Floyd Mayweather is a popular welterweight boxing champion who amassed 15 world championship titles during his career and was listed to be the highest-paid athlete by Forbes between 2012-2015.
The pro boxer and now boxing promoter has a love for cars that is well known. He is probably one of the top ten celebrities with the best collection of cars as of today. The retired boxer, who has a garage with more than 100 cars, gifted his eldest child, Iyanna Mayweather, a Mercedes Benz AMG G63 - which has a price tag starting from around $149,000.
He presented the full-size luxury SUV to his 19-year old for Christmas in 2019 and this totally swank car has more to offer than its upscale look and reputable brand name. Here are 15 surprising facts about the 2019 Mercedes Benz AMG G63 SUV Floyd Mayweather got his daughter:
15 Twin-Turbocharged 4.0L V8 Engine
The full-size luxury AMG G63 SUV comes in an awe-inspiring package in terms of on and off-road capabilities. The heavily built SUV boasts of great speed as it keeps a handcrafted 4.0-liter bi-turbocharged engine that produces 577 hp at 6,000 rpm and a hefty torque of 627 lb-ft between 2,500-3,500 rpm.
14 ECO Start/Stop System
The ECO Start/stop system is a feature that has been included in many Mercedes Benz models including the AMG G63. The system basically helps you conserve fuel and reduce emissions by turning off your engine anytime you come to a complete stop. This fuel economy based feature is enabled when the car is started and will not cause any untimely wear on the engine.
13 It Features Direct Injection And Multispark Ignition
These two features came with the Mercedes auto brand's release of their V6 and V8 engines. The direct injection feature aids high compression, engine boost, increased torque output as well as allowing for different available modes of combustion operation. The multi-spark system works hand in hand with the direct injection in helping to reduce emissions whilst maintaining full and deliberate combustion.
12 It Has Camtronic And AMG Cylinder Management
This state-of-the-art system was developed by AMG, which made Mercedes-Benz the first automaker to introduce the system to its line of engine variants. The CAMTRONIC is part of the AMG cylinder management deactivation system. It is a mechanically operated system with an electrically controlled actuator that was built to ensure optimum fuel consumption by shutting off cylinders.
11 Crazy Extraordinary Off-Road Aptitude
Just like every G-class model, the 2019 Mercedes AMG G63 has insane off-road ability and aptitude. The luxury SUV can move from high to low ranges with the car's transmission being on neutral and employs a low gear ratio of 2.91:1 which results in more torque output. This capable off-road SUV will prove suitable for relatively rough landscapes as it provides three off-road modes ( Sand, Rock, and Trail)
10 AMG Speed Shift TCT Transmission
Another AMG developed feature is the AMG speed shift TCT transmission. TCT stands for Torque Clutch Transmission and this piece of modern tech helps to ensure a smooth and seamless shift between gears. Asides that, the AMG speed shift TCT 9G transmission eliminates any automatic shift in gear whenever a chosen gear has reached its limiter in the engine.
9 Double-Wishbone Front/Rigid-Axle Rear Suspension
This luxury SUV's off-road attitude is assisted by the presence of its Double wishbone front suspension. And its Rigid axle rear suspension. AMG provided suspension setting options, Slippery, Comfort, Sport, Sport+ and the Individual mode. The redesigned Suspension system featuring coil springs in the front and rear aids the SUV's driving dynamics and agility.
8 AMG Body Styling
The 2019 Mercedes AMG G63's body styling embraces both old and new designs. The G63 preserves its vintage look as well as similar features such as the door handles, signature spare tire rear carrier, headlamp washers, sun visors amongst others. However, the G63 still presents a modern look and feel with major improvements in its general bodywork as well as its outlined LED running headlights.
7 AMG Performance Exhaust System
The 2019 Mercedes AMG G63's exhaust tips are a new twist to the G-class series designs and this choice was to achieve better ground clearance. The 2019 AMG boasts of 9.5 inch ground clearance and can reach 60 mph at 4.4 seconds which is 0.9 seconds faster than its predecessor model.
6 AMG Instrument Cluster
The 2019 Mercedes AMG G63 may have adopted a number of features from its predecessor models, However, some features either got redesigned, upgraded or completely changed. The G63 houses a pair of 12.3 widescreens with one handling the COMAND infotainment system and another displaying a configurable digital instrument cluster panel.
5 Luxurious Interior Design
This box-shaped road eye candy boasts of an interior that only speaks of grandeur. The AMG G63's interior employs the use of upscale leather materials with a variety of colors and trims as well as more leg space and cargo space. It also features adjustable lumbar support and multi-contoured seat bolstering and widescreen cockpit.
4 Created For Off-Roading
The G-class was pioneered by the 1979 original Mercedes Geländewagen which was tested in many extreme off-road conditions and ever since the successor models including the 2019 AMG G63, have kept this capability. Though many owners of this class of off-road beasts are more likely to only enjoy the car's on-road ability, the car along with its predecessor models were created for off-road terrains.
3 Forward-Collision System With Automated Braking
The predecessor AMG G class model had cool features such as blind-spot monitoring, parking assist, and adaptive cruise control to name a few. But this all-new 2019 G63 introduced a forward-collision warning designed to mitigate crashes by monitoring the distance between the G63 and the car in front of it as well as their speeds.
2 Lane-Keeping Assist
Amongst other impressive features added to the 2019 AMG G63, the lane-keeping assist and rear cross-traffic alert features are focused on mitigating crashes or collisions. The lane-keeping assist or the lane departure warning system (LDWS) is designed to warn the driver by vibrating whenever the vehicle seems to be moving out of its lane.
1 Blind-Spot Monitoring
Though the 6,000 pounds heavy SUV carried over this feature from the older model, this still proves to be a useful feature. Generally, the blindspot monitoring and sensor system notifies the driver when a vehicle is beside it or at its rear. The G63 could give a visual warning by displaying a red light in the car's side mirrors or audio warnings if the first signal is ignored.