2025 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance First Drive: Goodbye V8, Hello F1-Style Hybrid

It’s common for race cars to have some connection—however small—with performance road cars. Usually this takes the form of ‘homologation specials,’ road cars built specifically to qualify a racing derivative for a particular series. The 2025 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance, however, gets its racing connection not from racing rule makers but from the marketing department. Mercedes has spent massive sums on Formula One and come away with groaning shelves of trophies. But those trophies don’t pay shareholder dividends,

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