knowledge on four-wheel drive vehicles and currently works at PR department to explain the Land Rover’s technologies to us. You will find more details during the interview. We talked about why Land Rover never introduced front differential lock, the details of the journey from Birmingham to Geneva with the first generation Defender and 1.000.000^th Discovery 4, how he perceives the contemporary SUV market and experience at Land Rover. We didn't skip the Mercedes G-Wagon, Porsche Cayenne and BMW X6!

Cabrio Range Rover Evoque :/

Land Rover released the official photos of a cabrio version of Range Rover Evoque. They say that, it would be in production on 2014 or 2015 and no other information released regarding to this vehicle!

Unfortunately, I didn’t like the style of the vehicle. It only reminds me an up lifted version of Audi A3 cabrio. Cabrio and SUV do not match with each other that much. Therefore, there are only few cabrio SUV on market; Mercedes G-Class and Land Rover Defender! 

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