Why E63 AMG Cabriolet is not a Thing?

"Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW." (aya-yu) 03/31/2015 at 14:14 • Filed to: None

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It's pretty simple, really. The Mrs really enjoys driving in a convertible, but for me, i'll only get a Convertible if it's really nice to drive. And then i realized that there's no such thing as E63 AMG Cabriolet. Why?

For me the E-Cabrio looks quite okay, and with V8 power it'll be even better. Plus since it's a cabrio, you could hear the engine noise better. Why this is not a thing AMG?

Nibby > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 14:16

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They make an E550 cabriolet

dogisbadob > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 14:17

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bob and john > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 14:21

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there is no E63 coupe either. weird right? One of I think the only times in history tht the coupe version doesnt get the sporty engine, but the wagon does

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Nibby 03/31/2015 at 14:21

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I know. But you know, sometimes you need 557hp for some special occasion, like, buying some milk?

EL_ULY > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 14:23

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we sell sooooooooo many E-Class coupes, why not there be an AMG?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > bob and john 03/31/2015 at 14:25

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Yeah.

And that makes it interesting, for BMW/Audi, since i don't really think they have a competitor for E-class Coupe/Cabrio..

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > EL_ULY 03/31/2015 at 14:27

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Yeah. E-Coupes are pretty common in here too, although mostly are the lowly E250 but it's still an E-Coupe..

Plus in my mind, E-Coupe would make better AMG. Because coupe.

Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 15:23

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I was going to say I guess they only do hard top convertibles with the SLK55 and the SL63, but the SLS had a soft top... I guess they just can't make an AMG variant of every normal Benz chassis?

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > Camshaft Chris: Skyline/McLaren/Porsche Fanboy 03/31/2015 at 15:40

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Yeah, so does the SLR.

Sort of. Maybe they think E-Coupe/Cabrio is just not mad enough.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 03/31/2015 at 23:39

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I think it's because the C coupe took the place of the CLK, which was basically an E coupe/cabrio. There would be too much crossover having two AMG models that were so similar. At least that's my best guess.

You could try to find an older CLK63 cabrio. Or get a tune for the E550.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 04/01/2015 at 00:05

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That's valid point.

I wonder how many difference between the CLK63's engine and the E63's engine from the same generation..

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. 04/01/2015 at 00:15

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Well the CLK only used the m156 naturally aspirated 6.3. The E used that engine up until '11 or '12 (don't remember off the top of my head (long day, almost bedtime, brain fart)), then switched to the twin turbo m157 which it still uses. The current E550 cabrio uses the m278 which is the non-AMG version of the m157 and can be tuned to over 500hp with little trouble.