The world is suddenly full of high performance SUVs. What sounds like a horrible idea on paper is actually quite fun on roads in upper class suburban neighborhoods. But in the end, these are vehicles which should have some off-road capability, and by off-road I mean snow covered roads, of course. Our friends from Manhattan’s Classic Car Club recently took the last ML63 AMG from the Mercedes’ press fleet and went crazy at a Lime Rock Winter Autocross. If that wasn’t enough they then went ice racing with it!
Click the jump or go the CCC’s website to see how a 518hp SUV with snow tires handles snow and ice. I was disappointed to see that they didn’t select a 30-something, blonde, big-sunglass wearing, mom from Scarsdale as their temporary Stig, because the challenge of texting and sipping a venti skim latte can only compliment a dab of oppo. Is this damn winter over yet?
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