2013 Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG

Does your wife always nag at you to get the groceries quick? Well here is your perfect excuse to get a new car, and a pretty fast one also I must say.  The new 2013 ML63 AMG is still your typical family SUV but with just twin-turbos and some boost under the hood. The ML is a heavy groceries-getter weighing in at two and a half tons. This beast has a 5.5 liter V-8 with 14.5 psi of boost pushing 518 horses, meaning you will hit that 60 in about 4.8 seconds. Once you select the AMG Performance package, your  boost goes up to 18.9 psi, with 550 horses hitting that 60 will be even quicker in about 4.5 seconds. Your top speed is governed at 155 mph even with the Performance package. So you guys know what this means right...? Off the line you will be head to head with the, BMW X5 M (4.5 sec), Porsche Cayenne Turbo (4.4 sec), Land Rover Supercharged (5.6 sec). The ML now has active anti-roll bars, cornering almost feels like the X5 M which is a good thing. This ML isn't going to be going on some crazy trails or going up a snowy mountain road with its stock tires. But once you change the tires you're going to change the whole character of the car together with handling. So what I'm trying to say is just keep it the way it is. The inside of the ML is like walking into a designer store. The insides are wrapped in a very high-end grade leather. You will be rolling pretty deep with the stock 21-inch wheels, and nice chrome exhaust tips. So now your probably wondering what is all this going to cost you? Its going to set you back a nice $95,865 base, but with just a few lovely upgrades your looking at six figures already, about $112,805.

 

   

     

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RX 350 F Sport

The RX now has a F Sport package. What does that mean? Well to start off the regular RX is just a crossover right? or is it a SUV? My personal opinion its a crossover, not tall enough to be a SUV. The new RX is actually built on a ES platform. I think it looks not bad for an RX F. The RX has been around for many years now and we know that its one of the best selling crossovers out there. Just look back a few years when the Audi commercial released the new Q5 they were practically saying the RX is the top seller out on the market because every mom has one, so they were trying to tell you to be different and buy the Q5 so you can stand out in the crowd and be a trend setter. Also what we know about this car is the stereotypes that goes along driving it. Like #1 your a woman, #2 your a soccer mom, #3 probably a stay at home mom, #4 your a mom who has kids #5 you just don't see a guy driving it!! That is what Lexus wants to change. That is why Lexus has now made an RX F! It's for all you Husbands and Fathers out there. Now when you want to take your Beloved other to the Lexus dealer ship you wont really have to push her towards the GS or the SC you can be semi happy with driving the RX F around. But what makes it an F? Is it just a badged up RX with cool emblems all over it? It's surprisingly not, they have actually done some mods to it. On a standard RX you only get a six speed automatic, on the F you get an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters! All enthusiasts favorite flappy paddles... You also get all wheel drive instead of the normal front wheel drive. In the F package you get all upgrades on a regular RX like the Premium and Comfort packages as standard package (Moon roof, HID's, heated seats, ect...). Also you get F Sport suspension with rear performance dampers. That is really all the upgrades you get on the F version. How is the drive though... not so well, its a very bumpy ride and not smooth like a Lexus should be. Under the hood you will have a 3.5L V6 pushing 270hp with 248 torque. 0-60 in about 7.7 Seconds with a cap of 112 mph gas is 18 City / 26 HWY and you can get all this for $47,000 (base). (I still wont recommend you taking this on a canyon run or trying to run the ///M X5) Is this the Q5, X5 or, ML killer? Not quite yet.

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