Nearly 18 months after Mercedes AMG debuted its hybrid powertrain capable of replacing the potent and proven bi-turbo V8, the German marque is now offering it in the all-new C63 S E Performance. Smaller package, more thrust The thirsty part of the powertrain is half the usual size, with a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, codename […]
The Pagani brand is now in its 30th year. Its creations have been the bedroom posters for multiple generations of petrol heads. During that time, the Italian automotive brand born from the vision and passion of one meticulous designer has only ever built two main cars – the Zonda and the Huayra. Now, it’s time […]
A few months after the EQS made its global premiere as Mercedes’ top electric luxury sedan, we have been treated to its performance variant. That’s right, the geniuses at Afflaterbach like tinkering with EVs too! Say hello to the Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+. The EQS 53 has a dual-motor setup for a peak output of […]
There was a time when a fast or performance focussed four-door luxury sedan would be a description befitting the likes of the BMW M5 or the Mercedes-Benz AMG E63. Then Porsche joined the fast luxury game with the Panamera that packed more speed and more luxury, especially in its latest avatar. So, Mercedes built an […]
The modern Mercedes-AMG brand is synonymous with two things: dominating Formula 1 in the turbo-hybrid era; and handbuilt, grunty V8s that make the road-legal luxury models fast and exciting. Today, we’re focussing on the latter. While engine downsizing, turbocharging and electrification are accepted trades in modern-day performance engineering, some changes simply feel a step too […]
In a time when record claims are being questioned as they should be, Mercedes-Benz AMG put out a new one. This one is about the fastest lap time around the Nürburgring Nordschleife for an “executive” luxury-class production vehicle – the 2021 AMG GT63 S 4MATIC+. In 2018, the debut version of this AMG product set […]
Its facelift time!! That’s right, all our favourite German sedans are a few years into their current generation and ripe for a slew of minor updates and tweaks. As it happens, the BMW and Mercedes have unveiled the facelifted versions of their business-spec sports cars around the same time, so I figured why not take […]
Undefeated in the hybrid era of Formula 1, Mercedes unveiled their 2019 title contender at Silverstone – the W10. It’s still a silver arrow but now sports a new style for the Petronas colours in a shape that seems to mimic the flow of air along the sides of the car and the engine cover […]
When we were heading to the US after the Japanese GP, we thought we knew how things would play out – Hamilton wins his fifth world title, Vettel chokes and loses his last statistical chance, Bottas plays by team orders and more of the usual. But how wrong we were and quite thankfully so. Practice […]
In the developed world, the performance cars keep getting faster as the figures keep climbing higher and higher. Even in the hot hatch market, the numbers have become quite ridiculous with the likes of the Audi RS3 Sportback with 394bhp and the previous-gen AMG A45 with 376bhp. But now, it’s become a little less expensive […]
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