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POWERHAUS

Mercedes-AMG’s brutish SUV brings in an
electrified boost of performance

Squaring up to the formidable RS The result is 0-100 km/h in
Q8 and BMW’s X5 M, the Mercedes- 4,0 seconds and a 250 km/h top
AMG GLE63 and its S counterpart speed in the GLE63 and 3,8 seconds
mount a 4,0-litre twin-turbo V8 and a 280 km/h maximum speed
petrol engine augmented by the for the S.
company’s EQ Boost starter-alter- Both models feature an electron-
ETA: late-2020 nator system. In both the 420 kW/ ically locking rear differential as
750 N.m standard model and the standard, as well as electrome-
450 kW/850 N.m S, the EQ Boost chanically variable power steering
system squirts an additional 16 kW and a drivetrain-management sys-
into the fray under hard accelera- tem with sand and trail presets that
tion for short periods. raise the suspension by 55 mm.

The result is 0-100 km/h in

4,0 seconds and a 250 km/h top

speed in the 63, and 3,8 seconds

and 280 km/h for the S model

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