There’s something satisfying about seeing an AMG engine getting hand-built. It’s almost as satisfying as being around when your first-born child is being conceived. The AMG engine production video that is about to satisfy you reminds me of the Modern Family rerun I stumbled upon last night. It was the episode titled “Caught in the Act” […] More »

The Mercedes-Benz CLA250, which has been darting off showroom floors, is an emotional buy. You won’t fit 25 kids in the back, and don’t even think about loading their soccer gear in the trunk. In other words, as far as (coupe-like) sedans go, this isn’t the most practical car. As the video below says, “The […] More »

We’ve got a pre-facelift W204 to facilitate this week’s AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call. In this video, you’ll see a C63 AMG with x-pipe exhaust performing some smoky acceleration runs … pretty standard stuff, but the way it does it is so appealing. For instance, at 1:15, it appears the C63’s revs make a distant […] More »

Watch this Mercedes-Benz S-Class walk-around video and you’ll discover they tried to resemble the qualities of a boat in the exterior design. A boat? Interesting. When I think of “boaty” cars, I think of Lincolns and Cadillacs of the ’70s … I don’t want to think of an S-Class as a boat. The “boaty” design […] More »

If you ever lay your eyes on a Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing in person, chances are it is a show car you’re admiring at Pebble Beach or a museum. Cars like the 300SL are meant for preservation … they are the automotive version of Joan Rivers’ face. The Gullwing you will see in the video throws […] More »

Look under the hood of the Mercedes Benz CLA45 AMG, and you’ll find the most powerful production four-banger in the world, with 355 horsepower and 332 lb-ft of torque. How does Mercedes-Benz achieve a specific output of 177 horsepower per liter? Boost, and heaps of it — 26.1 pounds, to be exact. All that power […] More »

For this week’s edition of the “AMG Monday Morning Wake-Up Call” we get to take a walk around the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG 4MATIC with Will Vetter, AMG’s assistant product manager. The AMG exterior treatment is more subtle than on other AMG models, but under the skin, AMG has been more liberal. The aluminum-intensive S-Class […] More »