{"id":120,"date":"2012-07-11T20:59:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T00:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2012-07-30T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T00:00:10","slug":"rare-2012-mercedes-e63-wagon-fastest-station-wagon-sold-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Rare 2012 Mercedes E63 Wagon: Fastest Station Wagon sold in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1038.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-121\" title=\"IMG_1038\" src=\"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1038-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"LOCATION SPOTTED: Newtown Lane by Cittanova Restaurant (East Hampton Village)\" width=\"584\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1038-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1038-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMG_1038-401x300.jpg 401w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOCATION SPOTTED: Newtown Lane by Cittanova Restaurant (East Hampton Village)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Performance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Acceleration 0 to 60 mph: 3.9 sec (3.8 sec with AMG Performance Pack)<\/li>\n<li>Braking 60 to 0 mph: 105 feet<\/li>\n<li>Quarter Mile: 12.1 sec<\/li>\n<li>Slalom: 71.2 mph<\/li>\n<li>Skidpad: 0.93 g<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It may be hard to believe, but this car is the rarest Mercedes you can purchase in the U.S. and it&#8217;s the fastest Wagon in North America. The latest iteration of the E63 is far more powerful and technologically advanced than any of its predecessors. Now that Mercedes has switched to a twin-turbo setup in its cars from a naturally aspirated one, it not only makes the car faster, but also more efficient 16\/24 mpg city\/highway is impressive even for cars with 100 or so less horsepower.<\/p>\n<p>The big question that most enthusiasts will ask is how does it compare to the only other high performance wagon sold in the U.S.; the Cadillac CTS-V wagon. In a straight line, the Cadillac is killed by the big Merc. But when analyzed from a handling perspective, the advantage favors the Cadillac, due to it&#8217;s &#8220;magnetic-ride&#8221; suspension and tighter steering geometry.<\/p>\n<p>In a nut-shell, if you care about drag racing the Mercedes E63 is the best choice. But if your daily commute consists of winding canyon roads, the Cadillac CTS-V is better. Who would&#8217;ve thought looking back, that an American car would ever out-handle its European counterpart?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Performance: Acceleration 0 to 60 mph: 3.9 sec (3.8 sec with AMG Performance Pack) Braking 60 to 0 mph: 105 feet Quarter Mile: 12.1 sec Slalom: 71.2 mph Skidpad: 0.93 g It may be hard to believe, but this car is the rarest Mercedes you can purchase in the U.S. and it&#8217;s the fastest Wagon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-luxury-2","category-performance-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drivehamptons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}