Thanks for this great review!!!!
I think we have a winner here and the 7G is in its better form with the new v8 ! kudos to AMG!
Specialy when I read this :
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The new paddles also feel much more direct than the old buttons, which never made you feel like you were truly connected to the car, and each gear hits home with a satisfying precision and immediacy.
Better still, when you select M mode you're taking full control of the transmission, so you can hang on to a gear and even clip the limiter without fear of the electronics popping in an upshift at just the wrong moment. Such is the free-revving nature of the V8 that it takes a few full-bore accelerative bursts before you get your upshift timing just so and avoid a staccato barrp-barrp-barrp of the rev-limiter. Once mastered, the gearbox is extremely effective. Not as punchy as a Ferrari or BMW sequential manual perhaps, especially on downshifts, but it's smoother in all situations and, now that you can hold a gear, it doesn't cramp your maximum-attack style either.
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