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Leon Poultney

Mercedes-AMG drops the most powerful SL of all time… and it's a hybrid

Mercedes-AMG SL 63 S E Performance.

Who says hybrids have to be boring? Mercedes-Benz certainly doesn’t think so, because it has just unveiled the most powerful version of its iconic SL model ever produced and all that power is thanks to electrification.

Well, it’s not all down to battery packs and electric motors, because there is still a whopping 4-litre Biturbo V8 engine under the hood that itself pumps out an impressive 603bhp. But Mercedes-AMG has paired that with a 201bhp motor on the rear axle for a total system output of 805bhp. Yeah, we don’t know where the German marque got the extra horse from, either.

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