Mercedes Benz

That's not a rumor, it's a fact. Although the facelifted Mercedes-AMG C63 S was revealed at New York last week, there’s already information coming out regarding its successor. Speaking to CarAdvice, Mercedes-AMG CEO Tobias Moers acknowledged the BMW M3 fighter will undergo one particular change: it’ll become a hybrid. “The next-generation Mercedes-AMG C63 will be a hybrid – that’s now a given,” Moers said. Even its standard rear-wheel drive could be in doubt, meaning it could move to an all-wheel drive setup. That’s not especially surprising, given BMW M’s move to AWD performance to better position itself against Audi Sport. Mercedes-AMG, therefore, will likely do the same. We would not be surprised, in fact, to see a pair of electric motors used to power the front wheels while the internal combustion engine would handle the next C63’s rear. This is mere speculation, of course, but the fact that Moers has already gone on record about a future generation perf...