Mercedes-AMG Expands Engine Production As V8 In High Demand

Mercedes-AMG has shifted production of its 12-cylinder engine to a new facility within Daimler’s Mannheim works. But it’s not the V12 that has caused a rethink in production for AMG.

Growing global demand for the V8 engine has forced the reshuffle. As a result, technicians at the carmaker’s Affalterbach facility who were previously building V12s will now find themselves building V8s.

But while production of V12 bi-turbo may have moved, each V12 and V8 will continue to be hand-built under AMG’s “one man, one engine” policy.

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