Tag: drag race

We’ve seen Benzes battle the Nissan GT-R on the drag strip before, but there are two things that never get old: drag races, and drag races against the Nissan GT-R. In this week’s AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call we’ve got a lively drag race for you: 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S 4MATIC versus 2010 Nissan […] More »

Here’s an AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call to get your adrenaline pumping. The video below puts you in the passenger seat of the new Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG 4MATIC. Tuned to 700 horsepower by Gorilla Racing, this Benz meets a worthy competitor: a stock F12 BMW M6 with 560 (underrated) horsepower. In the comments, post your […] More »

For this week’s AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call, we’re taking you down under for a drag race pitting the Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG against the HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) Gen-F GTS. Under the hood, the Mercedes is equipped with the most powerful production four-cylinder engine in the world. The HSV GTS is the most powerful car […] More »

What we have here is a failure to communicate undesirability, and here’s why. Back in the old days, wagons existed for hauling stinky, obnoxious kids home from the baseball game. Back in the day, wagons weren’t cool. They were rolling environments of unpleasantness; the automotive symbol of being unhappily married with 2.2 devilish children. The […] More »

There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of sibling rivalry, right? Mercedes’ A45 AMG is the latest addition to AMG’s stable. It’s also the first major departure from AMG’s tried-and-true method of stuffing huge V8s into everything. The CLS on the other hand, is a battle ship. It’s packing over 500 horsepower and probably weighs […] More »

These two cars are not competitors. At all. Anyone considering the Mercedes C63 AMG is probably not weighing it against the Mustang GT500. That said… Who wouldn’t want to see them in a drag race? Besides massive difference in luxury, the two cars have a remarkable amount in common. They both pack V8s under the […] More »