Starling blue. Black interior with CF trim. ‘Standard’ seats (find them more comfortable). Exterior enhanced night package. Black wheels with yellow seatbelts to match the brake calipers.
It’s wild how there’s almost no cars on the road anymore. I was driving an s580 the other day and thought, is this relevant in a society where SUV is the default?
I'm a little surprised how offensive this is to the viewers in the comment section. It's not that I disagree, but more that its so common in the industry now.
@@TedwardDrives It may be because I have never actually driven a car with fake audio so my brain instantly recognizes that fake, video game, simulated sound. Ignoring the tone and sound profile of the noise, it lacks the variability and that slight randomness that you get from an engine. Maybe that's just my experience since I have really only driven 15+ year old EU diesels, which sound completely different in various conditions from cold to warm. It's not like when you press the throttle, the engine just gets louder with a deeper sound, it's the mix of the injector noise to exhaust and turbo and whatever else, all of which just gets lost in this fake sound. Perhaps putting a mic in the engine bay and playing that audio (processed of course), would be a different story?
@@TedwardDrives they’re just complaining out of ignorance. The fake noise people crying about is not actually artificial. There’s a microphone in the exhaust system that takes the actually exhaust note and channels it to the speaker
I think it's a good lesson honestly. I don't think speed is dangerous unless it's occurring in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hopefully those mistakes resonated with people who casually drive that way regularly.
@@TedwardDrives you told us 4 years ago in the 'how to avoid speeding tickets' video for us to pick and choose our battles. in that case, it was a clear lack of thought. lack of observation of surroundings, self awareness, etc. Since that video, I got my license and remain ticket free. Merging onto the freeway is usually a better time than trying to make a yellow light. I always imagine in my head that a deer is about to jump in front of my car, so I always give myself an out. An extra lane and time and space. As everyone saw, MKBHD didn't have any of those options.
Never thought I'd see a Tedward video in NJ, and as a native I was honestly waiting for the comment about 'seeing some shit'. Gave me a chuckle because.... well yeah NJ
I always point to this car when I hear a bunch of people writing treatises defending the design of the new BMW"s. Great design needs no explanation. You know it when you see it.
This is a generally attractive car but I really think that peak modern Mercedes was 2015-2020. W222 S class, W213 e-class, original GT, etc. They all balanced very attractive interiors with smartly integrated tech and drivetrains that were not unnecessarily complicated (looking at you new c63).
@@Onboredatlast relatable. I have a fully optioned W205 on the 19-inch AMG night wheels and love it, but I can’t really get with any of the current lineup aside from the GT63 (which to me is too pricy to be worth it vs. other cars). W222 will likely be the last great S-class design, so I’ve considered grabbing a late model year example as an upgrade to my W205, but eh.
One of my dream cars! I would get the 63s one. I went to visit my grandma over the weekend in the Hamptons and saw an ultra rare edition of the one you drove. A Brabus one. Sounded absolutely amazing!!
It’s a nice looking car all around, the only cons I have personally are the pumped in fake engine sounds and the giant touch screen in the middle #bringbackbuttons
@@Erik-ce3hqno it isn’t. It’s the actual exhaust sound picked up by a mic and channeled in. Most supercars do this now. They don’t build a synthesizer connected to the engine to make sound up. It’s just an assist to add drama in a very noise insulated cabin. The alternative is to have lots of road noise in comfort. That doesn’t work in a GT.
Never thought I’d see one of these car review drives through my hometown (Eatontown). Pretty cool to see since I haven’t been there in over 7 years. Edit: if you’re in the area for other drives, I would recommend doing Ocean Ave near Pier Village in Long Branch or Route 537 through Colts Neck.
Always liked these. 8.8 MPG for a commute is very entertaining though. Noise seems pretty synthetic on the inside, or is that just how it comes across on YT?
I don't know if the pumped in Audio from the car is being translated properly from in-person to our ears, because it sounds pretty ass hearing it from my headphones. It sounds like crappy old v8 sounds from a 90s videogame. Could totally sound different in-person, I wouldn't know.
I drove a Mach E the other day for the first time and the fake noise in that actually made my Bronco's fake noise more noticeable because now I can tell its exactly the same as they do in an EV. I wish the trend would die because the 2.7 makes plenty of turbo sounds to be interesting on its own. Imagine if this car made the sounds the M156 made naturally like in the w204 C63 I had for a while. Also, fake on screen hvac controls that literally just mimic real buttons is the worst solution I have seen to the problem oem's created by deciding soft buttons are somehow better.
Hi Tedward (apologies I don't know your actual name aha) I started watching your channel awhile ago from the M3 blizzard, watching you inspired me to start my own clothes company so that hopefully i can afford my own E92 1 day. Thanks for the inspiration man!
@@reverbandchillyou know you can buy a flip phone still? Any guesses why people don’t? The screens may get smaller, there will be no going back to analogue. It’s all going to be voice commands and gestures (a feature available in this car that reads hand movements without even touching the screen). It’s something for us old people to complain about. I remember when cars didn’t park themselves and you could kerb the wheels etc
@ we will see :) I don’t think screens will ever go away fully, there’s no way. I just think they’ll become much less centric in the design language is all.
I totally agree about making lighter sports cars with less technology. That's exactly why I recently bought a 991.1 911 instead of a newer one because of the NA engine, the weight (3120lbs, which I still wish was lower), and minimal tech. At least vehicles like that still exist if you're prepared to either spend an absurd amount of money or buy an older car like I did. I really thought hard about a Lotus Emira but there is nowhere to get that serviced where I live (in a rural area) and I didn't want that type of hassle in my life. As of right now I don't see myself buying a sports car newer than mid-2000s as a result of the increase in weight and the obsession with added technology.
Weird to see you in my neck of the woods! IMO you just saw some of the worst roads to drive in the country…also weird that I get an email from MB of Little Silver, where I’ve never shopped, asking if I want to buy a 2024 Vantage the day you post this 😂
Man, those vertically attached square-ish infotainment screens are genuinely one of the ugliest design decisions I've ever seen in cars. "Here, have an Ipad stuck to the middle of your 150 thousand dollar car"...
I just can’t imagine it’ll age well. I much prefer the interiors of the prior generation of MBs. I figured I’d upgrade my W205 when the new gen came out, but there’s no way I’m doing that.
Crazy how bad some cars are on the american roads. Here we have annual mandatory checkups. If you get a 1st degree mark on something, you must be fixed until next checkup, if you get a 2nd degree mark you are only allowed to drive to the mechanic to fix it and 3rd degree, you are not even allowed to sit in the car, it getting towed to the mechanic. The cars being market in the car registrary, so if a cop car passes by and their cameras catches the licence plate and you have a 2 or a 3 you're toast.
@@SM-1010 No. It has an artificial sound coming from the speakers just like the S63 E pefrormance. If you look up S63 e performance launch control, you will know what I'm talking about. You can also hear that in this car.
No comparison. The Lexus isn’t a supercar. It’s a luxury sedan with sedan performance and plastic doodads. Same money you could get a Jag F type or M3. Better performance and nicer place to be. After all, it’s a Toyota. Comparable for this are a 911 / Roma / Vantage.
@IanTheCarGuy no, LC is a coupe not a sedan ...and out classes them all in style and design toyota bred or not could care less ...... This is not the 80s they created the LFA one of the greatest super cars in the world..... I could care less about how they go around a track.... And if I did I would just go get that... Put to your point this Mercedes is in no realm a supercar. It is a GT car very much in the same class of the LC a grand tourer .... Heck even the 9/11 the Roma those aren't super cars man
I wish they stuck to their guns of an actual ground up rip snorting sports car and not what is essentially an E class coupe. this with an SL badge would be more fitting IMHO
That color is not for me. I prefer understated. That color and the interior scream "LOOK AT ME!!" The 500E that cruised fast and looked like you made it-no fuss-is more my style.
@@TedwardDrives Was my comment seriously that devoid of personality? If yes, press 1. If no, press 2. If you're currently having an existential crisis, press 3. ..3
I think I really need to go drive one of these to see if the fake engine sound is as terrible as it sounds in these videos. To my ears, it's basically on par with the car just being broken, and the sound isn't suppose to be there. I truly don't know how a dealer would convince someone to buy one of these after a test drive if that's the experience they have. It is so awful.
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What do you think of the color? How would you have your GT 63? Happy Thanksgiving! Safe Travels
silver metallic (boring i know) tan interior and silver wheels & yellow calipers
Immaculate ❤
Starling blue. Black interior with CF trim. ‘Standard’ seats (find them more comfortable). Exterior enhanced night package. Black wheels with yellow seatbelts to match the brake calipers.
Loved how he is talking about small cars, takes a right turn and on the left like 12 SUVs are lined up in 2 lanes :D
It’s wild how there’s almost no cars on the road anymore. I was driving an s580 the other day and thought, is this relevant in a society where SUV is the default?
@@TedwardDrives how do you like the S vs. the GLS? To me, the sedan is just miles above the SUV.
Man that engine sound from the intro almost made me not wanna watch this, but I can't miss a Tedward video just because of that
I'm a little surprised how offensive this is to the viewers in the comment section. It's not that I disagree, but more that its so common in the industry now.
@@TedwardDrives It may be because I have never actually driven a car with fake audio so my brain instantly recognizes that fake, video game, simulated sound. Ignoring the tone and sound profile of the noise, it lacks the variability and that slight randomness that you get from an engine. Maybe that's just my experience since I have really only driven 15+ year old EU diesels, which sound completely different in various conditions from cold to warm. It's not like when you press the throttle, the engine just gets louder with a deeper sound, it's the mix of the injector noise to exhaust and turbo and whatever else, all of which just gets lost in this fake sound.
Perhaps putting a mic in the engine bay and playing that audio (processed of course), would be a different story?
@@TedwardDrives they’re just complaining out of ignorance. The fake noise people crying about is not actually artificial. There’s a microphone in the exhaust system that takes the actually exhaust note and channels it to the speaker
@@SM-1010 no its not, the tone is completely different from the exhaust note
@@TedwardDrives The piped in sound is very Forza Horizon, not gonna lie.
13:09 quality content with underliying jokes. I love it
13:11 Love the MKBHD reference
I think it's a good lesson honestly. I don't think speed is dangerous unless it's occurring in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hopefully those mistakes resonated with people who casually drive that way regularly.
@@TedwardDrives you told us 4 years ago in the 'how to avoid speeding tickets' video for us to pick and choose our battles. in that case, it was a clear lack of thought. lack of observation of surroundings, self awareness, etc. Since that video, I got my license and remain ticket free. Merging onto the freeway is usually a better time than trying to make a yellow light. I always imagine in my head that a deer is about to jump in front of my car, so I always give myself an out. An extra lane and time and space. As everyone saw, MKBHD didn't have any of those options.
That color is gorgeous! Wouldn't have it any other way.
i just can't with the fake sound...
Turn it off
Having a V8 and still putting fake exhaust sound should be criminal !
That's how you know someone completely lacks class and awareness
Never thought I'd see a Tedward video in NJ, and as a native I was honestly waiting for the comment about 'seeing some shit'. Gave me a chuckle because.... well yeah NJ
Same here, it’s cool seeing him film in a very familiar area
I always point to this car when I hear a bunch of people writing treatises defending the design of the new BMW"s. Great design needs no explanation. You know it when you see it.
This is a generally attractive car but I really think that peak modern Mercedes was 2015-2020. W222 S class, W213 e-class, original GT, etc. They all balanced very attractive interiors with smartly integrated tech and drivetrains that were not unnecessarily complicated (looking at you new c63).
I grew up loving Mercedes (teenager in the W124 era) but now I can afford one..... there is not a single one in their current line up I want.
I love the W222 and W205. I think those designs are going to be vastly more appreciated with time.
@@Onboredatlast relatable. I have a fully optioned W205 on the 19-inch AMG night wheels and love it, but I can’t really get with any of the current lineup aside from the GT63 (which to me is too pricy to be worth it vs. other cars). W222 will likely be the last great S-class design, so I’ve considered grabbing a late model year example as an upgrade to my W205, but eh.
One of my dream cars! I would get the 63s one. I went to visit my grandma over the weekend in the Hamptons and saw an ultra rare edition of the one you drove. A Brabus one. Sounded absolutely amazing!!
am I the only person who does not like the sound of the engine from the inside? I feel like they add fake sounds.
There is clearly a lot of added sound inside. It is very clear to hear in the first clip.
@ yeah, I’m talking about the first clip. The AMG 4.0l V8 sounds amazing, but adding the fake sounds is just terrible.
Automakers are also adding speakers to the exhausts. Some cars have a big crack on upshifts and its fake
sound is top🎉🎉
Obnoxious engine sound
Great review. Honest and grounded.
Tedward, since you get to drive so many cool cars any that stand out as favorites to drive?
Besides the lack of physical climate controls this interior is perfect. 9.8/10
This car really is a perfect all-rounder
The “fake sound”everyone is crying about is not actually artificial. It’s a microphone in the exhaust taking the sound and channeling it to the cabin.
It’s a nice looking car all around, the only cons I have personally are the pumped in fake engine sounds and the giant touch screen in the middle #bringbackbuttons
@@nicknyaa it’s not exactly “fake” it’s a microphone that picks up the actual exhaust note and channels it in
@@SM-1010 no its not, the tone is completely different from the exhaust note
@@Erik-ce3hqno it isn’t. It’s the actual exhaust sound picked up by a mic and channeled in. Most supercars do this now. They don’t build a synthesizer connected to the engine to make sound up. It’s just an assist to add drama in a very noise insulated cabin.
The alternative is to have lots of road noise in comfort. That doesn’t work in a GT.
Never thought I’d see one of these car review drives through my hometown (Eatontown). Pretty cool to see since I haven’t been there in over 7 years.
Edit: if you’re in the area for other drives, I would recommend doing Ocean Ave near Pier Village in Long Branch or Route 537 through Colts Neck.
Quality content, as always.
As a New Jersey native, I always enjoy life a little more when I’m driving outside of my state 😂
As somebody who drives a lot in New Jersey, seeing familiar roads on this channel is a weird feeling.
so beautiful
AMG V8 🔥🔥
why does it sound synthetic ?
its nice to see a practical supercar for once!
Ayyye Jersey!🎉
i just started watching. what happened to "welcome back I'm Tedward”??? :c
Hadn’t had my coffee yet 😭
Always liked these. 8.8 MPG for a commute is very entertaining though. Noise seems pretty synthetic on the inside, or is that just how it comes across on YT?
Now that's a beast 💪 woohoo ❤
Happy Thanksgiving from New York City 🇺🇸 ❤️
I don't know if the pumped in Audio from the car is being translated properly from in-person to our ears, because it sounds pretty ass hearing it from my headphones. It sounds like crappy old v8 sounds from a 90s videogame. Could totally sound different in-person, I wouldn't know.
I wish car interiors developed more in the direction of Saab's night panel than lighting up the interior with a miniature sun.
I drove a Mach E the other day for the first time and the fake noise in that actually made my Bronco's fake noise more noticeable because now I can tell its exactly the same as they do in an EV. I wish the trend would die because the 2.7 makes plenty of turbo sounds to be interesting on its own.
Imagine if this car made the sounds the M156 made naturally like in the w204 C63 I had for a while.
Also, fake on screen hvac controls that literally just mimic real buttons is the worst solution I have seen to the problem oem's created by deciding soft buttons are somehow better.
Hi Tedward (apologies I don't know your actual name aha) I started watching your channel awhile ago from the M3 blizzard, watching you inspired me to start my own clothes company so that hopefully i can afford my own E92 1 day. Thanks for the inspiration man!
I'm Tom! Congrats on the new endeavor! Best of luck getting your dream E92
@@TedwardDrives Ha, Thanks man!
@@WHNFAPPAREL good luck bro
@@cars4life458 Much appreciated bro!
Welcome to The Jersey Shore!❤
insanely cozy (second)
Does anyone else think the car's shifts are delayed in manual mode?
big cars for big stroads :)
That is the cheesiest luxury looking dash/ interior. Would rather sit in a Mercedes from 20 years ago.
I just can’t wait for the massive screen design language to be phased out. Surely we’ll get back to real luxury eventually..
@@reverbandchillyou know you can buy a flip phone still? Any guesses why people don’t?
The screens may get smaller, there will be no going back to analogue. It’s all going to be voice commands and gestures (a feature available in this car that reads hand movements without even touching the screen).
It’s something for us old people to complain about. I remember when cars didn’t park themselves and you could kerb the wheels etc
@ we will see :) I don’t think screens will ever go away fully, there’s no way. I just think they’ll become much less centric in the design language is all.
the most beautiful car ever.
Bro in SUV thought he'd have to avoid you lol.
haha I saw the indicator and laughed. No need bud!
Is New Jersey man the new Florida man? that guy wasn't even phased. 6:24
I totally agree about making lighter sports cars with less technology. That's exactly why I recently bought a 991.1 911 instead of a newer one because of the NA engine, the weight (3120lbs, which I still wish was lower), and minimal tech. At least vehicles like that still exist if you're prepared to either spend an absurd amount of money or buy an older car like I did. I really thought hard about a Lotus Emira but there is nowhere to get that serviced where I live (in a rural area) and I didn't want that type of hassle in my life. As of right now I don't see myself buying a sports car newer than mid-2000s as a result of the increase in weight and the obsession with added technology.
991 is a phenomenal car. Sort of underrated in the modern Porsche scene. I think the 991 and 981 models will be much more appreciated with time.
Unlimited money 🤑💰💰
NJ drivers are insane. Be careful out there!
Weird to see you in my neck of the woods! IMO you just saw some of the worst roads to drive in the country…also weird that I get an email from MB of Little Silver, where I’ve never shopped, asking if I want to buy a 2024 Vantage the day you post this 😂
Man, those vertically attached square-ish infotainment screens are genuinely one of the ugliest design decisions I've ever seen in cars. "Here, have an Ipad stuck to the middle of your 150 thousand dollar car"...
I just can’t imagine it’ll age well. I much prefer the interiors of the prior generation of MBs. I figured I’d upgrade my W205 when the new gen came out, but there’s no way I’m doing that.
I'd love to see a Huracan Performante (preferably coupe) POV drive :D
An old one from my WRM days!
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@@TedwardDrives Haha I musta completely forgotten about this one because I already had it liked. Thanks!
@@Lambullghini It was a long time ago! I actually texted your question DoctaM3 and asked "did I ever drive the purple one?" hahah
Has the interior of a c300, fake sound from speaker, awd, not scary at all. Ill stay with the outgoing GT
Crazy how bad some cars are on the american roads. Here we have annual mandatory checkups. If you get a 1st degree mark on something, you must be fixed until next checkup, if you get a 2nd degree mark you are only allowed to drive to the mechanic to fix it and 3rd degree, you are not even allowed to sit in the car, it getting towed to the mechanic.
The cars being market in the car registrary, so if a cop car passes by and their cameras catches the licence plate and you have a 2 or a 3 you're toast.
Sounds like my cars in cyberpunk2077...
How’s the steering wheel for fingerprints and smudges?
the wheel is leather so no issues there. The buttons might get some smudges but I didn't even notice.
May you please test drive the 2002 ss Camaro
I love this thing, but the fake noise on the interior hurts me, especially at lower RPMs
That fake sound tho...
It’s not artificial. Microphone in the exhaust that channels the real note to the speakers. It the actual sound just enhanced
@@SM-1010 No. It has an artificial sound coming from the speakers just like the S63 E pefrormance. If you look up S63 e performance launch control, you will know what I'm talking about. You can also hear that in this car.
@@Kastellium check the Mercedes website. They’ve been doing this method for their recent cars.
guys give mkbhd a brake
Personally I would go for the Lexus LC 500 for the money
No comparison. The Lexus isn’t a supercar. It’s a luxury sedan with sedan performance and plastic doodads.
Same money you could get a Jag F type or M3. Better performance and nicer place to be. After all, it’s a Toyota.
Comparable for this are a 911 / Roma / Vantage.
@IanTheCarGuy no, LC is a coupe not a sedan ...and out classes them all in style and design toyota bred or not could care less ...... This is not the 80s they created the LFA one of the greatest super cars in the world..... I could care less about how they go around a track.... And if I did I would just go get that... Put to your point this Mercedes is in no realm a supercar. It is a GT car very much in the same class of the LC a grand tourer .... Heck even the 9/11 the Roma those aren't super cars man
I wish they stuck to their guns of an actual ground up rip snorting sports car and not what is essentially an E class coupe. this with an SL badge would be more fitting IMHO
They have an SL though :)
I wish they hadn't merged the AMG GT and the SL 😢
That color is not for me. I prefer understated. That color and the interior scream "LOOK AT ME!!" The 500E that cruised fast and looked like you made it-no fuss-is more my style.
Idk I just haven’t been able to get behind any modern Mercedes
Did you borrow this WRX from Topher? 😝
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@@TedwardDrives Was my comment seriously that devoid of personality? If yes, press 1. If no, press 2. If you're currently having an existential crisis, press 3.
..3
I was going to buy this, but then I saw the new Jaguar commercial. Sorry, Mercedes.
such a soulless mercedes. the interior for 200k is just the biggest middlefinger to the mercedes customer base that I have ever witnessed.
I just can’t bring myself to like the screen. I want nice materials and satisfying buttons/knobs.
I think I really need to go drive one of these to see if the fake engine sound is as terrible as it sounds in these videos. To my ears, it's basically on par with the car just being broken, and the sound isn't suppose to be there. I truly don't know how a dealer would convince someone to buy one of these after a test drive if that's the experience they have. It is so awful.
at least integrate the screen into the dashboard, it looks so tacked on.
For the same price I’d rather a well optioned 911.
I mean, I get why they did it, but I dont like it. Its kinda the same thing like Ford did with the "mustang" mach e
man Germany is really targeting the Chinese billionare market with that paint and interior. Gaudy AF.
Day 62 of asking Tedward to drive the S60R
That fake sound is the worst, why would they do it
Does anyone know a lawyer that can help get Tedward out of jail after he stole that Mercedes-AMG GT 63? 🙁
Too much fake engine noise
those piped in V8 sounds are horrendous!! If mercedes is gonna add synthetic noise, at least make it sound decent.
Too flashy for a Mercedes in my option. Mercedes used to be solid classiness. This car isn’t really that.
Mercedes are always pretty flashy. They've never been shy about chrome and large badges
The pumped-in engine noise is tacky as hell. awful.
It's coupé, not coop!
😂
FInd a 2006 honda accord 7th gen i beg of you
V6MT would be cool
I googled it and it's not the new Mercedes 24, it's the Mercedes 23, you have to change it, thanks
The window sticker and VIN disagree with you. What did you google?
That's the worst fake engine noise I've ever heard. I'd drive into a tree to make it stop. I hope there's an option to turn that off.
It’s not fake. That is the engine.
Boring car, interior and sound, I rather take the 2025 911 T anyday.