Mt Panorama snow limits AMG Mercedes speedfest - Drivesouth
But the big white that develops over the night of July 16-17 is exceptional, the heaviest fall in seven decades, 18cm deep across Skyline. What makes for a nice photo threatens the big picture: I'm here on the very last day of Festival of AMG, an invitation-only week-long test drive of everything Mercedes Benz's performance arm serves piping hot. In the pit lane are 30 examples of the latest C63 S sedan and 11 of the GT S coupe, co-sharers of Mercedes' new twin-turbo 4. 0-litre V8. Cars we've expressly come to drive. As intriguing alternates, all of the big bovver eights - three examples each of the SL63 and CLS63, six E63s, two S63 coupes, nothing with less than 430kW and 800Nm - plus a squadron of A45 and CLA 45 all-wheel-drive turbo fours, to remind small... Will the big chill freeze access to this $13. 5million fleet and cold-shoulder opportunity of an epically hedonistic undertaking. Mercedes-Benz Australia's chief driving instructor Peter Hackett advises the mountain top is beyond reach. Accordingly, the circuit administrator has acted, locking gates halfway along the connecting Mountain and Conrod straights. If the snow scuppers our hot day, there's no Plan B. Pit lane aside, every centimetre of the Bathurst track. Source: www.drivesouth.co.nz
