MERCEDES-AMG has certainly hit a nerve with its worked-over C Class performance cars.

The old-fashioned recipe of adding big cubes up front that drive just the rear wheels has been taken up a few notches, and the sense of old-school muscle meeting new-school brains is strong.

Some have suggested, though, that the sedan and wagon versions of the C63 can be a little too much out on real roads, where off-camber bumps, broken edges and doubtful grip can make for spooky companions.

Enter the driver-focused C63 Coupe. It costs more to carry less people, but a set of key tweaks in and around the chassis means real-world compliance is possible, even with a sledgehammer engine.

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