It’s Sunday morning in the rather sleepy Areopolis. Only the church bells – and Maniates have many of them – can be heard calling the faithful. But another kind of “faith” is heard approaching from somewhere in the distance.
A bassy, punchy growl that grabs your attention. Something you don’t expect to hear at such a time, something sad, something special, something that passes you by and leaves you stunned.
A little further away, in the square of Areopolis, you see her parked in a gray, polished Mercedes with the characteristics of the E 63 S 4MATIC trunk. And with the sign “TAXI” on the roof.
How is this possible? A taxi with a 4-liter V8, 612 horses, pure sports construction, and consumption out of this world? Yet. In Areopolis, “lives” and “makes her living” a real doll. And definitely, the craziest taxi that exists in Greece.
Its owner is Christos Kalapotharakos. Who, after the initial startle from a morning guy who looks at him like he’s dumb and full of questions, solves the riddle for us?
Yeah, it’s no joke. It’s a taxi, after all. And yes, it’s true, this is no ordinary AMG package. But for the real thing. The normal AMG E 63S as stated by its owner. And even bought in Greece by our own agency, as Christos tells us.
Price; “The list says 180 thousand, it cost me around 130 thousand with the exemptions, ” claims Christos.
The car looks “serious”, except for some aesthetic and sound mods by its owner. The rear spoiler for example was specially ordered by him in Germany. The paddles have extra Ferrari-style “ears” for a better grip. And the engine is hidden under its own customised hood.
The beautiful Haxer rims are 20 inches with the ceramic brake package. And the tailpipes from Brabus have special flaps so that the mad stones sigh even at idle.
We don’t want to imagine what happens at full throttle. Because this engine, from a sound point of view – is the nastiest that one can hear in the era of electrification and hybrids.
Sophisticated four-wheel drive, incredible brakes, reinforced chassis ready to hit the track, suspension for a race track. And all this in an almost five-meter sedan, ready to swallow any two-seater Italian or German that will be on its way.
Christos Kalapotharakos uses it for VIP transport. Obviously for very VIP transfers. And for those lucky ones who will have to tell their friends about a ride in the most extreme taxi they have ever seen in their life in a magical place full of stones and myths at the bottom of Europe.
