BMW 760Li vs Mercedes S63 AMG - Top Gear - BBC

and we begin with something from BMW this here is the BMW 760li or to give it its other name BMW move over poor person because this is the biggest most expensive and most powerful car binned of you mate it has a six-litre v12 which sounds like plenty but obviously someone at BMW thought no so for a bit of extra Snell this car has got two turbochargers the result is 544 bhp and the power station under the bonnet is connected to a brand new 8-speed gearbox put all that log together and even someone as laid-back as me and quite easily look get a little bigger little batter most 911s in a sprint to 60 and delimited it would hit 188 miles an hour but those numbers only tell half the story this is a bizarre kind of fastest quiet and relaxed and smooth it's like swimming over a waterfall of double cream a luxurious waterfall to the 760 has seats that massage you and an SAS spec night vision system and here's a clever thing pulling up to this Junction view is quite abstract I can't really see what's coming but I press this but there are little cameras mounted on the wings that give you eyes on the side of your head it's like being a rabbit and the price a smudge under one hundred thousand pounds now if you have that sort of money to spend on a car there's a good chance you'll want to pay somebody to drive it for you so that's exactly what I've done I've got myself a chauffeur he's in a bit of a bad mood to be honest because I've told him this is my test it's not about tyre smoke and going sideways dignified driving is what I want this version the 7 Series is only available as a long wheelbase models which means you get an extra 5 inches of legroom in the back doesn't sound much but it makes a world of difference and I can watch the television I've actually got something on here it's rather interesting it about antiques what we're doing man bloody hell Oh God I see the problems the Mercedes s63 has turned up that's the other car I was going to test and that sort of put stinks on heat that s-class is actually the AMG tuned version apparently it's a bit of a rocketship I can see why Stig has got the red mist luckily Stig's a bit too stupid to work out where all the driver aids are on this I know he's found it Oh God Stig has put the dynamic driving control into Sport Plus that sharpens up throttle response and gear changes Honora gadi switch the stability control off altogether that looks of the rib differential thanks to hooligan so the Mercedes the most powerful non turbo v8 car in the world they cost the same as the BMW it comes only in business class long wheelbase form like the BMW and like the BMW it's dripping with technology even the interior lighting has three different color settings in fact there's such a bewildering array of gizmos on both cars that it's almost impossible to choose between them so we're going to make it a bit easier with a game of Top Trumps here's my opponent the Stig it's just like normal Top Trumps accept all of stiggy's cards are the BMW and all of mine are the Mercedes ready okay TV screens Mercedes has TV in the front BMW I know the answer to this it's got two isn't it front and rear so you win that pair climate control Mercedes to zone and the BMW we know has got four zone climate control so you win that pair it's not difficult right seat massage system Mercedes front and rear seat massage and the BMW massage seat only in the front so I wind that pair right bhp okay that's not working so let's go back to the traditional Philistine top gear mad a drag race I went in the Mercedes with Stig at the wheel I think I'll have firm massage for this the BMW quickly took the lead and stayed there to the end that made Stig so angry he went home so the s-class when you drive it you realize it's got much more of a split personality than the BMW on one hand it has lots of very civilizing features it has active body control and it's so clever it can detect a crosswind and compensate for it it even has a drowsiness sensor to prevent you from nodding off now put your foot down and suddenly it erupts with typical AMG volcanic storm and fury and here's something that really baffles me on the dashboard I have a race timer that allows you to record your lap times but why I live in the 911 gt3 yes but who's that for Sir Alan sugar on a track day and that's the problem with the Mercedes it has a strangely confused personality and for that reason Mercedes s63 AMG you're fired

Channel: Top Gear

Views: 9,625,081

Rating: 4.8400159 out of 5

Keywords: BBC, Top Gear, James May, The Stig, BMW, Mercedes, Limousines, Limousine, Video, Captain Slow, Review, Test, Limo, BMW 760Li, Mercedes S63 AMG, Drag race, Race, Top Trumps, Mercedes S63, AMG Mercedes S63, 544BHP, Turbo charger, 2 Turbo chargers, V12, 6 Litre V12, BMW 760 Li, BBC Worldwide, Top, Gear, Topgear, Cars, Car, Autos, Motoring, Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy, Clarkson, Richard Hammond, Richard, Hammond

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Length: 7min 11sec (431 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 16 2010