AMG for 2010
10-16-2008, 05:01 PM
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E63,,,not any more,,,BMW X5 50i
AMG for 2010
I just picked this up from auto spies. Sure does not look very tempting...!!!
We’ve been hearing about AMG going green for a while and now CAR has a couple of new details on the diesel and hybrid future of the high-performance Mercedes-Benz models. According to AMG boss Volker Mornhinweg, AMG is getting ready to produce hybrid and diesel version of its cars that will also use low-weight material in order to keep performance at current levels.
Mornhinweg said that the new 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series, which is 250kg lighter than the SL 63, will be the last high-performance AMG to have such massive power. He said the upcoming Gullwing supercar will be the first new model that will produce a modest 571-hp.
Mornhinweg said that by 2010 AMG will introduce a mild-hybrid that will feature start/stop technology, lightweight components and will reduce fuel-consumption of the 6.2L V8’s by 30 percent. It will borrow a lot of the technology introduced in the new S 400 BlueHYBRID.
As for deisels, Mornhinweg says that AMG won’t do large torquey diesel models. Instead, AMG will lean more towards a smaller and more responsive diesel.
He is hoping that the new path will increase AMG annual sales to 30,000 units
We’ve been hearing about AMG going green for a while and now CAR has a couple of new details on the diesel and hybrid future of the high-performance Mercedes-Benz models. According to AMG boss Volker Mornhinweg, AMG is getting ready to produce hybrid and diesel version of its cars that will also use low-weight material in order to keep performance at current levels.
Mornhinweg said that the new 2009 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series, which is 250kg lighter than the SL 63, will be the last high-performance AMG to have such massive power. He said the upcoming Gullwing supercar will be the first new model that will produce a modest 571-hp.
Mornhinweg said that by 2010 AMG will introduce a mild-hybrid that will feature start/stop technology, lightweight components and will reduce fuel-consumption of the 6.2L V8’s by 30 percent. It will borrow a lot of the technology introduced in the new S 400 BlueHYBRID.
As for deisels, Mornhinweg says that AMG won’t do large torquey diesel models. Instead, AMG will lean more towards a smaller and more responsive diesel.
He is hoping that the new path will increase AMG annual sales to 30,000 units
10-16-2008, 06:18 PM
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'09 C63 AMG
Less weight is good, we can always squeeze more power out of the motors, especially if the 5.5L DI TT V8 is still on track. Though mention of the 6.2 sticking around most likely means it's going to get DI as well. Oh yeah. 
10-16-2008, 06:21 PM
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C63S coupe, X5M
