Mercedes is currently developing a facelifted version of its super-fast luxury sedan, the S65 AMG. The facelifted version, in fact, was recently spotted on test giving us our best look yet at this sports car-rivalling limousine.
From what we can see on this particular prototype, the design upgrades on this four-door iteration aren’t as dramatic as on the S65 Coupe. The S65 AMG is all about the engine and in this updated form it is expected to gain a few extra horses over the 630bhp figure in the current model. The same updates will also apply to the S63 AMG which will make around 600bhp.
What may come as a big surprise though is that the updated S65 AMG won’t be rear-wheel drive anymore. Given that AMG has already announced its plans of making most of their upcoming models all-wheel drive, the updated S65 will lose some of its madness.
The updated S65 AMG will be unveiled together with the standard S-Class facelift. The latter will go on sale in Europe starting January 2017.
