Dashing through the Snow in a 603-HP Mercedes-AMG
Canada isn?t exactly a popular winter getaway spot for Americans, and Gimli, Manitoba, a small town situated about 60 miles north of Winnipeg, isn?t even a popular winter destination for Canadians. But we have a feeling that would all change if more people knew about the screaming good time they could have driving a 603-hp Mercedes-AMG E63 S on ice.
A 400-acre section of Lake Winnipeg, once it is well and truly frozen, serves as the North American home of Mercedes? AMG Driving Academy’s Winter Sporting program, where a few thousand dollars can purchase two or three days of hooning around under the careful instruction of half a dozen seriously skilled drift instructors?perhaps the most fun that can be had at that latitude anywhere on Earth. You could travel farther for this experience, as we did three years ago?AMG also offers the program in Arjeplog, Sweden, another 16 degrees of latitude north and many, many more hours of air travel away. By comparison, Manitoba is in our back yard, and the savings on airfare and time wasted in airports could let you upgrade to the top three-day Pro program.
When we arrived in Gimli, the winter driving season was nearing its end and the cars in this year?s fleet of overpowered AMG machines?CLA45, C63 S, and E63 S, each fitted with a set of hand-studded Lappi snow tires?had already been through weeks of icy torment at the hands of Mercedes? well-heeled clientele. The cars looked scarcely the worse for wear, although sturdy metal to...
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