However, after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, where a Mercedes car crashed and killed 77 people, the brand quit racing for a few decades and focused its efforts on building luxury machines.

AMG was founded in 1967 and worked alongside Mercedes-Benz for years developing racing engines and other performance upgrades ...

The move will give AMG the capacity to build more of its V12 engines. But it will also make use of excess capacity at the Mannheim plant, and allow the Affalterbach site to use the space and ...

We also have to remember that AMG did offer a flat-plane version of the M178 engine in the GT Black Series and the track-only GT Track Series. M178 LS2 is what AMG calls the flat-plane motor ...

Lessons learned from AMG’s hot-V V8s mean the turbocharger is cooled by oil, water and air, the latter by special ducts in the engine cover, while the wastegate is electronically controlled.

AMG, in the meantime, is busy with the recent launch of the GLA45 AMG, the coming C63 AMG and its rumored 4.0-liter V8, the Mercedes-AMG GT and its assault on the Porsche 911 among who-knows-what ...

The Mercedes-AMG GT has been defined by its barrel-chested 4-litre V8 engine since the model’s inception in 2014, but now, its cylinder count has been slashed in half. Meet the AMG GT 43 – a ...

13th-01-2012: Observing the building passion for roadsters ... A ) The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG offered rugged design , seating for 2, powerful diesel engines (6208 cc), high ground clearance ...