MY FIRST THOUGHT upon alighting in the 2020 Mercedes-AMG GLC 63 S Coupe ($84,100 MSRP, $96,425 as tested) was that it’s a lot of Wagen for the Geld. Somehow, in those initial moments of mirror-adjusting and button-finding, the stock ticker in my brain actually dotted out the word “value,” despite the absurdity. Bratty German performance cars typically depreciate like fresh-caught salmon. And yet, for just under 100 grand, our example of Merc’s new fastback SUV came with all the bells, whistles, ball gags and leather whips in the company cabinet, including a biturbo V8 hand-built in Affalterbach, Germany, the home of...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 02, 2020 20:37 UTC