I Don't Care About The Mercedes-Benz E63 Wagon Anymore

by Derek Kreindler

Published: February 28th, 2014

i don t care about the mercedes benz e63 wagon anymore

I’m known for dumping on wagons constantly, but I think it’s important to understand the difference between what I report on, and my own tastes. Take, for example, this car, the Jaguar XFR-S Sportbrake.

This car is basically irrelevant. We’re not going to get it in North America. It will be sold in limited quantities in Europe, and nobody would actually buy it in any meaningful numbers here. From a business standpoint for North America, it’s a non-starter.

And I love it. Now that the E63 AMG is all-wheel drive, where else can you get a blown V8 putting down 550 horsepower in a station wagon body?

#Jaguar #JaguarXf #JaguarXfr-s #StationWagon #Wagon

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Eggsalad on Mar 02, 2014

I believe a proper shooting brake has 2 side doors and a tailgate/liftgate. This has too many doors to be a shooting brake.

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05lgt on Mar 03, 2014

Anywhere that people with money go to a mountain for fun and showing off you can find big dollar, big power (usually AWD) wagons. They sell. Not evenly everywhere, but they sell.

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