Video: Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Hits The Track

One minute of pure sound. That is the title of this new video of the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe, and it lives up to that. Aural feedback from a properly tuned engine is one of the joys of driving. Few don't enjoy the race car screams of a Ferrari or the burble of a muscle car, even not all want those sounds in the vehicles they drive everyday.

The C63 AMG coupe is a jewel in an era where many manufacturers are turning to smaller-displacement turbocharged. Not that we have anything against those (we don't), but it is nice to see some naturally-aspirated big V-8's out there still. Mercedes plopped a naturally-aspirated 6.2-liter V-8 into its smallest coupe to turn it into the C63 AMG. It makes 450 horsepower, and the Black Edition ups the ante even further with 517 hp. This video shows what that engine sounds like being flogged around a dreary track in Germany.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=387JPiqA5fU#at=33