The Mercedes-AMG G63 has become the SUV to have for the rich and the famous around the world and in India. The latest high-profile person to add the new Mercedes-AMG G63 SUV to his collection is Indian cricket player and KKR captain Shreyas Iyer.
Shreyas Iyer joined KKR after this year’s IPL auction after KKR shelled out 12.25 crores to bring him to their team. Iyer was appointed the captain of the IPL franchise and while his team didn’t really perform well, he did live up to his billing. Now with the IPL over, Iyer has added the Mercedes-AMG G63 SUV into his car collection, which costs a cool Rs 2.55 crore, ex-showroom.
The Mercedes-AMG G63 is a go-faster version of the Mercedes G-Wagen (Gelandewagen) SUV which has been tuned and fettled by the speed demons at Merc’s in-house tuning division AMG. The G63 is powered by Mercedes-AMG’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine that produces 577bhp at 6,000rpm and 850Nm of peak torque between 2,500 and 3,500rpm.
This allows the Mercedes G63, an SUV that weighs over 2.35 tonnes to accelerate from 0-100km/h in just 4.5 seconds. The Mercedes-AMG G63 performance SUV has a top speed of 240km/h. Mercedes is currently working on all-electric version of the G-Class called the EQG, which was revealed in concept guise last year.
