2012 Mercedes GL 63 AMG spied near the N?rburgring

 2012 Mercedes GL 63 AMG spied near the N?rburgring
2012 Mercedes GL 63 AMG

The world's fastest seven-seat crossover?

Our spy photographers have managed to catch several new images of the 2012 Mercedes GL 63 AMG.

Spied near the Nürburgring, the massive crossover/SUV is heavily camouflaged but that doesn't prevent us from seeing a GLK-like grille, slimmer headlights and five-spoke AMG wheels which cover cross-drilled brake discs.

Like the redesigned ML 63 AMG, power will be provided by a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V8 with 544 PS (400 kW / 537 hp) and 800 Nm (590 lb-ft) of torque. It will be connected to a seven-speed Speedshift MCT transmission, which should make the GL 63 AMG one of the fastest seven-seat SUVs on the planet.

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 GRAVE GRAVE
WoW! An AMG version of a GL! Actually my bro own a GL550 and it's already fast! wonder how fast the AMG will be
September 24, 2010 7:14 am
 PONTIAC G8 GXP PONTIAC G8 GXP
GL 63 won't be fastest 7-seat crossover. You forget about BMW X 5 M
September 24, 2010 7:27 am
 Hero Sina Hero Sina
X5 M doesn't come with the third row
September 24, 2010 8:23 am
 sb sb
Its fugly. The fastest 7-seat crossover. Could there be a more useless superlative? Whats the most off-road capable Ferrari? Is this for people that do the Dakar with there wife and kids?
September 24, 2010 7:59 am
 GRAVE GRAVE
You now, some people buy SUV cars not for their off-road capabilities, because they have 4 or 5 children and want a family car bigger and more comfortable than hatchbacks, and some of them dont have kids but they like SUVs and don't like going off-road so it doesn't matter if this AMG version can't go off-raod. I'm from the UAE, come to my country and you will see endless LX570s, LC and Nissan Patrol, some of them go off-road and the others don't, they just like SUVs
September 24, 2010 11:39 am
 Shaktiman Shaktiman
wow.. i am a huge AMG fan and a big petrolhead but a twin-turbo v8 on a school bus is a waste of petrol indeed... its time that the boys at AMG start developing a big diesel engine for such models.. preferably for their crossovers & SUVs only..
September 24, 2010 2:17 pm
 sb sb
Yeah no sh@t GRAVE. Do you haul a@@ everywhere with your family? My point is why do those people you speak of need to spend tens of thousands more than a GL550 to have a 6,000 lb., eight foot tall AMG "family car" that goes 0-60 in under 6 sec? If you buy this you either have way too much money, are a chick, or couldn't be a car guy. You could probably get a GL550 and an M3 for the same price as the AMG
September 24, 2010 7:24 pm
 useurbrain4once useurbrain4once
No sh!t at you! Seriously? Who are you to determine what people spend their money on? As much as your comment does not warrant much attention besides a passing chuckle, I will actually waste the next 2 mins of my life replying. 1) they may actually have too much money on their hands...enough to buy 10 of those 2) those 10 may be for the 5 chicks they picked up last week and their mamas 3) who wrote the guidelines on what a "car guy" should be like? Certainly not u. 4) he (assuming its actually a guy that we are referring to here), might actually be a car guy by whatever personal guidelines u have deviced but he doesn't give a rat's a$$ about ur rules, does not care for an M3 nor a GL550. Maybe......just maybe.... he or she (per chance it's a chick in question), just wants to buy it because they actually enjoy packing their family in a 6000lb, 8ft tall, behemoth that manages to go 0-60 MPH in under 6 secs and just..... ya know....haul a$$ everywhere. Now, sb my dear friend.... ever thought about all that? Ahhhhhhhh! Now..... I will take one of those with black on black and 24 inch wheels with red lips!
September 25, 2010 3:00 am
 gadroma gadroma
I think all AMG works cars are beautifully fast and I love the sound from the exaust but when will they build an AMG version of the e-class cab like they did with the CLK. A AMG black series e-class would be in a "class" of it's own :-) Do it AMG dont be so shortsighted build it and see how much money you will make.
September 25, 2010 1:15 am
 Douglas6250 Douglas6250
I just hope that one day there would be an SUV, no matter stock or tuned one that could get from 0-100km/h in under 4 seconds, in the 3 seconds range.
September 25, 2010 1:22 am
 BavarianMS BavarianMS
The X5M is already flirting with that territory. Give it to a tuner and you have it.
September 25, 2010 1:10 pm
 supercharged supercharged
Yeah, people really need 7 seater twin turbo V8 bus, to take 2 kids to school, or to go to the store to buy something.
September 25, 2010 3:47 am
 sb sb
Wow useurbrain those were all really good reasons. You should buy 10. That would be cool. Really cool.
September 25, 2010 10:19 am
 sb sb
10. That one for every inch of your pen@s you wish you had.
September 25, 2010 10:24 am
 useurbrain4once useurbrain4once
I personally don't care for 10 of those. Like I said, I just want one and assuming I am just getting that one for the one-tenth of a pen@s that I have, unlike u, it will be for the sole reason of b!atch slapping you with it!
September 25, 2010 2:05 pm
 GRAVE GRAVE
@sb, you have to be polite with the others
September 25, 2010 2:09 pm