Tag: v8

So you’ve got $68,225 set aside to buy you years of top-down motoring.  But you don’t want to test-drive a convertible in these frigid winter temperatures.  Lucky for you, the crew at Autoblog braved the elements to evaluate the Mercedes-Benz E550 Cabriolet. Autoblog has even saved you trouble of deciding which color to pick.  The […] More »

It’s like a Frankenstein scenario gone awry, but for most of us, this bodes some exciting news. Not that we don’t love the silky smooth exhaust note of Aston Martin’s current 4.7-liter v8 in the Vantage, but the promise of a “bespoke v8 engine” developed by Mercedes-AMG is certainly eyebrow raising, and elicits visions of […] More »

Mercedes showed off a few new vehicles in Los Angeles which we’ll be telling you about through out the day. You’ve already seen the Vision Gran Turismo Concept and we’re smitten by it but, sadly, it’s just a concept which will only see production in the virtual sense (in Gran Turismo 6). But this car, […] More »

For this edition of Photo of the Week, we have an entire gallery for you. Forum user 944j brought this 1992 500E to our attention, and boy, oh boy, did it get our attention. Euro Classic Motors has this car on its Web site, but it is not listed for sale. We also noticed Bring a Trailer has it […] More »

Content provided courtesy of Benz-Insider An autocar.co.uk report revealed that a new turbo-charged V8 engine may be being developed by AMG for the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG. Unnamed sources have indicated that the naturally-aspirated 6.2-L V8 engine on the C-Class will be replaced with a turbo-charged 4.0-L V8 engine by AMG. The new V8 engine will […] More »

We love old Mercedes. Not only do they have a immortal styling, but they were built like tanks. They weren’t, however, known for having a lot of power and while they were always luxurious and cool, they were never really fun. Don’t tell that to this guy though.

Mercedes’ Youtube page recently hit over 2 million views, and to celebrate, they took their most passionate and probably their most evil sports car to Laguna Seca raceway. There, the C63 AMG Black did what it does best: burn rubber. With 6.2L of V8 thunder and one of the trickiest corners in the world, there […] More »