Mercedes-AMG E53 Coupe: What's It Like To Live With? | Carfection 4K

Henry shares his thoughts on the E53 after 9 months and 10,000 miles.

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[blondon]

Carfection is the perfect blend between old school motoring journalism and modern YouTube content. I love it.

Keep up the good work.

[basithph]

Coolest thing about the E53 AMG?
That straight six engine!

[limpunsing]

Gorgeous coupe Sweet spot in the AMG engine lineup, perfect for retired senior car enthusiast like me

[Mookiecat]

I happen to own a C238 E400 (same body style, same gen) with the older Bi-turbo V6 with the Adaptive cruise.
I’m reasonably big and strong but the door weight is sizable and uphill/downhill, my wife struggles a bit with the weight. I would not be surprised if the door weighed 175lbs.
When I got the car the adaptive cruise was set to obey the speed limit (plus 10mph). It would occasionally notice a lower speed limit sign and would inappropriately slow down.
This “feature” can be disabled in the menus while retaining the good parts of adaptive cruise. In traffic at lower speeds, it can fully self-drive if its recognizing the road( there is an indicator thats green when its ok, yellow when its having trouble, off when it’s given up) You need to supervise, but it’s pretty reliable. Even when its disengaged, it can autobrake and/or steer ( if it detects room to steer) via the collision assistance feature, but this will activate the pre-collision system which will hard-tighten the seatbelts, close windows/sunroof, and will do even more if you get to an imminent collision.
I find the lane keep assist to work much better than other cars I’ve used. It does not beep, but provides haptic feedback if you hit lane limits without signaling.
Lastly, the US adaptive headlights are neutered due to outdated DOT regs. These can be recoded to function like the ones explained here. The hardware is exactly the same. This is something I need to do.
The older drivetrain turbo V6 is slower than the E53 but with a mild tune can reach an easy 400+ hp with a lot more torque than stock. The E450 and E43 are mechanically identical ( except exhaust on the e43) and use more boost than the E400 and the conservative aftermarket tunes have similar boost curves.
Mechanically, the E400 seems extremely reliable, I have a well maintained CPO and extended the mb warranty out to 3 years/unlimited miles for about $2, 000, but I’m in excess of 90, 000 miles with no issues, nothing leaks, no check engine lights, no control arms, really nothing yet.

[library]

4:00 the burmester in the roof is the 3d burmester package which is also available for the e class coupe. You only have the surround burmester package which is the reason you dont have such a thing in the roof

[icycalm]

Reasonable review, however, the E53 is two cars not one and beats any 63 hands down. Firstly it’s furiously fast in any weather, driven properly and will leave the old rear wheel drive cars for dust in any damp conditions. Secondly, the straight six makes it one of the quietest and smoothest coupe’s you will find anywhere, a true limousine “S Class” quality ride, when in comfort mode. You will soon get tired of the engine noise and road rumble in a 63. Trust me. Mercedes have really hit the mark with this one, the new breed of AMG...two cars in one!

[TobiasHenreich]

Probably the AMG that got the least amount of attention last year

[MundoOval]

The perfect car. Great combination of comfort, performance, technology and design

[AF-nfyf]

Imagine if there was an E63 and E63s coupe v8. That would be awesome

[snuckyr]

Fine, Mercedes, I'll make a video after you lend me the AMG for nine months.

[byrongardiner]

Henry, you are so good at this. Concise and useful information delivered in a very pleasant manner. Thank you, sir.

[jameswingrove]

I think the E53 is probably the one you’d rather take to cruise quickly and effortlessly across Europe, knowing it’ll still provide some entertainment when going through the Alps. Shame they never put the 63 or 63s lumps into the E coupé.

[stelioskounis]

I am a simple guy, I see Henry Catchpole in the thumbnail i skip all other videos for it :))))

[jercas]

Doors; enormous and heavy? That's irrelevant for how little you have to interact with them once you're in the car, but you'll be glad they're enormous and heavy when you get T-boned by some idiot texting behind the wheel. I love Mercedes for what they're all about; Solid as a tank.

[SDav]

This kind of highlights the problem with car reviewers and reviewing a car for only a day. When some people first used the touch pads on the steering wheel or the actual car system etc, people complain they don't like it or it isn't this or that or whatever. How can one possibly make a decision on what is "right" after just 1 day when the engineers who design it design it for the owner who will use it every single day for a few years. To every owner, their car is the most simple one to use because they're used to it. Even the most unseemingly unintuitive of interiors. My uncle has a Land Cruiser 200. It's a boat of a thing with buttons that feel like it was put in a paint ball gun and shot onto a blank dashboard and left there. I can't find a thing unless I search yet to him it's easy to use and operate.

[HGX]

Wish they'd made an E63S Coupe. This E53 version seems lame, looks great however.

[Affalterbach]

5:49 . It has dim lights automatically. How can we describe this feature ? Brilliant !

[SupercarsinGreece]

Such a Classy coupe!
Stunning and powerful!

[johnsim]

Got a better idea of what the E53 is like than any other review I've seen, thank you!

[RoadmapMBA]

I have the same car and those doors are a nightmare, my least favourite things about the car. I have the multibeam lights but I've never had the confidence to use them. Very accurate review! Keep up the great work Team Carfection!