Now that's out of the way, I can tell you why I would absolutely not choose the 2025 Mercedes-AMG E 53 Hybrid. Newsweek was invited to be among the first in the world to experience the new car, and I took it for an extended one-day drive from Stuttgart south,

Hybrid can mean many things. In the AMG E53, it means power and performance in a new-generation sport sedan package.

However, the company's new AMG E53 4Matic+ did a fine job through whiteout conditions on narrow roads offering the kind of minimal grip levels that would send lesser sports sedans spinning home to their motherlands.

Mercedes-Benz E 53 Hybrid is arriving in U.S. dealers now, and it’s quicker and significantly more powerful than before. But it’s heavier, lacked the loud and angry AMG bark in an all too brief winter driving adventure,